Paste, Glove. See Ganteine.
Paste of Gum Arabic. Syn. Pasta gummi, L.; Pâte de gomme, P. de g. Arabique, Fr. Prep. 1. As marshmallow paste, omitting the mallow roots.
2. Gum Arabic (picked), 1 lb.; water, 1 pint; dissolve, add of white sugar, 1 lb.; evaporate by a gentle heat to a very thick syrup, then add the whites of 3 eggs, previously beaten up with orange-flower water, 1 fl. oz., and strained through muslin, and continue the heat with constant stirring, until of a proper consistence on being cooled. The last two are commonly sold for marshmallow paste (pâte de guimauve).
3. (Transparent.) From gum Arabic (picked), 1 lb.; cold water, 1 pint; white sugar, 11⁄4 lb.; proceed as the last, adding orange-flower water 1 fl. oz., towards the end. Often sold under the name of ‘white jujubes.’
Paste of Gum Senegal. Syn. Pâte de gomme senegal, Fr. As jujube paste, without the fruit.
Paste, Hon′ey. See Paste, Almond.
Paste, Ju′jube. Syn. Jujubes, Jujube lozenges; Pasta jujubæ, L.; Pâte de jujubes, Fr. Prep. (P. Cod.) Jujubes (the fruit), 1 lb.; water, 4 lbs.; boil 1⁄2 hour, strain with expression, settle, decant the clear portion, and clarify it with white of egg; add a strained solution of gum Arabic, 6 lbs., in water, 8 lbs., and to the mixture add of white sugar, 5 lbs.; gently evaporate, at first constantly stirring, and afterwards without stirring, to the consistence of a soft extract, then add of orange-flower water, 6 fl. oz., and place the pan in a vessel of boiling water. In 12 hours carefully remove the scum, pour the matter into slightly oiled tin moulds, and finish the evaporation
(hardening) in a stove heated to 104°, Fahr. It is commonly coloured with beet-root, cochineal, or saffron. Expectorant; in coughs, &c. Paste of gum Arabic is usually sold for it.
Paste, Li′chen. Syn. Pasta lichenis, L.; Pâte de lichen, Fr. Prep. (P. Cod.) Iceland moss, 1 lb.; water, q. s.; heat them to nearly the boiling-point, strain with pressure, reject the liquor, and boil the moss in fresh water, q. s., for 1 hour; strain, press, add of gum Arabic, 5 lbs.; white sugar, 4 lbs., and evaporate to a proper consistence, as above. Pectoral. With the addition of 1⁄2 gr. of extract of opium to each oz., it forms the opiated lichen paste. (P. Cod.)
Paste, liquorice. Syn. Liquorice jujubes; Pasta glycirrhizæ, L.; Pâte de réglisse, P. de r. noire, Fr. Prep. 1. (P. Cod.) Refined juice and white sugar, of each 1 lb.; gum Arabic, 2 lbs.; water, 3 quarts; dissolve, strain, evaporate considerably, and, of finely powdered orris root, 1⁄2 oz.; oil of aniseed or essence of cedrat, a few drops, and pour the paste upon an oiled slab, or into moulds, as before.