BULLFINCHES. — Feed on rape seed and German paste, with
an occasional yolk of a hard-boiled egg, a little poppy seed, and a few
grains of rice. They may be taught to pipe by means of a mouth organ
or a flageolet. The young birds require to be kept very warm, and to be
fed on rape seed, scalded, bruised, and soaked in milk.
BUNIONS, Ointment for. — To half an ounce of spermaceti
ointment or lard add twelve grains of iodine. Rub the mixture on two or
three times a day.
BUNIONS, Plaster for. — Melt together equal quantities of Bur-
gundy pitch and yellow soap ; spread the mixture upon linen or soft
leather, and apply.
BUNS (BATH). — Beat up the yolks of four and the whites of
three eggs, and add thereto a quarter of a pound of flour and two dessert-
spoonfuls of solid fresh yeast. Place it in front of the fire, and as soon,
as it has well risen add ten ounces of butter rubbed into one pound of
flour, half a pound of sugar, and a few carraway comfits✪ Buns (Bath). Cover it with
a cloth and again set it before the fire to rise. Then form the buns, brush
the tops over with egg and milk, cover them with carraway comfits, and
bake in a quick oven.
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BUNS (GRETNA). — Rub a quarter of a pound of butter into
a pound of flour, add a gill of yeast, and sufficient water to form a dough✪ Buns (Gretna).
Set it to rise, form into cakes, and bake on greased tins in a sharp oven.
BUNS (HOT CROSS), To Make. — Yeast, one ounce and a
half ; milk, one pint ; sugar, half a pound ; flour, half a pound ; hot
water, one pint. Mix, and stand it in a warm place for twenty minutes,
or till it rises and falls again. Then rub half a pound of butter or lard
into three pounds of flour, and add twelve drops of essence of spice. Mix
the whole together. Stand the dough in a warm place till it rises, then
form into buns, place in flat tins, cross the dough with the back of a knife,
make the buns rise by means of steam, and bake in a sharp oven for five
or six minutes.
BURNET, To Propagate. — This small culinary and salad herb
may be increased by seed sown in April, by slips, or by parting the roots
in spring or autumn, and setting them six to nine inches apart.
BURNS AND SCALDS. — Pour white of egg over the wTound.
This will prevent inflammation and exclude the air, and so remove the
extreme discomfort experienced from accidents of this kind.
BURNS AND SCALDS, Liniment for. — Put into a bottle equal
quantities of linseed or Florence oil and lime-water ; shake well together ;
soak a piece of lint in the mixture, and apply two or three times a day.
BURNS AND SCALDS, Ointment for. — Mix as much prepared
chalk as possible into some lard, so that it forms a thick ointment.
BURNS, Brown-paper Oil for. — Dip some thick brown paper in
salad oil, put it upon a plate, and set it alight. Apply the oil that is left
upon the plate.
BURNS, Cerate for. — Melt together half a pound of yellow wax
and a pint of olive oil. When the mixture begins to thicken, add it to
half a pound of prepared calamine, and stir till cold.
BURNS FROM LIME, To Treat. — Bathe with vinegar and
water, then apply chalk mixed with linseed oil to the consistence of treacle,
and renew the application from time to time.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
BULLFINCHES. — Feed on rape seed and German paste, with an occasional yolk of a hard-boiled egg, a little poppy seed, and a few grains of rice. They may be taught to pipe by means of a mouth organ or a flageolet. The young birds require to be kept very warm, and to be fed on rape seed, scalded, bruised, and soaked in milk.
BUNIONS, Ointment for. — To half an ounce of spermaceti ointment or lard add twelve grains of iodine. Rub the mixture on two or three times a day.
BUNIONS, Plaster for. — Melt together equal quantities of Burgundy pitch and yellow soap ; spread the mixture upon linen or soft leather, and apply.
BUNS (BATH). — Beat up the yolks of four and the whites of three eggs, and add thereto a quarter of a pound of flour and two dessertspoonfuls of solid fresh yeast. Place it in front of the fire, and as soon, as it has well risen add ten ounces of butter rubbed into one pound of flour, half a pound of sugar, and a few carraway comfits. Cover it with a cloth and again set it before the fire to rise. Then form the buns, brush the tops over with egg and milk, cover them with carraway comfits, and bake in a quick oven.
BUNS (GRETNA). — Rub a quarter of a pound of butter into a pound of flour, add a gill of yeast, and sufficient water to form a dough. Set it to rise, form into cakes, and bake on greased tins in a sharp oven.
BUNS (HOT CROSS), To Make. — Yeast, one ounce and a half ; milk, one pint ; sugar, half a pound ; flour, half a pound ; hot water, one pint. Mix, and stand it in a warm place for twenty minutes, or till it rises and falls again. Then rub half a pound of butter or lard into three pounds of flour, and add twelve drops of essence of spice. Mix the whole together. Stand the dough in a warm place till it rises, then form into buns, place in flat tins, cross the dough with the back of a knife, make the buns rise by means of steam, and bake in a sharp oven for five or six minutes.
BURNET, To Propagate. — This small culinary and salad herb may be increased by seed sown in April, by slips, or by parting the roots in spring or autumn, and setting them six to nine inches apart.
BURNS AND SCALDS. — Pour white of egg over the wound. This will prevent inflammation and exclude the air, and so remove the extreme discomfort experienced from accidents of this kind.
BURNS AND SCALDS, Liniment for. — Put into a bottle equal quantities of linseed or Florence oil and lime-water ; shake well together ; soak a piece of lint in the mixture, and apply two or three times a day.
BURNS AND SCALDS, Ointment for. — Mix as much prepared chalk as possible into some lard, so that it forms a thick ointment.
BURNS, Brown-paper Oil for. — Dip some thick brown paper in salad oil, put it upon a plate, and set it alight. Apply the oil that is left upon the plate.
BURNS, Cerate for. — Melt together half a pound of yellow wax and a pint of olive oil. When the mixture begins to thicken, add it to half a pound of prepared calamine, and stir till cold.
BURNS FROM LIME, To Treat. — Bathe with vinegar and water, then apply chalk mixed with linseed oil to the consistence of treacle, and renew the application from time to time.
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