ORNAMENTAL ICINO

as an ear of corn, an anchor, a ** true lover's knot," a Maltese a bunch of grapes, or whatever the fancy dictates; you can further decorate it with fruit jelly in addition to the meringue piping, put- ting on the jelly with a cone, and in the same manner as for piping. Chocolate is not used on meringue work, neither is the meringue ever colored except in some cases when it is colored a light cream color ; pink colored sugar is sometimes sprinkled over it. To color this sugar, simply drop a little cochineal color on some granulated ftugar, and rub it together until colored, then dry it, then rub it apart and keep it in a bottle ready for use. It will keep its color for years. I give one design (page 355) for the top of a meringue pie just as a guide.