Mrs. G. W. Pitkin. Dissolve five ounces of tartaric acid in two quarts water; pour it upon twelve pounds of red raspberries in i, large bowl ; let it stand twenty-four hours ; strain it with- out pressing; to a pint of this liquor add one and a half pounds of white sugar; stir until dissolves. Bottie, but do not cook for several days, when it is ready for use. Two or three tablespoons in a glass of ice water will make delicious beverage. EASPBEKRY YINEGAR. Mrs. W. S. Walken To four quarts red raspberries, put enough vinegar to cover, and let them stand twenty-fouL hours ; scald and strain it; add a pound of sugar to one pint of juice; boil it twenty minutes, and bottle ; it i? then ready for use and will keep years. To one glass of water, add a great spoonful. It is much relished b) the sick. Very nice. 24 370 THE HOME COOK BOOK. EASPBERKY VINEGAR Mrs. Joseph B. Leake. Fill a jar with red raspberries picked from the stalks. Pour in as much vmegar as it will hold. Let it stand ten days, then strain it through a sieve. Don't press the ber^ ries, just let the juice run through. To every pint add one pound loaf sugar. Boil it like other syrup; skim, and bottle when cold. BLACKBERRY SYRUP. Mrs. Bausher. To one pint of juice, put one pound of white sugar, one- half ounce of powdered cinnamon, one-fourth ounce mace, and two teaspoons cloves ; boil all together for quarter of an hour, then strain the syrup, and add to each pint a glass of French brandy✪ Blackberry Syrup. LEMO^T SYRUP. Mrs. De Forrest. Pare off the yellow rind of the lemon, slice the lemon and put a layer of lemon and a thick layer of sugar✪ Lemon Syrup in a deep plate ; cover close with a saucer, and set in a warm place. This is an excellent remedy for a cold. SPLENDID GINGER BEER. Mrs. H. L. Bristol. Five gallons of water, one-half pound ginger root boiled, four pounds sugar, one-eighth pound cream tartar, one bottle essence of lemon, one ounce of tartaric acid, one quart of yeast✪ Splendid Ginger Beer. VALUABLE EECIPES. 371 HOP BEER. Mrs. Dickinson. One handful of hops, boil an hour, strain, and add one pint of molasses, and enough water to make two gallons. When milk-warm, add one cup or cake of yaast; let it stand over night ; skim and pour it off from the yeast care- fully ; add one tablespoon of wintergreen✪ Hop Beer, and bottle for use. MISCELLANEOUS. What does cookery mean ? It means the knowledge of all fruits and herbs and balms and spices, and of all that is healing and sweet in fields and groves, and savory in meats. It means carefulness, and inventiveness, and watchfulness, and willingness, and readiness of appliance. It means the economy of your great grandmother and the science of modern chemists. It means much tasting and no wasting ; it means English thoroughness, and French art, and Arabian hospitality ; and it means, in fine, that you are to be perfectly and always ladies — loaf givers ; and as you are to see imperatively that everybody has something pretty to put on, so you are to see even yet more imperatively that everybody has something nice to eat. — RusKiN. GENEEAL HINTS. It is a matter of great convenience to have a covered tub or pail of sifted flour ready for use. It will save half the time in an emergency. Always sift soda, when not dissolved in hot water, through a fine wire sieve.

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Mrs. G. W. Pitkin. Dissolve five ounces of tartaric acid in two quarts water; pour it upon twelve pounds of red raspberries in i, large bowl ; let it stand twenty-four hours ; strain it without pressing; to a pint of this liquor add one and a half pounds of white sugar; stir until dissolves. Bottie, but do not cook for several days, when it is ready for use. Two or three tablespoons in a glass of ice water will make delicious beverage. RASPBERRY VINEGAR. Mrs. W. S. Walken. To four quarts red raspberries, put enough vinegar to cover, and let them stand twenty-four hours ; scald and strain it; add a pound of sugar to one pint of juice; boil it twenty minutes, and bottle ; it is then ready for use and will keep years. To one glass of water, add a great spoonful. It is much relished by the sick. Very nice. RASPBERRY VINEGAR Mrs. Joseph B. Leake. Fill a jar with red raspberries picked from the stalks. Pour in as much vinegar as it will hold. Let it stand ten days, then strain it through a sieve. Don't press the berries, just let the juice run through. To every pint add one pound loaf sugar. Boil it like other syrup; skim, and bottle when cold. BLACKBERRY SYRUP. Mrs. Bausher. To one pint of juice, put one pound of white sugar, onehalf ounce of powdered cinnamon, one-fourth ounce mace, and two teaspoons cloves ; boil all together for quarter of an hour, then strain the syrup, and add to each pint a glass of French brandy. LEMON SYRUP. Mrs. De Forrest. Pare off the yellow rind of the lemon, slice the lemon and put a layer of lemon and a thick layer of sugar in a deep plate ; cover close with a saucer, and set in a warm place. This is an excellent remedy for a cold. SPLENDID GINGER BEER. Mrs. H. L. Bristol. Five gallons of water, one-half pound ginger root boiled, four pounds sugar, one-eighth pound cream tartar, one bottle essence of lemon, one ounce of tartaric acid, one quart of yeast. HOP BEER. Mrs. Dickinson. One handful of hops, boil an hour, strain, and add one pint of molasses, and enough water to make two gallons. When milk-warm, add one cup or cake of yaast; let it stand over night ; skim and pour it off from the yeast carefully ; add one tablespoon of wintergreen, and bottle for use. MISCELLANEOUS. What does cookery mean ? It means the knowledge of all fruits and herbs and balms and spices, and of all that is healing and sweet in fields and groves, and savory in meats. It means carefulness, and inventiveness, and watchfulness, and willingness, and readiness of appliance. It means the economy of your great grandmother and the science of modern chemists. It means much tasting and no wasting ; it means English thoroughness, and French art, and Arabian hospitality ; and it means, in fine, that you are to be perfectly and always ladies — loaf givers ; and as you are to see imperatively that everybody has something pretty to put on, so you are to see even yet more imperatively that everybody has something nice to eat. — RusKiN. GENEEAL HINTS. It is a matter of great convenience to have a covered tub or pail of sifted flour ready for use. It will save half the time in an emergency. Always sift soda, when not dissolved in hot water, through a fine wire sieve.

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