degree rancid, this can
hardly fail to take place; and it cannot be doubted, that during the
decomposition of the salts, the glazing is acted upon. It is better
therefore to use tinned vessels for mixing the preservative with the
butter, and to pack it either in wooden vessels, or in stone jars which
are vitrified throughout, and do not require any inside glazing.

PRESSED BEEF. Salt a piece of the brisket, a thin part of the flank, or
the tops of the ribs, with salt and saltpetre five days. Boil it gently
till extremely tender, put it under a great weight, or in a cheesepress,
and let it remain till perfectly cold. It is excellent for sandwiches,
or a cold dish.

PRIMROSE VINEGAR. Boil four pounds of moist sugar in ten quarts of water
for about a quarter of an hour, and take off the scum. Then pour the
liquor on six pints of primroses, add some fresh yeast before it is
quite cold, and let it work all night in a warm place. When the
fermentation is over, close up the barrel, and still keep it in a warm
place.

PRINCE OF WALES'S PUDDING. Put half a pound of loaf sugar, and half a
pound of fresh butter, into a saucepan; set it over the fire till both
are melted, stirring it well, as it is very liable to burn, but do not
let it boil. Pour this into an earthen pan, grate the rind of a lemon
into it, and leave it to cool. Have ready two sponge biscuits soaked in
a quarter of a pint of cream, bruise them fine and stir them into the
sugar and butter. Beat the yolks of ten, and the whites of five eggs
well with a little salt; squeeze and strain the juice of the lemon into
them, and mix these well in with the other ingredients. Lay a puff paste
into the dish, strew it with pieces of candied lemon peel, put in the
pudding, and bake it three quarters of an hour in a moderate oven. Sift
fine sugar over it, before it is sent to the table.

PROVISIONS. The first of all requisites for human sustenance is Bread,
which with great propriety is denominated 'the staff of life.' The next
to this is Meat, which though not alike essential, is of great
importance in strengthening and invigorating the human frame. The former
of these constituting the principal food of great numbers, and a part of
the sustenance of all people, it is highly necessary to attend carefully
to the ingredients of which it is composed, and to the manner in which
it is prepared. A person's health must inevitably be injured by bad corn
and flour, and even by