NANKING ROSES.
In Nanking, roses are used in ways that seem strange to the AtLStraliars Wontan. Most Chinese use them to s«ent tea-leaves and various drinks, but in Nanking t»hese loveliest of flow-. tes are still more popuiaT. There, bakers use them to "scent cakesi itnd pastry. For this purpose t&ey collect lapge quantities of roses during the seaSon and preserve them for use all th« •year round, either by drying them itt the sun and storing them in covered glass jars, ot by preserving them in1 wwgar syrup. .
Nanking brewers use rose-petals in 'preparing a r</se-scen.ted liquor—an opulent sounding beverage indeed. The Confectioner is also well to the fore in this cult of the rose, and a very popular sweet is made of sugar and rosepetals. Fresih rose-petals are pounded into a pulpy mass and mixed with refined sugtar. This is churned thoroughly with a spoon ox ladle and the mix> ture is dried in the, sun- The prettycolored »weet is generally called "Tbse eand,'' because the sugar when dried retainS vits granular form.
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Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 25, 13 November 1930, Page 12
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175NANKING ROSES. Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 25, 13 November 1930, Page 12
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