214

——, Queen’s, 217

——, rout, 217

——, Savoy, 218

——, sweetmeat nuts, 219

——, tops and bottoms, 220

——, wine, 220

——, York, 220

Bishop (drink), 192

Bishop pudding, 395

Bites, 780

Bitter-almonds flavour, 478

Bitters, 180

Blackbeetles, destroying, 557

Blackberries, 579

Blackberry brandy, 182

—— cordial, 183

—— jam, 137, 139

—— jelly, 140

—— mould, 395

—— pudding, 395

—— syrup, 176

—— tart, 395

—— wine, 192

Black butter, 461

Blackcock, carving, 632

Black currant cordial, 189

—— —— jam, 137

—— —— jelly, 140

—— currants, bottled, 140

Blackened ceilings, 85

Black Forest dress, 731

Black Ghost, 682

Black puddings, 511

Blanched turkey, 366

Blancmange, 395, 601, 770

Blankets, 702

Bleeding, 781

Blind area walls, 5

Blinds of nursery, 746

Blistering fluid poisoning, 793

Blisters, 763

Bloater à la Sefton, 272

—— on toast, 272

Bloaters, pickled, 487

——, potted, 126

Block, 688

Blowers, 80

Blowing out candles, 83

Blue gum for colds, 801

Blue pill, 778

Bluestone poisoning, 793

Blue vinney cheese, 164

Blueing machine, 855

Boar’s head, 126, 332

Bobbins for bells, 106

Bobotie, 487

Boiled potatoes, keeping, 113

Boiler explosions, 838

Boilers, 832

——, steam, 940

Boiling, 241

—— fish, 268

Boker’s bitters, 180

Bola d’amor, 504

Bolding’s gas regulator burner, 89

Bolsters, 702

Bombay ducks, 272

—— pudding, 395

Bondon cheese, 166

Bone, cleaning, 533

—— soup, 247

Boned ham, 334

—— shoulder of mutton, 330

Bones, broken, 783

—— for soup, keeping, 112

Boning fowl, 349, 350

—— turkey, 367

Bonne femme soup, 248, 267

Books, care of, 903

——, cleaning, 541

—— on bedroom, 705

—— on dairy, 167

—— on dining room, 647

—— on drawing room, 698

—— on dressing room, 745

—— on dwelling, 111

—— on farmyard. 929

—— on garden, 935

—— on housewife’s room, 582

—— on kitchen, 517

—— on playground, 888

—— on schoolroom, 869

—— on sickroom, 826

—— on workroom, 902

Boots, 711

——, buying, 712

——, preserving, 713

Borax, 778

Bordeaux cake, 211

Bordelaise sauce, 461

Borshch, 507

Boston brown bread, 481

—— pudding, 396

Bottles, cleaning, 170, 531

——, corking, 170

——, drying, 170

——, tying down, 170

Bottling beer, 179

—— black currants, 140

—— cherries, 140

—— cider, 194

—— currants, 138

—— damsons, 142

—— fruit, 138

—— gooseberries 138, 142

—— plums, 138, 148

—— raspberries, 138

—— rhubarb, 138, 151

—— strawberries, 138

—— wine, 190

Bottling-wax, 138

Boudin of fish, 269

Boudoir furniture, 98

Bouillabaisse, 269, 505

Bouilli, 242

Bouillon, 242

Bournes, 13

Bowle, 489

Box gutters, 18

—— mangle, 857

Boyle’s air cooler, 59

—— —— warmer, 77

—— ventilator, 58

Bracciolette, 503

Braces, 711

Brain worries, 794

Brains, 569

Braising, 242

Bramah closets, 47, 48

Bran bread, 593

Brandied peaches, 147

—— plums, 149

—— quinces, 150

Brandy bitters, 180

—— butter, 461

—— flavour, 478

—— sauce, 461

—— shrub, 183

—— snaps, 211

Brass, cleaning, 536

Brawn, 126, 333

——, mock, 312

Bread, 207, 592

——, almond, 210

——, baking, 207

——, Colchester, 212

——, curing sour dough, 208

——, diet, 213

——, fancy, 210

——, flour for, 208

—— for invalids, 772

——, gas ovens, 208

—— in tins, 209

——, Italian, 214

——, keeping, 113

——, kneading, 209

——, milk for, 208

—— mould, 492

—— ovens, 207

—— potatoes for, 208

——, short-, 218

——, steam ovens, 208

——, testing, 520

——, Vienna, 220

—— with barm, 207

—— —— German yeast, 208

—— —— seconds flour, 209

Breadcrumbs, baked, 461

——, fried, 354, 461

——, plain, 461

Bread-making in hot weather, 209

Bread poultice, 762

—— puddings, 396

—— sauce, 461

