70 USES OF HONEY. 



combs in vater we utilize the honey which would otherwise be lost. A 

 little lump of sugar put in each bottle will make it as fine as brandy. 



Honey vinegar is made as follows: Put a half pound of honey to a 

 quart of water, boiling hot; mix well, and expose to the greatest heat of 

 the sun without closing the vessel containing it, but sufficiently so to 

 keep out insects. In about six weeks this liquor becomes acid and 

 changes to strong vinegar of an excellent quality. 



Honey is prescribed by the medical council of Great Britain for use in 

 the following pharmaceutical preparations, viz. : Confection of pepper, 

 confection of scammony, confection of turpentine, honey and borax, 

 oxymel of squills, and simple oxymel. It is used in various medical 

 preparations also. In America increasing attention is being given to 

 the medical properties of honey. 



Honey Cake, No. 1 — John Hunter's. — "Mix a quart of strained 

 honey with a half pound of powdered white sugar, half a pound of fresh 

 butter and the juice of two oranges or lemons. Warm these ingredients 

 slightly, just enough to soften the butter, and then stir the mixture 

 very hard, adding a grated nutmeg. Mix in gradually two pounds or 

 less of sifted flour, make it into a dough just stiff enough to roll out easily 

 and beat it well all over with a rolling pin, then roll it out into a large 

 sheet half an inch thick, cut it into round cakes with the- top of a 

 tumbler dipped frequently in flour, lay them in shallow tin pans, 

 slightly buttered and bake them. " 



Honey Cakes, No. 2.— Soak three cups of dried apples over night; chop 

 slightly and simmer in two coffee cups of honey for two hours, then add 

 one and a half coffee cups of honey, one half coffee cup of sugar, one 

 coffee cup of melted butter, three eggs, two teaspoons saleratus, cloves, 

 cinnamon.powdered lemon or orange peel,and ginger syrup,if you have 

 it. Mix all together, add the apples and thin flour enough for a stiff 



