A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes

be prepared in winter, using for the purpose black currant jam, or preserved black currant juice, instead of the juice of fresh-gathered currants. No. 220. HOW TO MAKE A STRINGENT GARGLE. Put the following ingredients into a very clean earthen pipkin:--Twenty sage leaves, a handful of red rose leaves, and a pint of water; boil these for twenty minutes, then add a gill of vinegar, and two table-spoonfuls of honey; boil again for ten minutes, and strain the gargle through a muslin rag, to be used when cold. No. 221. A SIMPLE REMEDY AGAINST WIND ON THE STOMACH. A few drops (say four) of essence of peppermint on a lump of sugar. No. 222. A CURE FOR A HARD DRY COUGH. Take of each one table-spoonful--spermaceti grated, honey, and peppermint water; mix all together with the yolks of two eggs in a gallipot. A tea-spoonful to be taken on the tongue, and allowed to be swallowed slowly as it dissolves. No. 223. A COOLING DRINK. To half an ounce of cream of tartar, add one ounce of loaf sugar, and a bit of orange or lemon peel; put these into a jug, pour upon them a quart of boiling water; stir all together, and allow the beverage to become cold. No. 224. HOP TEA. Pour a quart of boiling water upon half an ounce of hops, cover this over, and allow the infusion to stand for fifteen minutes; the tea must then be strained of into another jug. A small tea-cupful may be drunk fasting in the morning, which will create an appetite, and also strengthen the digestive organs. No. 225. LIME-FLOWER TEA. To half an ounce of lime-flowers, placed in a tea-pot or jug, pour a pint of boiling water, and when the infusion has stood for ten minutes, sweeten with honey or sugar, and drink the tea hot, to assuage the pains in the stomach and chest, arising from indigestion. This beverage may also be successfully administered in attacks of hysteria. No. 226. HYSSOP TEA: A REMEDY FOR WORMS. To a quarter of an ounce of dried hyssop