HONEY, AS FOOD AND MEDICINE. 
Honey can be used in cooking anything, just as sugar is 
used, merely using less milk or water than called for when 
sugar is used, on account of honey being a liquid. 
_ MILK AND Honry.—Take a bowl of milk, and break some 
light, wheat bread and also some white comb honey into it. 
This : delicious—the proverbial ‘‘ milk and honey” of the 
ancients. 
Honey Caxe.—One quart of extracted honey, one-half 
pint sugar, one-half pint melted butter, one teaspoonful 
soda, dissolved in one-half teacup of warm water, one-half 
of a nutmeg and one teaspoonful of ginger. Mix these 
ingredients and then work in flour and roll. Cut in thin 
cakes and bake on buttered tins in a quick oven. 
GERMAN Honey Cake.—Thrce and one-half pounds of 
flour, one and one-half pounds of honey, one-half pound of 
sugar, one-half pound of butter, half of grated nutmeg, one- 
sixth of an ounce of ginger, one-quarter of an ounce of soda; 
roll thin, cut in small cakes and bake in a hot oven. 
CHEAP Honey Tra CAkr.—One teacup of extracted 
honey, one-half teacup of thick, sour cream, two eggs, one- 
half teacup butter, two cups flour, scant half teaspoon of 
soda, one teaspoon of cream of tartar; flavor to taste. 
Honey GINGER CAKE.—Three cups of flour, one and one- 
half cupsof butter ; rub well together, then add one cup brown 
_ sugar, two large table spoonfuls of ginger, and, if you like, 
the same amount of caraway seeds; five eggs, two cups of 
extracted honey and three teaspoonful of baking powder.— 
Beat it well, and bake in a square, iron pan one hour or 
more, 
Hiongy CaxEs.—Four cups extracted honey, one cup 
butter, two teaspoonful of baking powder, and flour added 
by degrees, to make a stiff paste; work well together, roll 
out half an inch thick, cut into cakes and bake in a quick 
oven. See that they do not burn. 
WINE MEAD.—'l'o make mead, not inferior to the best 
foreign wines, put three ths. of the finest honey to two gallons 
of water, two lemon peels to each gallon ; boil it one-half hour, 
and skim well. Putin the lemon peel while boiling. Work 
this mixture with yeast, and ee it in a vessel to stand 
five or six months; then bottle for use. If you choose to 
keep it several years, add four pounds of honey to a gallon 
of water. 
Honey Paste.—One cup honey, three-fourths cup white 
or yellow wax, one cup lard; melt together, then take it off 
the fire and stir till cool; perfume with rose or violet, and 
keep in cups, well protected from the air. For keeping the 
hands from chapping. rub on a little, after dipping them 
lightly in water. It softens them after hard work. 
