STRAWBERRY. 663 
of the native Italian fruits. Linnwus declared he kept himself 
free from gout by eating plentifully of the same. Hoffman says 
he has known consumption much benefited by the same means. 
Strawberries are especially suitable in putrid fevers, as well as 
for catarrhal sore throat. From the juice, with lemon, sugar, 
and water, French herbalists concoct a very agreeable drink, 
“ Bavaroise 0. la Grecque.” In Germany stewed Strawberries, 
and Strawberry jam, are taken at dinner with roasted meats, or 
with chicken; this jam promotes a free flow of urine. For 
making Strawberry jam the perfume of the Strawberry is so 
very fugitive that it will most certainly evaporate if the fruit 
is exposed to heat in an open vessel. The fresh pulp, when 
sugared, should be put into a wide-mouthed glass jar with a 
well-fitting stopper. When this jar is almost full, put the cork, 
or stopper, in firmly, and place it in a bain marie, with the water 
kept at the boil therein for a couple of hours ; a gentle simmer 
is sufficient. After the water in the bain marie has become cool 
over a slackened fire take out the jars. It was the Count de la 
Place who introduced a very delicious way of preparing Straw- 
berries, by steeping them in the juice of a sweet orange. Another 
savant improved on this by adding the outer yellow rind of 
orange peel rasped off by a piece of loaf sugar ; and he affected 
to prove by means of a shred of parchment escaped from the 
flames which destroyed the Library of Alexandria that it was after 
this fashion the fruit was served in the banquets on Mount Ida. 
“The noted Lady Ludlow” (told about by Mrs. Gaskell) 
“made the sense of smell a test of good breeding, particularly 
as to a faculty for discerning the odour of dying Strawberry 
leaves in the autumn. She prided herself upon this special power 
of scent, insomuch that to confess lack of ability for recognizing 
it was with her almost a confession of humble birth ; but musk 
was never named in her presence, So great was her antipathy 
thereto ; whilst bergamot, and southernwood were under the same 
ban; to gather, or wear either of which betrayed in her opinion 
a vulgar taste.” There are certain persons, particularly those 
of a strumous bodily habit, with whom Strawberries disagree. 
The late Dr. Armstrong held a strong opinion that the tiny seed 
grains which lie sprinkled all over the outer surface of each 
pulpy fruit, are prone to excite intestinal irritation ; he therefore 
advised his patients to suck their Strawberries through muslin, 
so as to prevent these diminutive seeds from being swallowed. 
