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HINTS IN COOKING MEATS AND FISH. -Boiled Meats. -5
"Condy's Disinfect
ing fluid, is supposed to be a concentrated solution of permanganate of potassa, " etc., which is the same as " potash, " above. Mr. Condy, in a pamphlet published by himself in 1862 says " half a tumbler of his fluid in a good sized bath (this is supposing a person to be scalded all over, or at least much of bis surface), will give instant relief in these frightful scalds and burns,
Driving away Flies with It. —The writer of "Hints and Helps, " published in the Blade in 1879, from which the author gathered and condensed these items, claims that a little of this mixture, in a soup-plate of water, will drive away flies, even those big buzzing ones which are so troublesome when fresh meat is around. This is easily tried, but knowing the permanganate to be a powerful disinfectant, I have no hesitation in recommending the mixture for all the purposes for which it is claimed to be valuable.
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