3. Blanched sweet almonds and white sugar, of each 1 lb.; blanched bitter almonds and powdered gum, of each 3 oz.; beat them, in the cold, to a perfectly smooth paste, with orange-flower water or rose water, q. s., so that it may be sufficiently stiff not to stick to the fingers, and then cut the mass into squares, as before. The above are eaten as confections.
Paste, Ancho′vy. Prep. Remove the larger bones from the fish, and then pound them to a smooth paste in a marble mortar, adding a little bay-salt and cayenne pepper at will; next rub the pulp through a fine hair sieve, and about 3-4ths fill the pots with it; lastly, cover the surface of each to the depth of about 1⁄8 inch with good butter in a melted state. It should be kept in a cool situation. Other fish pastes, as those of bloaters, lobsters, shrimps, caviare, &c., are made in a similar manner.
Paste, Arsen′ical. See Caustics, Patent medicines, and Powders.
Paste, Baudry’s. See Paste, Pectoral (below).
Paste, Bird. See German paste.
Paste, Black Currant. As black currant lozenges, but simply cutting the mass into dice or square.
Paste, Car′rageen. Prep. From Irish moss, as the lichen paste of the P. Cod. (see below).
Paste, Chinese′. Prep. From bullock’s blood, 10 lbs., reduced to dryness by a gentle heat, then powdered, and mixed with quicklime, also in fine powder, 1 lb. It is used as a cement, made into a paste with water, and at once applied.
Paste of Chlo′′ride of Zinc. See Caustics.
Paste of Dates. Syn. Pasta dactyliferæ, P. dactylorum, L.; Pâtes de dattes, Fr. From dates (stoned), as jujube paste. Pectoral, and slightly astringent. Paste of gum Senegal is usually sold for it.