SUGAR LOAF, to Make- Take 6 lbs. of raw sugar, a little bul- lock’s blood and water, boil it, and skim till it is clear, and till it comes to a candy round the edges of the pan ; then pour it into a mould in the shape of a sugar loaf. Make strong lime water, and when the sugar Ls cold in the mould, pour the water over it. SUGAR PASTE— For 1 lb. of flour,✪ Suet Dumplings take a % lb. of sugar, as much butter, a little salt, water, and an egg. This paste may serve for any second course dish. SUGAR PUFFS— Beat up the whites of ten eggs, fill they rise to a high froth ; put them into a mortar, with as much double refined sugar as will make it thick; rub it well round the mortar ; add a few caraway seeds, and take a sheet of wafer cake, and lay it on as broad as a sixpence, and high. Put into a moderate oven for 15 minutes, and they will look white. SULPHUR OINTMENT.— Take of hog's lard prepared, four ounces ; flour of sulphur, an ounce and a half ; crude sal ammoniac, two drachms ; essence of lemon, ten or twelve drops. Make them into an ointmenr. This ointment rubbed upon the parts affected will generally cure the itch. It is both the safest and best ap- plication for that purpose, and when made in this way, has no disagreeable smell. SWEATING DROPS— Take of camphor, saffron, ipecacuanha, opium, Virginian snake root, of each, j oz. ; Hollands gin, pint. Infuse 2 or 3 days. A wonderfully efficacious cure for fever and ague, after suitable evacuants. Dr. Beach says, ‘‘I find this the best medicine for fever and ague of any with which I am acquainted. In two cases this tincture removed the paroxysms where ether remedies failed ; one patient had been under homoeo- pathic treatment for many months. SWEETMEAT PUDDING. — Cover the dish with a plain puff paste ; then take candied orange, or lemon peel, and citron, of each 1 oz. ; slice them thin, and lay them all over the bottom of the dish. Beat up 8 yolks of eggs, and 2 whites, and put to them % lb. of sugar, and % lb. of melted butter.✪ Sweetmeat Pudding Mix all well together; put it on the sweetmeats, and bake it in a moderate oven an hour. SWELLINGS, Poultice for— Take of barley-meal, or oatmeal, 6 ozs, ; fresh leaves of hemlock, braised, 2 ozs. ; vinegar, a sufficient quantity; boil to- gether a few minutes. It is very useful in reducing swelling of nearly every kind. SWE 385 TEA Swelling of the Body. —Use linseed poultices with plenty of oil in it. Repeat before cold until the pain is abated. SWISS PUDDING.— Batter a basin. Take bread crumbs, add a little sugar ; then dissolve 1 oz. of butter; chop a few apples fine, and mix. Bake half an hour. SYLLABUB.— Put a pint and a half of port or white wine into a bowl, nutmeg grated, and a good deal of sugar, then milk into it near two quarts of milk✪ Syllabub, frothed up. If the wine be not rather sharp, it will require more for the quantity of milk. — In Devonshire, domed cream is put on the top, and pounded cinnamon and sugar. SYLLABUBS, Durable.— Mix a quart of thick raw cream, one pound of refined sugar, a pint and a half of fine raisin wine in a deep pan ; put to it the grated ped and the juice of three lemons✪ Durable Syllabub. Beat, or whisk it one way half an hour ; then put it on a sieve with a bit of thin muslin laid smooth in the shallow end till next day. Put it in glasses. It will keep good, in a cool place, ten days.

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SUGAR LOAF, to Make- Take 6 lbs. of raw sugar, a little bullock’s blood and water, boil it, and skim till it is clear, and till it comes to a candy round the edges of the pan ; then pour it into a mould in the shape of a sugar loaf. Make strong lime water, and when the sugar Ls cold in the mould, pour the water over it. SUGAR PASTE— For 1 lb. of flour, take a % lb. of sugar, as much butter, a little salt, water, and an egg. This paste may serve for any second course dish. SUGAR PUFFS— Beat up the whites of ten eggs, fill they rise to a high froth ; put them into a mortar, with as much double refined sugar as will make it thick; rub it well round the mortar ; add a few caraway seeds, and take a sheet of wafer cake, and lay it on as broad as a sixpence, and high. Put into a moderate oven for 15 minutes, and they will look white. SULPHUR OINTMENT.— Take of hog's lard prepared, four ounces ; flour of sulphur, an ounce and a half ; crude sal ammoniac, two drachms ; essence of lemon, ten or twelve drops. Make them into an ointment. This ointment rubbed upon the parts affected will generally cure the itch. It is both the safest and best application for that purpose, and when made in this way, has no disagreeable smell. SWEATING DROPS— Take of camphor, saffron, ipecacuanha, opium, Virginian snake root, of each, j oz. ; Hollands gin, pint. Infuse 2 or 3 days. A wonderfully efficacious cure for fever and ague, after suitable evacuants. Dr. Beach says, ‘‘I find this the best medicine for fever and ague of any with which I am acquainted. In two cases this tincture removed the paroxysms where ether remedies failed ; one patient had been under homoeopathic treatment for many months. SWEETMEAT PUDDING. — Cover the dish with a plain puff paste ; then take candied orange, or lemon peel, and citron, of each 1 oz. ; slice them thin, and lay them all over the bottom of the dish. Beat up 8 yolks of eggs, and 2 whites, and put to them % lb. of sugar, and % lb. of melted butter. Mix all well together; put it on the sweetmeats, and bake it in a moderate oven an hour. SWELLINGS, Poultice for— Take of barley-meal, or oatmeal, 6 ozs, ; fresh leaves of hemlock, braised, 2 ozs. ; vinegar, a sufficient quantity; boil together a few minutes. It is very useful in reducing swelling of nearly every kind. Swelling of the Body. —Use linseed poultices with plenty of oil in it. Repeat before cold until the pain is abated. SWISS PUDDING.— Batter a basin. Take bread crumbs, add a little sugar ; then dissolve 1 oz. of butter; chop a few apples fine, and mix. Bake half an hour. SYLLABUB.— Put a pint and a half of port or white wine into a bowl, nutmeg grated, and a good deal of sugar, then milk into it near two quarts of milk, frothed up. If the wine be not rather sharp, it will require more for the quantity of milk. — In Devonshire, domed cream is put on the top, and pounded cinnamon and sugar. SYLLABUBS, Durable.— Mix a quart of thick raw cream, one pound of refined sugar, a pint and a half of fine raisin wine in a deep pan ; put to it the grated ped and the juice of three lemons. Beat, or whisk it one way half an hour ; then put it on a sieve with a bit of thin muslin laid smooth in the shallow end till next day. Put it in glasses. It will keep good, in a cool place, ten days.

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