CAULIFLOWERS, To Preserve. — Take the plants up a day or
two before they are full grown, and when they are perfectly dry take off the
large under-leaves, lay them in rows in a dry shed, and cover the roots of each
row with dry earth, laying them sideways, with the crown of the second
row close to the underleaves of the first, and so on till the whole are stored.
Protect them with litter during frosty weather, but remove the covering as
soon as the frost breaks up, and clear away all decayed leaves as they
appear. They may be kept in this manner from the end of October till the
end of January.
CAULIFLOWERS, To Raise. — These are grown in successional
crops. Sow the seed in a warm situation from the middle to the end of
August, and transplant to a dry, sheltered border. For a succeeding crop,
sow at the end of January or beginning of February in a frame on p. slight
heat, so that the plants may be hardened off by April, and transplanted at
a distance of two and a half feet from each other. From this sowing they
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will produce heads in July and August. Continue to make small sowings
at intervals to the end of May. Cauliflowers require a rich earth.
CAULIFLOWER WITH PARMESAN. — Boil a cauliflower,
drain it on a sieve, and cut the stalk so that the flower will stand upright a
couple of inches above the dish. Stew it for a few minutes with a little
white sauce ; put it on a dish, pour the sauce round, and grate Parmesan
cheese✪ Cauliflower with Parmesan over the top. Colour w'ith a salamander, and serve.
CAYENNE PEPPER (ENGLISH), To Make. — Place the pods
of chillies before the fire for about ten hours, and when they are perfectly
dry pound them in a mortar with their weight of salt. When reduced to a
very fine powder, secure in stoppered bottles.
CELERY, Essence of. — Infuse the root of the plant for twenty-four
hours in spirits of wine or brandy, then remove it and steep more root in
the liquor until the desired strength is obtained. A few drops of the essence
will suffice to flavour soups, &c.
CELERY SOUP. — Wash and scrape a head of celery and put
it into a pint of boiling water with a little salt. Let it boil until soft, then
mash it fine in the water, and pass it through a soup-strainer. Turn this
into a pint of hot milk that has been thickened by having a tablespoonful
of flour wet with cold milk cooked in it ; add a teaspoonful of salt, the
same amount of pepper, and two ounces of butter✪ Celery Soup. As soon as the butter
is melted, stir the soup quickly for a few moments, and serve hot. This
makes a most delicious dish.
CELERY, To Grow. — Sow the seed in a moderate hot-bed at the
end of February for an early crop, and again in March and April for suc-
cessive ones ; prick out in a well-prepared bed of old dung, and transplant
in June and July into trenches, water freely, but avoid earthing up while
the soil or plants are in a wet state.
CEMENT, A Weatherproof. — The following composition may be
recommended as a good protection against water and weather : — Mix two
gallons of brine with a gallon of water ; then stir in two pounds and a half
of brown sugar and three pounds of common salt. Apply with a brush,
like paint. The above is also, to a certain extent, a protection against
fire.
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CAULIFLOWERS, To Preserve. — Take the plants up a day or two before they are full grown, and when they are perfectly dry take off the large under-leaves, lay them in rows in a dry shed, and cover the roots of each row with dry earth, laying them sideways, with the crown of the second row close to the underleaves of the first, and so on till the whole are stored. Protect them with litter during frosty weather, but remove the covering as soon as the frost breaks up, and clear away all decayed leaves as they appear. They may be kept in this manner from the end of October till the end of January.
CAULIFLOWERS, To Raise. — These are grown in successional crops. Sow the seed in a warm situation from the middle to the end of August, and transplant to a dry, sheltered border. For a succeeding crop, sow at the end of January or beginning of February in a frame on p. slight heat, so that the plants may be hardened off by April, and transplanted at a distance of two and a half feet from each other. From this sowing they
3*
will produce heads in July and August. Continue to make small sowings at intervals to the end of May. Cauliflowers require a rich earth.
CAULIFLOWER WITH PARMESAN. — Boil a cauliflower, drain it on a sieve, and cut the stalk so that the flower will stand upright a couple of inches above the dish. Stew it for a few minutes with a little white sauce ; put it on a dish, pour the sauce round, and grate Parmesan cheese over the top. Colour w'ith a salamander, and serve.
CAYENNE PEPPER (ENGLISH), To Make. — Place the pods of chillies before the fire for about ten hours, and when they are perfectly dry pound them in a mortar with their weight of salt. When reduced to a very fine powder, secure in stoppered bottles.
CELERY, Essence of. — Infuse the root of the plant for twenty-four hours in spirits of wine or brandy, then remove it and steep more root in the liquor until the desired strength is obtained. A few drops of the essence will suffice to flavour soups, &c.
CELERY SOUP. — Wash and scrape a head of celery and put it into a pint of boiling water with a little salt. Let it boil until soft, then mash it fine in the water, and pass it through a soup-strainer. Turn this into a pint of hot milk that has been thickened by having a tablespoonful of flour wet with cold milk cooked in it ; add a teaspoonful of salt, the same amount of pepper, and two ounces of butter. As soon as the butter is melted, stir the soup quickly for a few moments, and serve hot. This makes a most delicious dish.
CELERY, To Grow. — Sow the seed in a moderate hot-bed at the end of February for an early crop, and again in March and April for successive ones ; prick out in a well-prepared bed of old dung, and transplant in June and July into trenches, water freely, but avoid earthing up while the soil or plants are in a wet state.
CEMENT, A Weatherproof. — The following composition may be recommended as a good protection against water and weather : — Mix two gallons of brine with a gallon of water ; then stir in two pounds and a half of brown sugar and three pounds of common salt. Apply with a brush, like paint. The above is also, to a certain extent, a protection against fire.
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