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LEMON  TAFFY
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LEMON TAFFY

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1115
Calories
75g
Protein
55g
Fat
84g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 14 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream Cheese 1 oz (28g) 99
Corn 1/2 cup kernels (82g) 77
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Water not in our table 0
Coffee not in our table 0
Pie not in our table 0
Cake not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • one pound granulated sugar
  • one-half pint water
  • one-third teaspoon tartaric acid
  • one-third teaspoon lemon extract
  • one pound coffee to eight
  • half quarts water
  • one pound butter
  • six pieces
  • half pounds cream cheese
  • three quarts milk
  • half pound butter
  • two quarts milk to each peck potatoes
  • ten pounds beef
  • 1 lung odd
  • five pies cut in six pieces
  • five half-pint bottles cream
  • five dozen rolls
  • one peck potatoes
  • five cans corn
  • five average-size round layer cakes
  • three four-pound chickens

Directions

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One pound granulated sugar, one-half pint water, one- third teaspoon cream of tartar. Boil until it hairs or until brittle in water. Pour into shallow buttered pan and when cool enough to handle add one-third teaspoon tartaric acid, one-third teaspoon lemon extract. \Vork this in until evenly distributed and no more, as it will tend to destroy the transparency of the candy.

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Nellie Tweedale.

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216 BETHANY UNION COOK BOOK

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BETHANY UNION COOK BOOK 217

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Miscellaneous

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"Eve} \1 lung odd, dizzy and queer, All that was left was tumbled in here."

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QUANTITY OF FOOD TO SERVE THIRTY PEOPLE.

8

One pound coffee to eight and a half quarts water.

9

One pound butter, for bread only.

10

Five pies cut in six pieces each.

11

One and a half pounds cream cheese.

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Five half-pint bottles cream.

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Five dozen rolls and two loaves bread.

14

For baked potatoes : thirty or more large ones.

15

For escalloped potatoes : three quarts milk, half pound butter, and one peck potatoes.

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For creamed potatoes : two quarts milk to each peck potatoes.

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Five cans corn or other vegetable.

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Five average-size round layer cakes.

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For cold-slaw : tw^o medium-size cabbages.

20

For stew : ten pounds beef.

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For creamed chicken : three four-pound chickens. — Committee Sunday School Teachers' Dinners.

By Chicago. Bethany union church. Woman's society. [from old catalog] · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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