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take six eggs, and beat them well with a fork 

 in a basin ; add a little salt. Next, take a little 

 finelj- chopped parsley, finely chopped eschalot 

 or onion, and two ounces of butter cut into 

 small pieces, and mix all this with the egg. — 

 Set a fiying-pan on the fire witli a piece of but- 

 ter in it ; as soon as the butter is melted, pour in 

 the omelette, and continue to stir it till it assume 

 the appearance of a finn cake. When dressed 

 on one side, turn it carefully, and dress it on the 

 other. It will be dressed suflicienlly when it is 

 lightly browned. Serve it on a dish. The fla- 

 vor rnay bo varied, by leaving out the parsely 

 and onion, and putting in finely chopped tongue 

 or ham, oysters, shrimps, grated cheese, or other 

 iijgredients. 



Pancakes. — Pancakes areinade of eggs, flour, 

 and milk, in the proportion of a table-spoonfuU 

 of flour to each egg. To make two small ])au- 

 cakes, take two egg.s, and beat them well, and 

 add to them a little milk. Then take two table- 

 spoonfuls of flour, and work it into a batter with 

 the egg and milk ; add a little salt. Seta clean 

 frying-pan on the fire, and put a piece of butter 

 or lard into it. When the butter is quite hot, 

 pour in the batter. Shake it frequently, to pre- 

 vent it from sticking. When the under side is 

 of a light brown, turn it. Serve the pancakes 

 foli'ed, with sugar strewed between the folds. — 

 Tliis is the way of dressing the common pan- 

 cake : when required to be lighter, use more 

 egg and less flour ; and grated nutmeg may be 

 added. 



Jf HITTERS. — Make a batter of eggs, flour, and 

 milk, as for pancakes, but with a little more 

 flour, Apple fritters are made by cutting large 

 pared apples in slices, dipping the slices in the 

 batter, and frying them separately. They are 

 done when slightly browned on both sides. — 

 Anc'ther, and perhaps more common way, is to 

 cut the apples in small pieces, and mix them 

 v\ith the batter, frying them, a spoonful in each 

 fritter. Fritters may be made \\ith currants in 

 the same manner. Serve all fritters with sugar 

 sprinkled over them. 



[Chambers' Information for the People. 

 rShould any gendeman oVjject to the appropri- 

 tian'of «. smidl portion of the 100 pages a month, 

 which this journal contains, to the use and 

 Binusemcnt of Houseich'es, he will please do so 

 under his name, and state whether he is a mar- 

 ried man. But why should even the bachelor, 

 pushed from one place to another, and thrown 

 .Tibout as if he were but the one-half of a pair of 

 .-siisaors, useless to all ends, except to drive out 

 the dogs, keep the doors shut in winter, and pull 

 the bell all the year round ; why sliould he ob- 

 ject to an occasional discourse for the benefit of 

 the fairer and kinder part of creation. Let him 

 fall sick and be thrown oft' his feed, and see who 

 is his best docfoj- ! W^ho will send and have 

 his sheets aired and his bed warmed, and ]iro- 

 vide him a clean night-cap, and his saucepan of 

 panada or chicken-water, and nurse him as if he 

 were of consequence in the world ; is it not tlie 

 Honxetcife ? 



Be it known then, until some gentleman en- 

 ters his caveat, under his proper name, we shall 

 appropriate a i)orliou of the Monthly Journal oc- 

 casionally to Housewifery, and shall treat of a 

 (704) 



few things that may be mentioned in advance, 

 as they occur, as for example — Precautions as 

 ^o fii'e ; clothes catching fire ; bums, scalds, cuts ; 

 poison; everything about a house and its furni- 

 ture, such as earthen ware and china, tables and 

 chairs ; baths and foot warmers ; servants and 

 cleaning ; oil-cloths; walls of rooms, paper-hang- 

 ings ; kitchen vessels, di.sh covers ; knives, 

 lamp.s. lamp glasses ; furniture ; varnishing ; bot- 

 tle* ; flannel and woolen articles ; silks ; clear 

 starching; smoky chimneys; salting and smok- 

 ing meat ; preserving flowers fresh ; destroying 

 vermin, rats, mice, bugs, fleas, lice, flies, moths, 

 slugs, and a hundred other things, too tedious to 

 mention. Then we will take up the toilet, and 

 treat of preserving the teeth, the nails ; will tell 

 them how to make pomatum, cold cream, sper- 

 maceti ointment, and cosmetics of all sorts. In 

 due time they shall have the best recipes for 

 every thing that belongs to the dairy, the garden 

 and the flower bed. Not such as are to be found 

 in " 5,000 recipes," made, like Pindar razors, 

 for sale, hnt founded on experience, and rccom- 

 racnded for their common use, economy, and 

 practical excellence. What, dear, good, lady 

 Housewives, ■will we not essaj- for your benefit ! 

 THE GOOD HUSWIFELY PHYSIC* 



BY THOMAS TUSSEB, GENT. 



Good huswives provide, ere an' sickness do come. 

 Of sundry good things in her house to have some: 

 Good agva composi'a, and vinegar tarf, 

 Rose-Wiitcr, and treacle, to comfort the (c) heait. 

 Cold herbs in her garden, for agues that burn, 

 That over strong heat to good temper may turn ; 

 White endive and succory, with spinage enough — 

 All such, with good pot herbs, should follow the 

 Get water of fumitory, liver to cool. [plough. 



And othei-3 the like, or else go (he) like a fool ; 

 Conserves of barberry, quinces, and such, 

 With sirops, that easeth the sickly so much. 



Ask Mtdicus counsel, ere med'cine ye make. 

 And honour that man for necessity's sake. 

 Thougli thousiinds hate physic, because of the cost. 

 Vet thousands it helpcth, that else should be lost. 

 Good broth and good kccphig do much, now and than, 

 Good diet with wisdom, best comfoneth man. 

 In health, to be stirring shall profit thee best ; 

 In sickness, hate trouble, seek quiet and rest. 

 Remember thy soul ; let no fancy prevail ; 

 Make ready to God-ward ; let faith never quail. 

 The sooner thyself thou submittest to God, 

 The sooner He ceaseth to scourge with his rod. 



Variations.— {'c> thine. (b c) lie. ' 



* Though powerful medicines should never be ad- 

 ministered, except by professional men, certain sim- 

 ple remedies ought to be kept in every family ; not, 

 indeed, such as are here enumerated, but such as 

 improved medical knowledge has shown to be 

 equally safe and effloa<'ious. The list, however, is 

 curious as an evidence of the state of domestic medi- 

 cine in the sixteenth centuiy ; and the advice which 

 follows proves the good sense and piety of the writer, 

 which, indeed, are universally conspicuous in his 

 works. 



[Doctor Rusli's opinion being once asked, what per 

 cent, had been added to human life by the art of 

 medical practitioners, answered, that it depended 

 upon whether old women were to be included in the 

 list— because if not, the addition would be much 

 |ggg 1 [EiL Farm. Lib. 



