Ingredients
- 1 pint
- 12 drops oil of peppermint
- a pint of water
- 4 lbs
- 2 lbs
- 2 ozs
- 7 lbs
Directions
Barley Sugar.
Boil and clarify, ,as directed, as much sugar as you require, say 4 lbs., a pint of water, \ oz. cream of tartar, teaspoonful essence of lemon ; when commencing to boil, mix the cream of tartar in & table-spoonful of water, and put in pan ; boil up to crack, mix in flavouring, turn out on a well-oiled slab, let it cool sufficiently to take in hands ; cut in strips (use the scissors) 6 inches long, i inch wide \ take each end between thumb and finger, and twist in opposite directions ; stand upright in air-tight tins. A nice falace sweet is made by dipping cut slices of candied peel in this boiling.
Horehound Candy.
Make i pint of strong decoction of horehound by pouring scalding water on ; and then, boiling up two minutes, strain, and put this with 2 lbs. sugar into the pan ; boil as before directed for candy (250 Fahr).
Black Currant Lozenges.
Mix \ lb. sugar with \ pint of juice, dissolve 1 oz. gelatine ; just simmer the whole in a pan for twenty minutes ; pour in thin layers in tins about \ inch thick ; when nearly cold, stamp out Bmall oval or round shapes ; slightly dust with fine sugar, and pack in boxes.
Cough Lozenges*
Dissolve 1 lb. liquorice in a pint of water, \ teaspoonful tartaric acid, teaspoonful oil of anise-seed, teaspoonful powdered ipeca- cuanha; make the liquorice and water into a thick gum with powdered gum-arabic, and then mix the whole into a stiff paste with fine sugar ; work this up, cut out, dry, and pack.
Good Cough Drops*
Make a strong decoction of horehound, about 2 ozs. herb to £ pint of water ; when boiled five or ten minutes, strain, make into 1 pint with water ; add 7 lbs. sugar, \ oz. cream of tartar as for other boilings ; keep stirring while boiling up to crack (320 degrees), let it cool quickly, work into it on the oiled slab table-spoonful of oil anise-seed, 12 drops oil of peppermint, ijoz. tartaric acid ; cut out as for drop goods.
Prize Butterscotch.
1 lb. fresh butter, 1 lb. sugar ; \ pint cream ; boil to hard ball (2502 F).; be careful ; it will burn quickly.
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