wine you think proper: if it is not for a
sick person, you may squeeze in a little lemon juice.

WHITE CERATE. Take four ounces of olive oil, half an ounce of
spermaceti, and four ounces of white wax. Put them into an earthen
pipkin, and stir the mixture with a stick till it is quite cold.

WHITE GRAVY. Boil in a quart of water a pound and a half of veal, from
the knuckle or scrag end of the neck. Add a small onion, a bunch of
sweet herbs, a blade of mace, a little whole pepper and salt. After an
hour's simmering over the fire, strain off the gravy, and it is ready
for use.

WHITE GRAVY FOR SOUPS. To a few slices of lean ham, add a knuckle of
veal cut in pieces, some turnips, parsnips, leeks, onions, and celery.
Put them all into a stewpan with two quarts of water, and let it simmer
till the meat is nearly tender, without allowing it to colour. Add to
this half as much clear beef gravy, and boil it an hour, skimming off
the fat very clean. Strain it, and set it by for use.

WHITE HERRINGS. If good, their gills are of a fine red, and the eyes
bright; as is likewise the whole fish, which must be stiff and firm.
Having scaled, drawn, and cleaned them, dust them with flour, and fry
them of a light brown. Plain or melted butter for sauce.

WHITE LEAD. White oxide of lead is often adulterated by the carbonate of
lime. To detect this pour four drams of pure acetous acid, over a dram
of the suspected oxide. This will dissolve both oxide and chalk; but if
a few drops of a solution of oxalic acid be now poured in, a very
abundant white precipitate of oxalate of lime will take place.

WHITE PAINT. An excellent substitute for white oil paint may be made of
fresh curds bruised fine, and kneaded with an equal quantity of slacked
lime. The mixture is to be well stirred, without any water, and it will
produce an excellent white paint for inside work. As it dries very
quickly, it should be used as soon as made; and if two coats be laid on,
it may afterwards be polished with a woollen cloth till it becomes as
bright as varnish. If applied to places exposed to moisture, the
painting should be rubbed over with the yolk of an egg, which will
render it as durable as the best of oil painting. No kind of painting
can be so cheap; and as it dries speedily, two coats of it may be laid
on in a day and polished, and no offensive smell will arise from it.

WHITE POT. The antient way of making a white pot is to put the yolks of