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and molasses until it will harden quickly in water. Add a piece of butter and walnut meats just before removing from fire. Pour in shallow pans to cool. CREAM CARAMELS. Two cups of light brown sugar, ^ cup of sweet cream. Let this boil hard 5 to 10 minutes, then beat it to a cream; add vanilla. Pour into a buttered pan, flatten out and cut in squares. COCOANUT CANDY. Two cups of cocoanut, i cup of sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls of corn starch, whites of 2 eggs. Mould in little balls and put on buttered paper. Dry in a slow oven. MAPLE SYRUP CANDY. Two cups of maple syrup, ^ teaspoonful of cream of tartar, 5^ of vanilla, 15^ cups of hickorynut meats. Boil the syrup and cream of tartar till a little of the syrup dropped in cold water will form a ball in the fingers. Remove from the fire and cool. When lukewarm stir till it becomes creamy, add the vanilla and nuts and pour immediately into a buttered tin pan. It [illustration: Valentine & Company, Coach and Car Varnishes and Colors] is better to have the candy at least J^ inch in thickness when poured out in the pan. Miss Noyes. WHITE TAFFY. Two pounds of sugar, i pint of water, i^ teaspoonful of cream of tartar, vanilla. Boil sugar, water and cream of tartar till, when tested in cold water, it will snap. Pour out on buttered marble slab to cool. Drop a little vanilla on the top and when it has cooled sufficiently to make it white and glossy, pull into strips and cut into small pieces. ' Miss Noyes. CREAM PEPPERMINTS. Three pounds of granulated sugar, i cup of water, i^ teaspoonful of cream of tartar, oil of peppermint. Boil sugar, cream of tartar and water rapidly till, when a little is dropped in cold water, it will just form into a soft ball in the fingers. Be sure not to stir the syrup after it has commenced to boil or it will grain. When the '-soft ball" will form, remove instantly from the fire and allow it to become lukewarm. Then stir with a wooden paddle, always in the same direction, adding a few drops of oil of peppermint, until it has become [illustration: Valentine & Company, Coach and Car Varnishes and Colors] fectly smooth and creamy. If the candy grains water can be added and it can be boiled again. Drop on parafine paper, a marble slab or plate of glass. CREAM WINTERGREENS. These are made the same as the peppermints, except that oil of winter green is substituted for oil of peppermint. Miss Noyes. [illustration: Valentine & Company, Coach and Car Varnishes and Colors] COMING FRUIT. If fruit you jelly, preserve or can Take care that you skin it, close as you can, See that every bubble is out of the jar, If those are left in, they, the best fruit, will mar; Follow close this rule and there is in reason Why you can't have fresh fruit at every season. WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. (Genuine.) Two ounces of cayenne pepper pods, 2 ounces of white mustard seed, 2 ounces of ground cloves, y^ ounce of ground mace, i^ pounds of shalots, 4 cents worth of garlic, i^ pound of horse radish, 1 gallon of brown vinegar. Mix all together in a jar, stirring every day for a month; boil and strain. It will be fit for use in a week, Mrs. C. G. F. Wells. CUCUMBER SAUCE.