Sgt Wiggins Cough Remedy A sure-fire cure for one of those tickling, dry coughs: mix lemon juice, honey and - important! - ground ginger. Add a little hot water to dissolve. Equal amounts of lemon and honey, but the ginger is more or less up to you. The less water, though, the better. If you don't feel like making a note of this miracle cure, you can wait until the next Jury book comes out in the fall, in which Sgt Wiggins prescribes it.

Starry-Gazey Pie First, you make an ordinary fish-pie (however you do that; I can't do everything), then follow Melrose's instructions: Scene: Melrose and his aunt sitting before the fire in Ardry End. Agatha (as usual) stuffing her mouth with marmaladed scone. Melrose reading from the cookery book: " 'The fish are arranged, whole, with their heads to break through the crust, the dead eyes staring upwards' "Melrose stole a covert glance over the top of the cookery book with a crimped smile. "No one would eat that. You're making it up." "It's right here, word for word. Starry-gazey Pie. That's what it's called."

Recipe for Fairy Cakes 2/3 cup of flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 3 eggs 2/3 cup sugar 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1 tablespoon hot water Whipped cream (see recipe below)   Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Sift flour with baking powder and set aside. Place eggs and sugar in a bowl and whisk until thick. Fold in flour mixture with a metal spoon. Add melted butter and hot water. Blend thouroughly. Divide mixture into 1 1/2 inch muffin tins that have been well greased and floured. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool 10 minutes in a draft-free area. Remove cakes from pans and allow to cool completely in a draft-free area. Prepare whipped cream. (see recipe). With a sharp pointed knife, cut away risen area from top of cake and set aside. Fill hole with whipped cream. Cut cut-away section in half to form wings. Place "wings" on top of cream and you have fairy cakes. Makes 24 small cakes.   Whipped cream:   1 cup whipping cream 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla While beating whipping cream, gradually add sugar and vanilla. Beat until still, being careful not to overbeat, thus forming butter. Use as filling for fairy cakes.

The Crippses mainstay: "a nice fry-up" A "fry-up consists of potatoes, thinly sliced, onion ditto, whatever meats (sausages and/or chops) you have on hand, seasoned salt and a lot of pepper, all tossed together into a very greasy pan and fried. Select a pan that does not show a tiny footprints in the grease.   Also beloved of the Crisppses: "Bubble-and-squeak" This is generally reserved for celebratory occasions. This is a mixture of minced cabbage and mashed potatoes, flattened into a frying pan with melted butter, and cooked on both sides to form a nice crust.   A Diane Demorny martini: One must start with a really good vodka, such as Buffalo grass. The glass should be large and, of course, stemmed (no "on the rocks" please!) The edge of the glass should be rubbed slightly with a clove of garlic. The important thing is the addition of vermouth. This is not a matter of taste, but a hard and fast rule: one must always measure the vermouth exactly (10 parts vodka to 1 part of vermouth) into a shot glass, thimble, or bottle cap, hold it high above the vodka, and throw it somewhere else.   Mother's Chocolate Feather Cake and Angel Pie: The guests at our hotel (Hotel Paradise) would have killed for these recipes! You don't think she'd give them away, do you?

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