To eight ounces of coarse-sifted sugar add two ounces of scarlet strawberries; stir this on the fire until the composition becomes heated almost to the simmering point, and then proceed to lay out the drops as directed , in the preceding number.
Note.—Fruit pastilles, or drops, may be prepared in great variety, by using two ounces of the thick juice of any kind of fruit added to the eight ounces of sngar.