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High-Street cook book

1885

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Presented as published in 1885. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Two cups of sugar, one-half cup of water; boil live minutes. Flavor with a few drops of the essence of peppermintPeppermint Drops. Stir until quite thick, then drop on a but- ter''! paper. Languor thrown off by Hood's Sarsaparilla. 100 Doses $1. 123. Molasses Candy. Take one pound of granulated sugar, one pint of best Porto Rico, or New Or- leans, molasses. Place over a slow lire and boil, stirring all the time to prevent burning or boiling over. "When nearly done, add butter the size of an egg. When a little dropped in cold water be- comes quickly hard, and snaps apart like ,i pipe-stem, take from the fire; add one- half teaspoonfulof sodaMolasses Candy, free from lumps, stir quickly to mix, and pour on large, buttered platters to cool. Let it run down (1 it. A^ il cools keep turning in the OUter edges towards the centre, so thai the whole may cool evenly. When sufficiently COOl to handle without burn- ing the hands, pull it over a hook, or in the hands, as fast as possible; the more the candy is worked the lighter it will be. Hood's Sarsaparilla is pleasant to take. (hills and Fever. "On Nov. 'S3, 1884, I went home sick with inflammation of the lungs, and was attacked every other day by chills and fever. I did not go out again for four weeks. I also have had for years rheu- matism, kidney complaint, and catarrh, which T considered incurable. My wife induced me to take Hood's Sarsaparilla, and now I am cured of everything except the rheumatism. Even that is growing less every day, and I expect to be soon relieved of it. I am 09 years of age, but can walk half a mile every day to the cars, and go to my business in New York City. I took no medicine bid Hood's Sarsaparilla while I was confined to the house, and I earnestly urge all who suffer from diseases caused by impure blood to try it." H. S. Foster, Scarborough, Westchester County, N. Y. Sick Abed for Weeks. "During last summer I was sick abed for four weeks, and had two doctors, but they could not seem to tell what was the matter with me. I was recommended to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. which I did. and it helped me right away, and also cured me of dyspepsia, with which I had been troubled for a long time. I took three bottles in all, and have felt well ever since. I think it is tbe best medicine for general debility there is, and for the good it, has done me 1 cheerfully recom- mend it." James Sullivan, .'"J Brown street. Rochester, N. Y. It Did Me Good. " I have suffered with scrofula for four years, and received no benefit from numerous medicines. Hut when 1 began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla it did me good, and 1 have received more benefit from it than from all other medicines. I am still taking it." .John Kennedy, Torrington, Conn. •• I took Hood's Sarsaparilla for cough and cold, and for the blood, and feel greatly benefited by the use of it." Mrs. Callee Curtis, Springfield, Ohio. •■We sell more of Hood's Sarsaparilla than any other blood purifier." seeley & Hart, Williamsport, Pa. Ileal)- s I (torn POWDER 29 12 I- ChoCOlaU (ream Drop8.