Hand-Book of Practical Cookery, for Ladies and Professional Cooks: Containing the Whole Science and Art of Preparing Human Food

rewarm it; generally it colors and is unfit. When that happens, make burnt sugar with it, or a _nougat_. It is better and safer to make a little of it, just what can be used before it gets cold, and if not enough, make some a second and even a third time. While the sugar is hot, and while you are dipping the fruit in it, be careful not to touch it, as it burns badly. In glazing the fruit first, some syrup falls in taking it from the pan to the stick; place your marble board, greased with oil, under, so that you can pick it without any trouble and use it. _Chestnuts, glazed._--Roast the chestnuts, skin them well, then hook, dip, and hook again on the stick as directed for pieces of oranges. A pyramid also may be made, and a sightly one it makes. _Cherries._--They must be picked with their stems, and by which you tie two together with a piece of twine. See that they are clean and dry, and have two sticks instead of one, placed parallel, about two inches apart, in order to prevent the two cherries from touching, when hung, as they would immediately adhere. Proceed for the rest as described for oranges. _Pears._--Small, ripe pears are excellent glazed; peel them, but leave the stem on, and then proceed as with cherries in every particular. _Strawberries or any other Berries._--The berries must be picked with the stem. Wash them in cold water, drain, dry, or wipe carefully, and then proceed as for cherries in every particular. A more delicate dish than strawberries or raspberries glazed cannot be made. _Grapes._--When clean, proceed as described for cherries. _Plums._--Take plums, well ripened and with the stems on, and proceed as with cherries. _Prunes._--Soak the prunes in tepid water, and when dry, hook them like carpels of orange, and finish in the same manner. _Currants._--When clean and dry, tie two clusters together, and proceed as for cherries. _Pine-Apple._--Cut pine-apple in dice, and proceed as described for carpels of orange. _Iced Fruit._--As a general rule, the more watery