It was not used in Europe until about the middle of the seventeenth century.
For the cooking of sugar, see Preserves.
TARRAGON.
The French name of tarragon is estragon. It is excellent in vinegar and in many fish sauces. It is aromatic, sudorific, and stomachic, and grows very well in this country. It grows at least twice as large here as in Europe.
TIN TUBES.
These tubes are put in the pastry-bag, at the smaller end of it, to make meringues, ladies' fingers, etc.; they are of tin, and can be made by any tinsmith.
They have the shape of a trapezoid or frustum. Two are enough for any purpose.
No. 1. One inch and a half long; one inch and three-eighths in diameter at one end, and nine-sixteenths of an inch at the other end.
No. 2. One inch and a half long; one inch and a half in diameter at one end, and six-eighths of an inch at the other.