The House-Keeper's Guide and Indian Doctor

1851, and one small book promises ice creams, perfumery, soap, furniture polish, a complete system of doctoring — and model letters for every occasion.

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4 recipes in this part of The House-Keeper's Guide and Indian Doctor.

Onions

Peel and boil them in milk and water ten minutes. To a gallon of vinegar put half an ounce of cinnamon and mace, a quarter of an ounce of…

Oyster Catsup

Take fine fresh oysters, rinse them in their own liquor, then pound them in a marble mortar, and to a pint of oysters put a pint of cherry…

Ox Pomatum

Melt four ounces of ox marrow with one ounce of white wax and six ounces of lard. Perfume the mass, when cooling, with oil of bergamot.

Orris Tooth Paste

Take four ounces each pulv. orris and rose pink, prepared chalk two ounces, oil of cloves five drops. Mix with honey enough to form a paste…

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