SHELLS, To Polish. — Many shells which have a plain appearance
on the outside by reason of the epidermis, or skin, with which they are
covered, can be made to look very beautiful by steeping them in warm
water and then rubbing them with a nail brush. If the epidermis is thick
add a little nitric acid to the water before laying them in soak, but great
caution must be used in employing this agent, as it not only destroys the
adhesion but also the lustre on every part of the shell with which it comes
in contact. When the acid has been successfully used on a portion only
of the shell, rather than risk deterioration, remove it from the bath and
finish off with a file or pumice-stone, and when the whole of the skin has
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been taken off, wash the shell in a little water in which a small portion of
gum-arabic has been dissolved, or coat it with white of egg.
SHERBET (LEMON). — Take the rinds of three or four lemons
and rub them on to loaf sugar until all the yellow part is absorbed, then
pour on to the sugar a quart of boiling water✪ Lemon Sherbet, and when the liquor is cold
add the juice of the lemons.
SHERBET, To Manufacture. — Ground white sugar, half a pound ;
tartaric acid, a quarter of a pound ; carbonate of soda, a quarter of a
pound ; essence of lemon, forty drops✪ Sherbet, To Manufacture. Dry the powders ; add the essence
to the sugar, then the other powders ; stir all together and pass through
a hair sieve. Keep in tightly-corked bottles. In making the above the
sugar must be ground ; if merely powdered the coarser parts remain un-
dissolved.
SHRIMPS (POTTED). — Pick some newly-boiled shrimps from
their shells, season them well with pepper, mace, and salt, pack them
closely in a pot, set them in a slow oven for ten minutes, and when cold
pour over them some clarified butter✪ Potted Shrimps.
SILK (BLACK), To Renovate. — Put half a dozen drops of liquid
ammonia in a saucerful of water ; sponge the silk, and iron upon the
wrong side. If lump ammonia be used take a piece the size of a Spanish
nut to each saucer ful of water.
SILK (BLACK), To Revive. — Put into two quarts of water a large
handful of ivy or fig leaves. Boil down to a pint, squeeze the leaves, and
bottle off the liquid for use. Apply with a sponge.
SILKS AND SATINS, To Clean. — Mix together a quarter of a
pound of soft soap, a quarter of a pound of honey, the white of an egg,
and a glassful of gin. Brush the article thoroughly with the mixture,
using a rather hard brush, rinse in cold water, let it drain, and iron upon
the wrong side while still damp.
SILKS (DELICATE), To Clean. — Delicate coloured silks may
be cleaned without injury to the colour or fabric by using the pulp of a
few potatoes, finely scraped, with water.
SILK. To Dye it Blue. — Wash the silk perfectly clean, then boil
together in a gallon of water, two pounds of woad, one pound of indigo,
and three ounces of alum ; immerse the silk therein until it assumes the
depth of colour desired ; rinse, dry, and iron it on the wrong side.
SILK. To Dye it Carnation. — Boil half a gallon of wheat and a
quarter of an ounce of alum in a gallon of water ; strain through a fine
sieve. Then dissolve two ounces more of alum and white tartar ; add it
to the other liquor, with three-quarters of a pound of madder, and while it
is still at a moderate heat put in the silk.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
SHELLS, To Polish. — Many shells which have a plain appearance on the outside by reason of the epidermis, or skin, with which they are covered, can be made to look very beautiful by steeping them in warm water and then rubbing them with a nail brush. If the epidermis is thick add a little nitric acid to the water before laying them in soak, but great caution must be used in employing this agent, as it not only destroys the adhesion but also the lustre on every part of the shell with which it comes in contact. When the acid has been successfully used on a portion only of the shell, rather than risk deterioration, remove it from the bath and finish off with a file or pumice-stone, and when the whole of the skin has
ibeen taken off, wash the shell in a little water in which a small portion of gum-arabic has been dissolved, or coat it with white of egg.
SHERBET (LEMON). — Take the rinds of three or four lemons and rub them on to loaf sugar until all the yellow part is absorbed, then pour on to the sugar a quart of boiling water, and when the liquor is cold add the juice of the lemons.
SHERBET, To Manufacture. — Ground white sugar, half a pound ; tartaric acid, a quarter of a pound ; carbonate of soda, a quarter of a pound ; essence of lemon, forty drops. Dry the powders ; add the essence to the sugar, then the other powders ; stir all together and pass through a hair sieve. Keep in tightly-corked bottles. In making the above the sugar must be ground ; if merely powdered the coarser parts remain undissolved.
SHRIMPS (POTTED). — Pick some newly-boiled shrimps from their shells, season them well with pepper, mace, and salt, pack them closely in a pot, set them in a slow oven for ten minutes, and when cold pour over them some clarified butter.
SILK (BLACK), To Renovate. — Put half a dozen drops of liquid ammonia in a saucerful of water ; sponge the silk, and iron upon the wrong side. If lump ammonia be used take a piece the size of a Spanish nut to each saucer ful of water.
SILK (BLACK), To Revive. — Put into two quarts of water a large handful of ivy or fig leaves. Boil down to a pint, squeeze the leaves, and bottle off the liquid for use. Apply with a sponge.
SILKS AND SATINS, To Clean. — Mix together a quarter of a pound of soft soap, a quarter of a pound of honey, the white of an egg, and a glassful of gin. Brush the article thoroughly with the mixture, using a rather hard brush, rinse in cold water, let it drain, and iron upon the wrong side while still damp.
SILKS (DELICATE), To Clean. — Delicate coloured silks may be cleaned without injury to the colour or fabric by using the pulp of a few potatoes, finely scraped, with water.
SILK. To Dye it Blue. — Wash the silk perfectly clean, then boil together in a gallon of water, two pounds of woad, one pound of indigo, and three ounces of alum ; immerse the silk therein until it assumes the depth of colour desired ; rinse, dry, and iron it on the wrong side.
SILK. To Dye it Carnation. — Boil half a gallon of wheat and a quarter of an ounce of alum in a gallon of water ; strain through a fine sieve. Then dissolve two ounces more of alum and white tartar ; add it to the other liquor, with three-quarters of a pound of madder, and while it is still at a moderate heat put in the silk.
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