Recipes for the million

SILVER SPOONS, To Take Medicine Stains from. — Dip a soft rag in sulphuric acid, rub it on to the spoon, and then wash it off with soap and water. SILVER, To Take Ink Stains Out of.-^Ink stains may be removed from inkstands, and other silver articles with a little chloride of lime mixed with water. SIZE, A Useful. — Boil to a jelly the threads and parings of parchment, vellum, or leather, and strain it through a sieve. SIZE (GOLD), for Gilders, &c. — Grind fine bole on a marble slab, add thereto a little beef suet, and triturate the whole together ; then dissolve some common size in twice its quantity of water, and mix it with the other ingredients. SIZE (SILVER), for Carvers, &c. — Pulverize a small quantity of black-lead and tobacco-pipe clay, then grind them with a little Genoa soap, and mix with ordinary size. SKATE (BOILED). — Take a fish that has been out of the water one day, clean, and cut it into narrow pieces, and boil it in salted water i8o for a quarter of an hour, then add a little vinegar to the water, and boil the fish till it is done. Garnish with horse-radish, and serve with cockle or shrimp sauce. SKELETON LEAVES, To Prepare. — Put the fresh leaves in a pan of water, and leave them to soak for six or eight weeks without changing the water. When soaked enough, put each leaf in an earthenware plate, with sufficient water to cover it, and brush it gently with a camel’s-hair pencil until the skin and pulp separate from the fibres. Pour fresh water on the plate, to wash the skeleton free from pulp, and then lay it on blotting-paper to dry. To get them white, put them for an hour or two in a solution of chloride of lime, made by pouring three quarts of water on a quarter of a pound of chloride of lime ; rinse the specimens with clear water, and dry them between blotting-paper. The following is a more expeditious method : — Take a tablespoonful of liquid chloride of lime, and mix it with a quart of spring water ; soak the leaves and seed vessels in this for four or five hours, according to their texture; then take them out, well wash them in a basin of water, and leave them to dry by exposing to light and air. Or soak them in a weak solution of sulphuric acid, or in strong vinegar, until the body of the leaves is eaten away and only the fibres remain. SKIN (ERUPTIONS OF THE), Lotion for.— Milk of bitter almonds, seven ounces ; bichloride of mercury, four grains, and spirits of rosemary, one ounce. Bathe the face or other part where the eruption has broken out three times a day, and keep the bowels well open. SKIN, To Soften. — Put a tablespoonful of flour of sulphur into a teacupful of milk. Let it stand for six or seven hours, and rub the milk into the hands, &c., before washing, taking care not to disturb the sulphur. A wineglassful is quite sufficient to make at one time, as it should never be used after it has stood for more than eight or ten hours. SKIN (WHITE), To Procure a. — Take half a wineglassful of new milk, and add thereto a couple of drops of tincture of benzoin, and enough rice flour to form a paste. Put it on at night, and in the morning wash in salt and water. The following is also commonly used : To a pint of water add a pound of oatmeal. Boil for a quarter of an hour, then strain off the liquid, and use it for bathing. At night apply a little cold cream.