466 XII. CONSISTENT AND DRY COMPOUNDS— 



geum urbanum and g. rivale, ground together ; for in all cases a 

 mixture of several spices is more agreeable than any one used 

 singly. 



Powder of coriander. Sem. coriandri, nux vomica, quassia, 

 ground together : used by the ale brewers. 



Sharp whites, Wheaten flour ground with alum. 

 Stuff. Alum in small crystals lb. j, common salt 3lb., to mix 

 with flour for baking. 



Heading for beer. Alum, green vitriol, ana p. aeq. 



Mushroom powder. Mushrooms, blewits, champignons, or any 

 other wholesome kind, half peck, 2 onions, cloves, and mace, of 

 each a quarter of an oz., white pepper 1 oz. ; expose to a gentle 

 heat till the liquor the mushrooms yield be dried up, then dry on 

 tins in a slow oven till they can be powdered or ground in a mill. 

 — 2. The squeezings left in making plain mushroom catchup, 

 mix with dried flour, roll out, dry and powder. 



Oyster powder , Preserved oysters. Oysters 3 doz., salt three 

 quarters of an oz., pound, press through a hair sieve, add dried 

 ■wheat flour suff*. quant, to make a paste, about 1~ oz., roll out 

 to the thickness of half a crown, dry, pound, sift, put into 

 bottles, and seal the corks : 3 av. drachms will make half a pint 

 of sauce. 



Cockle powder, Muscle powder. May be made the same way. 



Anchovy powder. Pound the fish, rub through a sieve, make 

 into a paste with dried flour, roll out thin, dry, and reduce to a fine 

 powder. 



Sprat powder. Head and gut the sprats, float them over with 

 vinegar, add a little salt and allspice, bake for two hours, rub 

 them through a hair sieve, and proceed as in making anchovy 

 powder. 



Flour ofmustardy Durham mustard^ Farina sinapis. The seeds 

 of black mustard dried until they form a powder when bruised, 

 then ground and sifted to separate the hulls or black skin of the 

 seed, which does not form so fine a powder : yellow, and must not 

 be confounded with powdered black mustard seed, sem. sinapis 

 trita, which is very black coloured, and used to make the foreign 

 mustard sauces. When flour of mustard is made up into mustard 

 sauce, and taken in too large a dose, it stops the respiration, and 

 draws tears from the eyes; the spasm is relieved by smelling. 



Reduced flour of mustard. Flour of mustard, ground white 

 mustard seed, salt, ana p. aeq. 



2. Flour of mustard 14lb., ground white mustard seed, turmeric, 

 Cayenne pepper, and common salt, in various proportions : does 

 not affect the breath. 



