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Ddiries and Kitchens. 



In dairies milk and whey are heated in large cop- 

 per or brafs cauldrons untinned j if thefe acefcent 

 fluids are left to (land long, a corrofion of the metal 

 muft neceflarily enfue, or if they are fct by without 

 being carefully cleaned from time to time, they will 

 certainly contrad verdigris, being more fubjed to 

 corrofion than lead. 



Butter melted in copper fauce-pans, or thofe that 

 are badly tinned, is peculiarly liable to acquire the 

 fame noxious impregnation, as appears from the 

 naufeous tafte of the metal, and the retchings and 

 ficknefs which fometimes fucceed the ufe of fuch 

 pernicious fauce. 



Efculent and acefcent vegetahleSy fuch as fpinage, 

 cabbage, brocoli, and green peafe, are generally 

 efteemed at mod tables in proportion to the degree 

 o( greennefs which they afllime. To heighten the 

 colour, experienced houfewives, not ignorant of the 

 efficacy of copper, generally give the preference to 

 fuch vefTels, and to make fure work of it, on cer- 

 tain occafions, even diredl that copper half-pence 

 alfo (hould be added ! Hence, perhaps, the auftere 

 metallick tafte and naufeating quality which we 

 fometimes, with regret and furprize, experience on 

 partaking of thefe dainty inviting vegetables. 



D d 3 Tea. 



