The St. Mungo cookery book

13. Do not have flowers with a heavy perfume, and remove what you do have, when preparing room for the night. 14- A simple way of shading the gaslight from the patient’s eyes, without necessarily darkening the rest of the room, is to hang a sheet of paper on the edge of the gas globe by means of 2 pins put through or 2 dress hooks. This can easily be removed when not wanted. 15. Covering a glass of warm milk keeps a “skin” from gathering on it. 16. A good way to keep ice. — Take a thick bath towel or piece of flannel, sink the centre of it down into a wide-mouthed jar or a basin. Tie, or otherwise fasten it, so that it wont go to bottom of the jar. Lay the ice in this suspended hollow, and cover it over with the corners or another towel. Keep in a cold place. 17. To break it. — lift it out, put the point of a strong darning needle into it and knock gently with a hammer or other convenient article. Take only a few pieces to the sick room at a time. 18. Avoid making “little noises,” such as rustling the leaves of a book or the clicking of knitting needles. Jean Lambie, Edinburgh. ALBUMENIZED EGG. Sometimes a patient cannot take even a lightly boiled egg, so doctors try this plan, anyone can take it then. Break a raw egg into a basin of cold water and let it soak for 12 hours. Strain off water very carefully and poach egg in boiling water and a little salt. When it has been soaked the egg will look much smaller, and be white and opaque looking. You must pour water off very gently, or you will pour it all away. N. Thomson, Leeds. APPLE FOOL. 4 apples. | 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar. Sponge cake. | 1 egg. Bake apples till soft. Then scrape the pulp out. Add sugar and cake crumbled up and one egg beaten. Whisk all together, stir over Are till hot, and serve either hot or cold. N. T., London. The Edinburgh Carpet Warehouse ESTABLISHED 18th CENTURY. FAMED FOR CARPETS . CARPETS, An unequalled selection of all makes . Prices ranging from 2s. to 4 guineas per yard. FURNITURE, The Newest and most Up-to-date Designs in Furnishings suitable for every room. An exceptional selection WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. PATERSON, SMITH & INNES 77 SOUTH BRIDGE APPLE WATER. Take 2 apples, peel them, take out the core, slice up thinly. Take a small piece of yellow rind of lemon just enough to give a flavour. Put this with the sliced apples and a little sugar into a jug. Pour a pint of boiling water over them, when cold, strain. T. B. M. A VERY LIGHT SPONGE CAKE. 3 eggs. | 6 ozs. lump sugar. 5 ozs. of sifted flour. | 1 gill water. Separate eggs, and beat whites to a stiff froth. Put yolks in large basin. Mix well with a wooden spoon, add the whites when stiffly beaten. Boil sugar and water together, pour on to the eggs, whisk for 20 minutes, then stir in flour. Pour into a prepared tin and bake in a slow oven i hour. Mrs Guthrie, Ellenbank, Cathcart. BARLEY WATER. Thoroughly wash 2 ozs. of barley. Put on in a clean pot on the fire with 2 quarts of cold water and boil it, until it is reduced to i quart. Then strain it and let it cool ; add a little sugar. A slice of lemon, or an apple cut in slices may be added. N. T., London. BEEF TEA (No. i).