4 CULINARY HERBS 



"better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a 

 stalled ox with contention." 



It is to be regretted that the moving picture show 

 and the soda water fountain have such an influence 

 in breaking up old-fashioned family evenings at 

 home when everyone gathered around the evening 

 lamp to enjoy homemade dainties. In those good 

 old days the young man was expected to become 

 acquainted with the young woman in the home. 

 The girl took pride in serving solid and liquid culi- 

 nary goodies of her own construction. Her mother, 

 her all-sufficient guide, mapped out the sure, safe, 

 and orthodox highway to a man's heart and saw to 

 it that she learned how to play her cards with skill 

 and precision. Those were the days when a larger 

 proportion "lived happy ever after" than in modern 

 times, when recreation and refreshment are sought 

 more frequently outside than inside the walls of 

 home. 



But it is not too late to learn the good old ways 

 over again and enjoy the good old culinary dainties. 

 Whoever relishes the summer cups that cheer but 

 do not inebriate may add considerably to his enjoy- 

 ment by using some of the sweet herbs. Spearmint 

 adds to lemonade the pleasing pungency it as readily 

 imparts to a less harmful but more notorious bever- 

 age. The blue or pink flowers of borage have long 

 been famous for the same purpose, though they are 

 perhaps oftener added to a mixture of honey and 

 water, to grape juice, raspberry vinegar or straw- 

 berry acid. All that is needed is an awakened desire 

 to re-establish home comforts and customs, then a 



