BORAX. 91 



Cabbage and greens are often cooked with corned beef. 

 Where the liquor is to be used afterward, such vegetables 

 may be boiled in a separate pot, and some of the pot liquor 

 of the meat may be transferred to the vessel they are boiled in. 



Old hams should be soaked twelve hours before boiling 

 them, the water frequently changed, and when boiled, they 

 should be put into a large pot filled with water. 



BONNY-CLABBER. In New England, milk soured 

 to this form is administered to poultry and to pigs ; in warmer 

 latitudes we have seen it served up, while fresh, with nut- 

 meg, sugar, and wine. Under such treatment, and placed in 

 delicate china, it makes a pretty dish, and eats well on a hot 

 day. 



BOOK-MUSLIN. These muslins are popular for dresses, 

 because they do up nicely, and can be worn a few times be- 

 fore being washed. They should be of a good white, for 

 blue whites, whether for bonnets or dresses, are unbecoming 

 even to the young and lovely. 



In washing this muslin, prepare a warm suds made of 

 white bar-soap, and squeeze it gently through two or three 

 of these suds, and rinse in pure water as many times ; lastly, 

 put it through a thin starch-water. Pick it carefully apart, 

 and hang it in the sun, over a dry white sheet. Take it in, 

 sprinkle it evenly, and fold it in a white towel, and let it. re- 

 main some hours in the clothes-basket. When you take it 

 out, clap it with your hands to clear-starch it, as it is techni- 

 cally called, and iron before it is too dry, on the wrong side. 



BORAX. This salt is sometimes efficacious in correcting 

 cutaneous eruptions. Dissolve an ounce of borax in a quart 

 of water, and with a soft sponge bathe the face, night and 

 morning. 



