FLOWER BANQUETS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 150, 25 February 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

FLOWER BANQUETS.

HAVE YOU EYE!? TASTED CUYSTALUSED CARNATIONS? Violets taste almost as nice as they smell. In days gone by a favourite sweet was made of candied violets, while sherbcrt was made of extract ol violets. All mer Europe, violet;, roses and lime-hlo.-i-oms are nrxed with preserve*, lo add ,i flowery e'enient to the imil y llivour. Crystallised carnations, lavender, -svringa and lilac preserves are speciallv made in Turkey. In Amerca sandwiches of nasturtiums, and in England of line-chopped spearmint, spread over slices of thin hread-and-lnitf>r are often served. The tuber fit' the dahl a is said to be excellent for food, while dandelion.: make a fn>t-ehiss wine, as every housewife knows. The cooks of China and .Japan are able to serve an entire ban<l• i• t oi n:.thing but Howi r d *hc->.