The housekeeper's guide to preserved meats, fruits, vegetables, &c

a little iced soda-water or iced water of any kind. It is perhaps somewhat sickly, and it does not do to mix the syrup too strong. Strawberry syrup is also very nice, when mixed with a little water, served up on a dish with some cold rice. This dish is especially suited for children, and housekeepers should always use up each day the remains of any cold rice that may have been served with curry or mulligatawny soup. A little syrup or juice forms a wholesome and cheap dish which can be served up for children’s tea. SWISS ABSINTHE.— See Absinthe. SWISS KIRSCHENWASSER. — See Kirschenwassek. SWISS MILK.— See Milk. SYRUPS, VARIOUS.— Under their re- spective headings will be found full descriptions of the various uses of the following syrups : Lemon Syrup, Apri- cot Syrup, Black-Currant Syrup, Cherry Syrup, Capillaire Syrup, Gooseberry Syrup, Lime Syrup, Grange Syrup, Pineapple Syrup, Raspberry Syrup, Red-Currant Syrup, Strawberry Syrup. These syrups are undoubtedly coming daily more into demand. Perhaps one great cause is that they, of late years, have been sold as a precaution against the undue consumption of intoxicating liquor. There is no doubt that a great deal of the evil in this country springs from excess in taking stimulants. The remedy is I believe to be found not so much in interfering with those whose habits are confirmed as to prevent it spreading to the rising generation. There can be no doubt that hundreds and thousands of persons, especially among the poor, have gradually fallen into the habit of drinking intoxicants, simply because they have had no other choice. What is wanted chiefly is to supply not only a nice but a cheap sub- stitute for the ordinary pint of beer. Lemonade and soda-water, and even ginger beer, are, as a rule, especially in public-houses as well as good hotels, sold at a price which places them beyond the reach of the poor man. How many lads are there who would infinitely’ prefer a glass of pineapple syrup and water to half a pint of ale, if they could only get it ? Should the various teetotal bodies wish to succeed in their endea- vours I do not know of any better course 148 CROSSE AND BLACKWELL'S than for them to endeavour to make every grocer’s shop throughout the kingdom a rival to the public-house. Were it possible for thirsty persons to obtain at every grocer’s a glass of syrup for a penny, or even a halfpenny, which is the price at which in many places a glass of sherbet can be obtained, more would be done to check the sale of in- toxicating drink than all the bombastic talk, which too often checks the move- ment rather than advances it. SYRUP, FRUITS IN.— The following fruits are now to be obtained in syrups, and a full description of their various uses will be found under their respective headings. Apricots, peaches, pine- apples, currants, cherries, greengages, plums, pears, strawberries, raspberries, West Indian limes, mixed fruits, apri- cots in noyeau or brandy, greengages in noyeau or brandy, mixed fruits in noyeau, compote of mixed fruits in jelly, brandy cherries, and pineapples whole. ABLE SALT.— See Salt. TAMARINDS, WEST IN- DIAN. — Tamarinds are a well-known West Indian