, or, if preferred, drop like cream wafers upon waxed
paper. If the mass is too thick to pour easily, add a few drops of hot
water. The quantities here given will fill a mold of four-dozen
size--the sort illustrated on page 10. After the drops have dried for
five or six hours, dip them singly into a syrup cooked to two hundred
and twenty-five degrees. On the next day they will be ready for packing.

[Illustration: Decorative and Edible]

=Nut Cornlettes.=--Cornlettes are a little richer both in consistency
and in flavor than the many creams to which candy eaters are accustomed.
By the addition of a nut to each piece, however, cornlettes may be made
still richer and still more distinctive candy.

There are three methods of adding nuts. The first method is to push the
nut into each piece soon after it has been poured into the mold. The
great advantage of this method is its ease and quickness. The confection
is ready for the serving dish as soon as it is cool enough to leave the
mold. A clearer and better finished appearance may be obtained by the
use of the second method. By it, the cornlette, when molded, is dipped
into a crystal syrup. A drop of the hot crystal is placed upon the back
of the nut meat to serve as glue, and corn and nut are pressed together.
When cool, the whole is dipped into the crystal. The third process is a
compromise. The drop may be dipped into the crystal as soon as it comes
from the mold, and the nut, either plain or dipped, may then be placed
upon it. When the crystal sets, the union will be firm.

XVIII

ONION COLD TABLETS

By supplying a more wholesome sort of confectionery, vegetable candy--at
least in the eyes of its friends!--has decreased the need of household
remedies for indigestion and similar ailments. On the other hand, the
newly discovered candy-making brings a definite contribution to the
family medicine chest. From onion can be made tablets that have the
virtues assigned to our foremothers' cough syrups and even are good to
eat, according to those who like the flavor of the onion.

Onion cold tablets, then, are offered both as confectionery and as a
household remedy. It should be borne in mind, however, that no household
remedy, however good, or tried, takes the place of the physician. The
family health is too precious a commodity to be entrusted to
unprofessional hands.

To make the tablets, cut into thin slices two ounces of raw
onion--about half of a good sized