Recipes for the million

FURRED IRON KETTLE, To Cleanse a.— Fill the kettle with water, add a large spoonful of sal ammoniac, and let it boil for a few moments ; then empty it, and stand it over the fire to get red hot. The fur will then peel off. After this fill it with soda and water, and when it has boiled a short time rinse well with clear water. FURS, To Clean. — Sable, squirrel, chinchilla, fitch, See., may be cleaned in the following manner : — Warm some new bran in a pan, taking care that it does not burn, which can be prevented by active stirring. When rather hot, rub it thoroughly into the fur ; repeat this operation two or three times, then shake and brush it carefully. White furs, such as ermine, may be cleaned by laying them on a table and rubbing them well with bran moistened with warm water ; rub them dry, and afterwards with dry bran, and finally with magnesia. The wet bran should be applied with a flannel and the dry with book muslin. FURS, To Protect from Moth. — To one pint of warm water add ten grains of corrosive sublimate ; sponge it well into the furs, and when dry wrap them in blue paper. Or, take the furs out of the chests frequently, beat them well, expose them to the air, and scent the box where they are kept either with spirits of turpentine, camphor, cedar wood, or Russia leather. FURZE, The Cultivation of. — The double variety of this plant well merits admission on to a lawn, or in pots it forms a pleasing ornament to the hall or gravelled walks. It requires a well-drained, sandy soil, and flourishes best near the sea. Although hardy, it is advisable to give it protection during very severe weather. Small cuttings may be struck under bell-glasses, but their growth is slow. GALLING IN PERSONS CONFINED TO BED, To Prevent.— Beat the white of an egg to a strong froth, and, while doing so, add gradually two spoonfuls of spirits of wine. Apply occasionally with a feather. The bottle must be kept well corked. GALVANIC BATTERY, A Cheap. — A powerful galvanic battery may be made for a trifling expense in the following manner: — Procure the bowls of six tobacco pipes, break off all the stems, and stop up the small hole with sealing-wax. Place on the table six small glass tumblers one inch high, and place in each a cylinder of amalgamated zinc. On every cylinder put a pipe-bowl, in each of which insert a slip of thin platinum foil, one and a quarter inches long and half an inch wide, connected at the zinc cylinder by platinum wire. Fill the pipe-bowls with nitric acid and the tumblers with dilute sulphuric acid, and a strong current of electricity will be set free, capable of igniting wire, &c. GAME, Farcing for. — Scrape the raw liver and some suet very fine, and chop up a little parsley and a small piece of shalot ; add a small quantity of thyme, knotted marjoram, basil, a few bread crumbs, pepper, and salt, the grated peel of half a lemon, and a few grains of nutmeg ; pound the whole nicely, and mix with a couple of eggs, well beaten. GAME PIE. — Divide the game into joints or pieces and put it into a pie-dish with some fat ham or streaky bacon, season rather highly, cover with puff-paste, and put into the oven to bake. When rather more than half done raise the crust and pour in four or five tablespoonfuls of melted butter, a glass of light wine, and the juice of a lemon.