Chapter 75

156Skin complaints,822Skink soup,509Skins, cleaning,528Slap-dashing walls,9Slate cisterns,19—— roof,6Slates bedded in cement,7Sleep,703——, controlling,703—— for children,749——, length of,703Sleeplessness,703Sleight of hand tricks,664Sligowitz liqueur,188Slip and dip,516Slip-stitched patch,890Sloe gin,189Sloke,376Slops in sickroom,755Slow combustion grate,66—— —— stoves,72Slugs,561Smallpox,813Smell of burning kitchen waste, to avoid,49—— conveyed by bell-wire pipes,49—— from cooking,243—— from rain-water pipes,42Smelts,298,565,566,568,570,578,580,582——, fried,298Smith’s gas regulator,89Smoke, breathing in,110—— test for drains,41Smoked geese,130—— neats’ tongues,130Smoker’s drink,204Smoking and health,666—— apparatus,123—— chimney (for bacon),124—— fish,124—— foods,123——, fuel for,125—— herrings,124—— mackerel,124—— -room, aspect for,3—— sprats,124Smoky chimney,80Snails,561Snake bites,781Snakes,562——, excluding from dwellings,8Snipe,365,565,566,568,580,581——, bisque,365——, carving,631——, fried,366—— on toast,366—— pie,366——, roast,366Snoring,705Snowballs,432Snow cake,432—— mould,432—— pancakes,432Snowdon pudding,432Soap dissolver,851Socks,711Soda acetate stove,82—— poisoning,793—— scones,219—— water syrups, red colouring for,176Sofas,98Soft soap to remove grease from drains,50—— water,519Soil for dwelling,1—— pipes,38,48—— ——, joints in,49—— ——, ventilation of,38,49Sole à la maître d’hôtel,298—— —— Normande,298——, aspic,298—— au gratin,299—— au vin blanc,299——, broiled,299——, carving,622——, consommé,299—— en matelote,299——, fillets,299——, fricassée,299——, fried,300—— in brown sauce,300—— in cases,300—— in jelly,298—— roulettes,300—— salad,300—— savalada,300——, stewed,301——, water souchet,301—— with ravigote sauce,301Soles,298,565,566,568,570,573,578,580,582Soothing syrup poisoning,793Sore throat,802Sorrel,380,568,569,572,582—— and eggs,451—— drink,516—— sauce,489—— soup,265Soubise sauce,474Soufflé,433Soup-herbs flavour,480Soups,244——, apple,247——, apple and currant,247——, artichoke,247——, asparagus,247——, barley,247——, barszcz,261——, batter-cream,247——, bean,256——, beef-tea,258——, beer,247——, birds’-nests,247——, bonne femme,248,267——, bone,247——, bones, keeping,112——, brunoise,248,267——, cabbage,264—— calf’s head,248——, carrot,248——, cauliflower,249——, celery,249——, cheap,249——, cheese,261——, cherry,250——, chestnut,250——, chicken,250——, chiffonade,267——, clarifying stock,246——, clear,251——, clear stock,245——, clear, with custard,252——, clear, with poached eggs,252——, clear, with quenelles,252——, cock-a-leekie,253——, cockle,253——, coconut,253——, colbert,267——, common stock,244——, Condé,256——, conger-eel,253——, conti,257——, crayfish,253——, Crécy,248——, croûte au pot,254——, cussy,260——, custard,254——, dried turtle,267——, eating,633——, faubonne,267——, fish stock,246——, Flemish,254——, French,254——, fried,254——, game,254——, giblet,254——, gniocchi,255——, gravy,255——, —— stock,246——, green corn,255——, —— pea,255——, grouse,255,354——, hare,255——, haricot,256——, herb,256——, herring,256——, hochepot,260——, hotchpotch,256——, hunter’s,256——, imperial,256——, Italian,257——, Jerusalem