3. Sugar-colouring, 1 pint; salt, 1⁄4 lb.;
mushroom-catsup, 1⁄2 pint; spice, q. s. Excellent for all ordinary purposes.
4. Lump sugar (powdered), 21⁄2 lbs.; salad oil, 1⁄2 lb.; heat as before; then add, of port wine, 1 quart; Cape wine, 3 quarts; shalots, 6 oz.; mixed spice, 4 oz.; black pepper, 3 oz.; mace, 1 oz; salt, 1 lb.; lemon juice, 1 pint; catsup, 1 quart; mix well.
5. Good spirit-colouring or sugar-colouring and mushroom catsup, of each 1 gall.; Jamaica pepper, black pepper, and shalots, of each 4 oz; cloves, cassia, and mace, bruised, of each 3⁄4 oz.; boil in a covered vessel for 5 minutes; digest for 14 days, and strain.
6. Colouring, 3 pints; mushroom catsup, 1 pint; common salt, 3⁄4 lb.; Chili vinegar (strongest), 1⁄2 pint; spice, q. s. Half a pint of British brandy or rum may be added.
Obs. The above are excellent additions to gravies, soups, &c.; and of themselves form most admirable sauces for fish, meat, and game.
Browning (for Gun-barrels). Prep. The following are current formulæ:—
1. Blue vitriol, 4 oz.; tincture of chloride of iron, 2 oz.; water, 1 quart; dissolve, and add aquafortis and sweet spirit of nitre, of each 1 oz.
2. Blue vitriol and sweet spirit of nitre, of each 1 oz.; aquafortis, 1⁄2 oz.; water, 1 pint; as last.
3. Butter of antimony and sweet oil, equal parts; well shaken together. To be applied to the iron previously warmed.