COLONEL PUDDING.— Pour a pint and a % of boiling milk and cream upon some of the choicest biscuits grated ; they must be very light ; add the yolks of 4 eggs and the whites of 2, some grated nutmeg, a spoonful of flour, some fine sugar, a little brandy, some candied lemon, and lemon juice accord- ing to tas✪ Colonel Puddingte. Butter a basin, boil 1 hour, serve it with melted butter, wine, and sugar. COLOURINGS FOR JEL- LIES, ICES, OR CAKES.— For a beautiful red, boil fifteen grains of cochineal in the finest powder, with a dram and a half of cream of tartar, in half a pint of water, very slowly, half an hour. Add in. boiling a bit of alum the size of a pea. Or use beet-root sliced, and some liquor poured over. For white, use almonds finely pow- dered, with a little drop of water ; or use cream. For yellow, yolks of eggs, or a bit of saffron steeped in the liquor and squeezed. For green, pound spinach-leaves or beet-leaves, express the juice, and boil in a tea-cupful of water in a saucepan, in order to take off the rawness. COLOURING MATTER.— A chemist of Lyons states that the col- ouring matter of any tree may be known by the colour of its fruit ; and advises the boiling of the bark with lime, when a precipitate will be formed of the same colour as its fruit. Several of the new vegetable dyes have thus been dis- covered. COLTSFOOT. — This plant is well known. The leaves are the basis of the British herb tobacco. It has de- mulcent bitter qualities, and is slightly tonic and stomachic. The leaves smok- ed are useful in asthma. Dr. Cullen found a strong decoction of the leaves beneficial in scrofula cases — and to suc- ceed where sea-water had failed. It should be persevered in. Dr. Percival found it useful in hectic diarrhoea. A decoction with wormwood has done wonders in gravel and stone. COLTSFOOT SYRUP.-Colts- foot, s ozs. ; balm and hyssop, 1 oz. each ; horehound, % oz. Boil in a quarts of water down to 1 quart ; strain, add 1 lb. or more of sugar ; boil till as thick as honey. For cough or shortness of breath, take a teaspoonful occasion- ally. COLTSFOOT LOZENGES. — To a pint of water add one handful of coltsfoot leaves ; boil down to a gill, strain it, when cold, and add % lb. of sugar. Boil to a syrup. Strain again and put to it as much common liquorice as will give it consistency✪ Coltsfoot Lozenges. Then form it into any shape you please. COMFITS.— Take 1 lb. of raw sugar, and make it into syrup with water ; then take 1 lb. of coriander seeds, and dip them in the syrup ; then put the seeds into a sieve with a little flour✪ Comfits, shake them well in it, and place them to dry. Keep steeping them in the syrup, adding flour, and drying them till they are of the size you want them to be. Caraway Comfits are made the same way. The colouring for com- fits is rose or Dutch pink. COMMON STRENGTHEN- ING PLASTER.— Yellow resin, % lb. ; beeswax, 3 ozs. ; cayenne pep- COM CON 134 per, 1 os, ; spirits of wine, half a pint or more. Simmer carefully till the spirits are almost evaporated. When nearly cold, add camphor, 1 oz. ; oil of sassa- fras, 1 }£ drachm ; opium, 1 drachm. As a strengthening plaster, it always gives relief. COMPOSITION POWDER. Thompson' s, See Robinson's Family

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COLONEL PUDDING.— Pour a pint and a % of boiling milk and cream upon some of the choicest biscuits grated ; they must be very light ; add the yolks of 4 eggs and the whites of 2, some grated nutmeg, a spoonful of flour, some fine sugar, a little brandy, some candied lemon, and lemon juice according to taste. Butter a basin, boil 1 hour, serve it with melted butter, wine, and sugar. COLOURINGS FOR JEL- LIES, ICES, OR CAKES.— For a beautiful red, boil fifteen grains of cochineal in the finest powder, with a dram and a half of cream of tartar, in half a pint of water, very slowly, half an hour. Add in. boiling a bit of alum the size of a pea. Or use beet-root sliced, and some liquor poured over. For white, use almonds finely powdered, with a little drop of water; or use cream. For yellow, yolks of eggs, or a bit of saffron steeped in the liquor and squeezed. For green, pound spinach-leaves or beet-leaves, express the juice, and boil in a tea-cupful of water in a saucepan, in order to take off the rawness. COLOURING MATTER.— A chemist of Lyons states that the colouring matter of any tree may be known by the colour of its fruit ; and advises the boiling of the bark with lime, when a precipitate will be formed of the same colour as its fruit. Several of the new vegetable dyes have thus been discovered. COLTSFOOT. — This plant is well known. The leaves are the basis of the British herb tobacco. It has demulcent bitter qualities, and is slightly tonic and stomachic. The leaves smoked are useful in asthma. Dr. Cullen found a strong decoction of the leaves beneficial in scrofula cases — and to succeed where sea-water had failed. It should be persevered in. Dr. Percival found it useful in hectic diarrhoea. A decoction with wormwood has done wonders in gravel and stone. COLTSFOOT SYRUP.-Coltsfoot, s ozs. ; balm and hyssop, 1 oz. each ; horehound, % oz. Boil in a quarts of water down to 1 quart ; strain, add 1 lb. or more of sugar ; boil till as thick as honey. For cough or shortness of breath, take a teaspoonful occasionally. COLTSFOOT LOZENGES. — To a pint of water add one handful of coltsfoot leaves ; boil down to a gill, strain it, when cold, and add % lb. of sugar. Boil to a syrup. Strain again and put to it as much common liquorice as will give it consistency. Then form it into any shape you please. COMFITS.— Take 1 lb. of raw sugar, and make it into syrup with water ; then take 1 lb. of coriander seeds, and dip them in the syrup ; then put the seeds into a sieve with a little flour, shake them well in it, and place them to dry. Keep steeping them in the syrup, adding flour, and drying them till they are of the size you want them to be. Caraway Comfits are made the same way. The colouring for comfits is rose or Dutch pink. COMMON STRENGTHEN- ING PLASTER.— Yellow resin, % lb. ; beeswax, 3 ozs. ; cayenne pep- COM CON per, 1 os, ; spirits of wine, half a pint or more. Simmer carefully till the spirits are almost evaporated. When nearly cold, add camphor, 1 oz. ; oil of sassafras, 1 }£ drachm ; opium, 1 drachm. As a strengthening plaster, it always gives relief. COMPOSITION POWDER. Thompson' s, See Robinson's Family

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