artichoke,261——, julienne,257——, keeping,113——, kidney,257——, leek,257——, lentil,257——, lettuce,258——, Liebig’s beef tea,258——, liver,258——, lobster,258——, macaroni,258——, milk,258——, minestrone,257——, mock pea,258——, —— turtle,259——, mulligatawny,259——, mussel,259——, mutton broth,259——, nivernaise,248——, Nouilles,260——, okra,260——, onion,260——, oxtail,260——, oyster,260——, Palestine,261——, Parmesan cheese,261——, paysanne,267——, pea,261——, ——, mock,258——, pear,261——, plum,261——, Polish,261——, Pomeranian,262——, poor man’s,262——, potato,262——, pot au feu,262——, poultry,250,263——, pumpkin,263——, quenelle,263——, rice,263——, —— and carrot,264——, —— —— pea,264——, —— —— sorrel,264——, —— —— tomato,264—— royale,252——, sago,264——, Savoyard,264——, Savoy cabbage,264——, Scotch broth,265——, scrap,264——, semolina,265——, Sévigné,250——, sheep’s head,265——, shrimp,265——, sorrel,265——, spinach,265——, spring,265——, strawberry,266——, sweetbread,266——, tapioca,266——, tea-kettle broth,266——, tomato,266——, turnip,266——, turtle,266——, ——, mock,259——, veal stock,246——, vegetable,267——, —— -marrow,267——, —— stock,246——, vermicelli,267——, Victoria,267——, white,267——, —— stock,246Sour beer, restoring,180—— dough, curing,208—— milk,113Sous,516Soused bream,273—— carp,274—— pike,292—— sprats,302—— trout,302Sowens,509Spacha,516Spanish bitters,181—— dance,653—— dishes,509—— dress,745Spatzen,494Spectre Dog,682—— Workman,681Spectre’s Kiss,684Spencer corona,90Spencer’s magnetic carbide filter,29Spice gingerbread,219—— nuts,219Spiced bacon,125—— beef,126,314Spinach,380,565,569,570,579,582—— greening,474——, keeping,113——, mashed,380—— omelet,456—— soup,265Spirit lamps,83—— of minderus,779—— of nitre,779—— of salt poisoning,793Spirit-rapping séance,681Spirits as food,602Sponge cake,219—— —— pudding,433Sponge, cleaning,545Sponge pudding,433Spongy iron as a filter,24,30Sprains,793Sprat pie,301—— toast,302Sprats,301,580——, baked,301——, fried,301——, patties,301——, pickled,131——, potted,131——, rissoles,302——, salted,131——, smoking,124——, soused,302Spring bed,702Spring soup,265Springs,13,14——, seasonal variation,14Sprouts,565Spruce beer,204Spurge laurel poisoning,793Squab pie,331Square eights dance,653Stables,910Stack-pipes,42Stage illusions,656Stained floors,96Stains, removing,553Staircase curtains,98Stanford’s pipe drains,53Starching,548Stays,710Steam baths,831—— boiler,234—— cooking,233—— heating,81,82—— laundries,849—— oven,208—— power,940—— washing,848—— on windows, curing,83Steamed oysters,291Steatite gas burners,85,87Steel, cleaning,538Steinlach dress,731Stewing,242—— fish,269Stewpans, copper,238Stews as food,599Sticklerspersgrod,494Still lemonade,205Stilton cheese,165Stings,780Stock,244——, clarifying,246——, clear,245——, fish,246——, gravy,246——, veal,246——, vegetable,246——, white,246Stockings,711Stölle,495Stomach bitters,181—— pump,791Stone cisterns,19——, cleaning,535Stoneware drains,52Stopped drains,38,50Stoppers, removing,562Stopping chinks in floors,56—— —— in windows,56Storing ice,114Stott’s gas regulator,88Stouffate,509Stoughton bitters,181Stoves, American,70——, close-fire,71——, convoluted,74——, German,74——, gill,73——, hot-air,75——, oil,

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