Breadstuffs, buying, 566

Breakages, law of, 961

Breakfast cake, 211

—— cloth, laying, 607

Breakfasts, 641

——, wedding, 646

Bream, 272

——, broiled, 273

——, buying, 565

——, roast, 273

——, soused, 273

——, stewed, 273

Breast of mutton, 317

—— veal, 343

Breathing in smoke, 110

Bretzeln, 489

Brewers’ yeast, 207

Brewing, 179

Brianees, 496

Brick drains, evils of, 52

—— ——, objections to, 53

—— ——, signs of perishing, 53

Brick-flue ranges, 221

Bride cake, 211, 216

Brie cheese, 166

Brightening cloudy beer, 179

Brighton biscuits, 212

Brill, 273, 565, 566, 568, 570, 576, 580

Brioche, 397

Briquettes, 581

British cheeses, 164

Brittany dress, 739, 742

Broad beans, 573

—— ——, boiled, 372

Broccoli, 372, 565, 582

—— with white sauce, 373

Brochan, 509

Broiling fish, 268

Broken bones, 783

Bronze, cleaning, 537

Broth, mutton, 259, 318

——, Scotch, 265

——, tea-kettle, 266

Broths as food, 599

Brown and Green’s kitchener, 228

Brown bread, 593

—— —— ice, 442

—— butter sauce, 462

—— pudding, 397

—— sauce, 462

—— sharp sauce, 473

Browned crab, 277

Brunoise soup, 248, 267

Brushing the hair, 810

Brussels carpet, 96

—— sprouts, 579, 582

—— ——, boiled, 373

—— —— omelet, 454

Bubble and squeak, 310

Bucellas (drink), 193

Buckskin gloves, cleaning, 532

Buckwheat cakes, 481

Bugs, destroying, 558

Bulgarian dress, 728, 731

Bullaces, 579

Bullock’s heart, 310

Bumaloes, 272

Bunions, 806

Buns, Bath, 211

——, Chelsea, 212

——, cinnamon, 212

——, hot cross, 213

——, saffron, 218

Burdwan, 496

Burglars, precautions, 108

Burgundy cup, 193

Burners, Argand, 87

——, gas, number needed, 85, 87

—— of gas fires, 78

——, regulating, 89

Burning kitchen waste without causing smell, 49

Burns, 785

Bursting water-pipes, 846

Butter, 156

——, churning, 157

——, English, inferior, 157

——, keeping, 113

——, making, English faults, 157

——, ——, Normandy, 158

——, potting, 159

——, putting up, 158

——, rancid, 159

—— room, 156

——, testing, 520

—— yield, 156

Buttered biscuits, 212

—— jack (drink), 193

—— lobster, 283

Buttermilk creams, 403

Butters, 460

Buttonhole patch, 892

Buying clothes, 714

—— fish, 565, 566, 567, 569, 570, 571, 573, 575

—— fruit, 565, 566, 568, 569, 570, 572, 573, 576

—— game, 565, 566, 568, 569, 571, 573, 574, 575

—— meat, 563, 565, 567, 569, 570, 572, 575

—— poultry, 565, 566, 568, 569, 571, 573, 575

—— vegetables, 565, 566, 568, 569, 570, 572, 573, 574, 576


Cabbage, 565, 570, 573

——, boiled, 373

——, cold slaugh, 374

——, hot slaugh, 374

——, keeping, 114

——, pickling, 132

——, red, 379

—— salad, 383, 484

—— soup, 264

——, stuffed, 374

Cabinet pudding, 393

Cacao cordial, 183

Cakes, 210

——, almond, 210

——, almond Savoy, 210

——, Banbury, 210

——, Bath, 211

——, Bordeaux, 211

——, breakfast, 211

——, bride, 211, 216

——, cheese, 212

——, cinnamon, currant, and caraway, 212

——, curd cheese, 213

——, Derby, 213

——, farls, 215

——, fish, 269

——, ginger, 213

——, iced, 442

——, lemon cheese, 214

——, Lord Mayor’s, 214

——, lunch, 214

——, Madeira, 214

——, mothering, 219

——, oatmeal, 214

——, plum, 215

——, pound, 216

——, Prussian, 216

——, Queen’s, 217

——, rice pound, 217

——, rout, 217

——, Savoy, 218

——, school, 214

——, seed, 218

——, Shrewsbury, 218

——, Simnel, 219

——, sponge, 219

——, tea, 219

——, twelfth, 216, 220

——, Venice, 220

——, Yorkshire, 220

——, Yule, 220

Calcium sulphide in luminous paint, 83

Calecannon, 378

Caledonian cream, 398

Calendering machine, 858

Calf’s brains, 337

—— —— and tongue, 337

—— feet, 337

—— —— fritters, 337

—— —— jelly, 338

—— —— pie, 338

—— —— pudding, 338

—— head,