Flour Ball for Teething Children
One cupful of flour tied in a stout muslin bag, and dropped into cold water, then set over the fire ; boil three hours steadily ; turn out the flour ball, and dry in the hot sun all day, or, if you need it at once, dry in a moderate oven without shutting the door.
To cook it, grate one tablespoonful of the flour for a cupful of boiling milk and water; wet the flour with a little cold water, stir in, and boil five minutes; add a pinch of salt.
Source: The Unrivalled Cook-Book and Housekeeper’s Guide, Mrs Washington
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A poultice of ripe figs is one of the best things known for carbuncles or boils. Must be well washed and peeled.
Source: Audel’s Household Helps, Hints and Receipts
Barley Water
When using pearl barley for making barley water it must be well washed. The fine white dust that adheres to it is most unwholesome. For this reason the cook is generally directed to first boil the barley for five minutes, and throw this water away. But in this way some of the valuable properties are thrown away with the dirt. The best results are obtained by well washing it in cold water, but this must be done over and over again. Half-a-dozen waters will not be too many. After the last washing the water should be perfectly clear.
When barley water is being used for curative purposes it should be strong. The following recipe is an excellent one. A 1/2 pint of barley to 2 1/2 pints water (distilled if possible). Boil for three hours, or until reduced to 2 pints. Strain and add 4 teaspoonfuls fresh lemon juice. Sweeten to taste with pure cane sugar.
Fine Scotch barley is to be preferred to the pearl barley if it can be obtained.
Source: Food Remedies: Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses, Florence Daniel
Filed under Remedy | Tags: barley, barley water, cane sugar, daniel, jemon juice, lemon, pearl barley, scotch barley, sugar | Comment (0)Quick Relief for a Cough
If any member of the family coughs persistently in the night and one happens to be out of the usual remedy, wring out a soft, thick flannel from water as hot as can be borne, brush lightly and quickly with a feather which has been plunged in turpentine, and apply to the chest. If the flesh is very sensitive, it might be well to rub well with vaseline or sweet oil before making the hot application.
Source: Audel’s Household Helps, Hints and Receipts
To Remove Stains from the Hands
Rub with chloride of lime, slightly moistening with water.
Source: The Kansas Home Cook-Book
Pennington’s Old Virginia Beef-Tea Tonic
One pound of lean, juicy beef; half a pint of cold water; half a pint of old bourbon whiskey.
Cut the beef into pieces about half an inch square ; pour over it half a pint of cold water, cover, and let it stand twelve hours ; then add half a pint of old bourbon whiskey, and let it stand six hours ; then strain three or four times until quite clear ; keep (closely covered) in a cool place, and take a small wineglassful two or three times a day. This is a capital tonic.
Source: The Unrivalled Cook-Book and Housekeeper’s Guide, Mrs Washington
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Take of the oil of almonds two ounces, of spermaceti half an ounce, and white wax half an ounce. Put them in a close vessel, and set the vessel in a skillet of boiling water. When melted, beat the ingredients with rosewater until cold. Keep it in a tight box, or wide-mouthed bottle, corked up close.
Source: The American Housewife
Hominy and Milk for Constipation
Half a cupful of small hominy; one scant quart of cold water; a pinch of salt.
Boil one hour, stirring often; mix in new milk, and sweeten while hot. This is a good food to correct constipation.
Source: The Unrivalled Cook-Book and Housekeeper’s Guide, Mrs Washington
Filed under Remedy | Tags: bowels, constipation, hominy, milk, washington | Comment (0)Moss Jelly
Steep Carragua, or Irish moss, in cold water a few minutes, to extract the bitter taste–then drain off the water, and to half an ounce of moss put a quart of fresh water, and a stick of cinnamon. Boil it till it becomes a thick jelly, then strain it, and season it to the taste with white wine and white sugar. This is very nourishing, and recommended highly for consumptive complaints.
Source: The American Housewife
Swollen Throat
If the throat becomes badly swollen and very painful, apply a poultice of flaxseed upon which you have poured a little warm lard and laudanum.
Source: Audel’s Household Helps, Hints and Receipts