532 MEALS MEDICINAL. 
fruit; and then once more the golden Aioli advances with its 
shining waters. I am lost! the summer is mangué; the many 
delights of the cuisine Provencal are blotted out of memory by 
the swift inhaling of an evanescent sauce. The French leg of 
mutton of /a cuisine bourgeoise is always Piquée dl’ Ail. Thereby, 
amidst the resinous groves of the Isle Sainte Marguerite, opposite 
Cannes, I was introduced to the potent virtues of savoury garlic.” 
Beau Brummell, when asked whether a gentleman might 
eat Onions immediately before going into the company of 
gentlewomen, remarked sententiously, ‘“‘No man is so well 
looking, and fascinating, that on entering a ball-room he can 
afford to handicap himself with a stink.” 
Leeks (Allium porrium) contain sulphur, and possess expec- 
torant properties. Their juice will purify the blood at spring- 
time. 
“* Now Leeks are in season, for pottage full good, 
That spareth the milch cow, and purgeth the blood.” 
TussEer, Husbandry for March. 
Furthermore, they stimulate the kidneys, and will dissolve 
earthy phosphates in the bladder. 
“Eat Leeks in Lide, and ransoms in May, 
Then all the year after physicians can play.” 
For chilblains, or chapped hands, Leek juice with cream is an 
efficient salve. The Emperor Nero, (Porrophagus), ate Leeks 
with oil for several days together so as to clear his voice. When 
meat savour is withheld from soups, a flavouring by Leeks will 
satisfy any ordinary craving for condimentary taste; but if a 
stronger desire prevails, then the most acceptable flavouring 
vegetable is the Onion. Hence. among persons who are not 
fastidious, or soon offended by powerful, even vulgar, odours, 
strongly-flavoured meals are thought highly palatable, though 
they surround the eaters thereof with an atmosphere of garlic, 
and cause them to be given a wide berth by sensitive neighbours. 
“We have known a whole suite of most esthetically fresh 
apartments, the drawing-room being scented by a fragrant 
wealth of natural flowers, literally penetrated for the entire 
evening with the oniony exhalations of a single guest who had 
made his mid-day meal on a collation of unmitigated coarseness. 
Such feeding is only fit for those who remain in quarantine, or 
in the open air, and its results should never be inflicted on 
