1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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No. 515. Another metliod to preserve Eggs. No. 2. Mix together, in a tub or vessel, 1 bushel quick- lime, 2 pounds salt, \ pound cream of tartar, with as much water as will reduce the composition to a sufficient consistence to float an Qgg. Then put and keep the eggs therein, — which will preserve them perfectly sound for 2 years at least. No. 3. Take a half-inch board of any convenient length or breadth, and pierce it as full of holes (each 1^ inches in diameter) as you can, without risking the breaking of one hole into another. Then take 4 strips of the same board, 2 inches broad, and nail them together edgewise into a rectangular frame of the same size as your board ; nail the board upon the frame, and the work is done. Put your eggs in this board as they come in from the poultry-house, the small end down, and they will keep good for 6 months, if you take the following precautions : Take care that the eggs do not get wet, either in the nest or afterward. If 2 boards are kept, one can be filling and the other emptying at the same time. No. 516. Another method to preserve Eggs.

No. 517. A Fickle to cure Hams, Pork, and Beef. To each gallon of water add 1\ pounds salt, |

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boil all together and skim

sugar, \ ounce saltpetre ;

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then rub the meat with salt, and pack it

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pour on your pickle when milk-warm.