280. COMMON ALMOND PASTE.

To make this paste, take six pounds of fresh almonds, which blanch

and beat in a stone mortar, with a sufficient quantity of rose-water.

Now add a pound of finely drained honey, and mix the whole well

together. This paste, which is exceedingly good for the hands, is to

be put into small pots for sale.

If this paste gets dry, rub it up on a marble slab, with rose-water.

To prevent this dryness, put about half a tea-spoonful of this water

on the top of each pot, before tying up.