pounds of dried flour; then add three spoonfuls of yeast that
is not bitter, and work it to a paste. Let it rise an hour and a half;
then mix in the yolks and whites of four eggs beaten separately, a pound
of Lisbon sugar, about a pint of milk to make it of a proper thickness,
a glass of sweet wine, the rind of a lemon, and a tea-spoonful of
powdered ginger. A pound of currants, or some carraways may be added,
and let the whole be well beaten together.

COMMON PLANTS. The virtues of a great number of ordinary plants and
weeds being but little understood, they are generally deemed useless;
but they have properties nevertheless which might be rendered useful, if
carefully and judiciously applied. The young shoots and leaves of
chick-weed, for example, may be boiled and eaten like spinach, are
equally wholesome, and can scarcely be distinguished from it. The juice
expressed from the stem and leaves of goose-grass, taken to the amount
of four ounces, night and morning for several weeks, is very efficacious
in scorbutic complaints, and other cutaneous eruptions. The smell of
garlic is an infallible remedy against the vapours, faintings, and
other hysteric affections. The common poppy is an antidote to the stings
of venomous insects, and a remedy for inflammation of the eyes: it also
cures the pleurisy, and spitting of blood. Sage taken in any form tends
to cleanse and enrich the blood: it makes a good cordial, and is highly
useful in cases of nervous debility. It is often given in fevers with a
view to promote perspiration, and with the addition of a little lemon
juice it makes a grateful and cooling beverage.

COOL TANKARD. Put into a quart of mild ale a glass of white wine, one of
brandy, one of capillaire, the juice of a lemon, and a little piece of
the rind. Add a sprig of borage or balm, a bit of toasted bread, and
nutmeg grated on the top.

COPPER. Many serious accidents have been occasioned by the use of copper
in kitchen requisites. The eating of fruit especially that has been
prepared in a copper stewpan, where some of the oxide was insensibly
imbibed, has been known to produce death; or if coffee grounds are
suffered to remain long in a copper coffee-pot, and afterwards mixed
with fresh coffee, for the sake of economy, the effects will be highly
injurious, if not fatal. The best antidote in such cases, when they
unhappily occur, is to take immediately a large spoonful of powdered
charcoal, mixed with honey,