Two cups of light brown sugar, one cup of granulated sugar, one cup of
milk, one tablespoon of butter. Cook until it forms a soft ball in water, then
remove from fire and beat until it becomes creamy and add one-half cup of
nut meats✪ Italian Cream Candy.
BUTTER SCOTCH
One cup of sugar, one-half cup of water, one dessertspoon of vinegar,
piece of butter size of walnut✪ Butter Scotch. Boil about twenty minutes. Flavor if desired.
FUDGE
Two cups of granulated sugar, one cup of milk or one half cream and
milk, one-fourth cake of chocolate, butter the size of a walnut. Mix the
ingredients and boil, stirring constantly until it forms a soft ball when tried
in cold water. Before removing from fire add a teaspoon of vanilla. When
done beat rapidly until creamy; add chopped nuts if desired. Pour on
buttered plates and cut into squares.
COCOANUT CANDY
Five cups of white sugar with one cup of new milk or cream. Boil ten
minutes, add two medium sized cocoanuts✪ Cocoanut Candy, cook a few minutes longer until
thick. Beat until cool and drop on buttered dish or paper.
CRYSTALLIZED GRAPE FRUIT
Wash grape fruit, take out pulp, cut rind with scissors in short strips,
put on in cold water to boil thirty minutes, boil thirty minutes after it begins
to boil, do this three times, drain off the water each time after boiling. Then
take the rind and one pound of sugar✪ Crystallized Grape Fruit, put on fire and let simmer until the
sugar is absorbed, take off, lay the rind in dish, rind next to the dish, inside
out, let cool, roll in granulated sugar and put in glass jars to keep.
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AFTER DINNER MINTS
Two cups of granulated sugar, one cup of boiling water, and a pinch of
cream of tartar. Boil until it makes a soft ball in cold water. Set off and let
cool until you can bear your finger in it, then beat until creamy and work
until smooth. Flavor to taste with oil of peppermint. With the hands mould
into small cones, giving them a slight twist on top. For a variety tint some
of the fondant light green or light pink and flavor delicately with the oil
of wintergreen.
TAFFY
Two cups of molasses, one cup of sugar, one tablespoon of vinegar, a
pinch of salt, a large piece of butter and one cup of hot water✪ Taffy. Cook until it
hardens in cold water, turn out on buttered platters and flavor with vanilla.
Pull when cool enough to handle, and cut to pieces.
PEANUT PENOCHE
(Original)
Four cups of brown sugar, one-half cup of milk, one heaping teaspoon of
butter and one heaping tablespoon of peanut butter✪ Peanut Penoche. Cook until it makes a
soft ball in cold water. Beat until creamy, pour into buttered pan and cut
into squares.
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Telephone 336
BEVERAGES
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BOILED COFFEE
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Presented as published in 1925. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Two cups of light brown sugar, one cup of granulated sugar, one cup of milk, one tablespoon of butter. Cook until it forms a soft ball in water, then remove from fire and beat until it becomes creamy and add one-half cup of nut meats.
BUTTER SCOTCH
One cup of sugar, one-half cup of water, one dessertspoon of vinegar, piece of butter size of walnut. Boil about twenty minutes. Flavor if desired.
FUDGE
Two cups of granulated sugar, one cup of milk or one half cream and milk, one-fourth cake of chocolate, butter the size of a walnut. Mix the ingredients and boil, stirring constantly until it forms a soft ball when tried in cold water. Before removing from fire add a teaspoon of vanilla. When done beat rapidly until creamy; add chopped nuts if desired. Pour on buttered plates and cut into squares.
COCOANUT CANDY
Five cups of white sugar with one cup of new milk or cream. Boil ten minutes, add two medium sized cocoanuts, cook a few minutes longer until thick. Beat until cool and drop on buttered dish or paper.
CRYSTALLIZED GRAPE FRUIT
Wash grape fruit, take out pulp, cut rind with scissors in short strips, put on in cold water to boil thirty minutes, boil thirty minutes after it begins to boil, do this three times, drain off the water each time after boiling. Then take the rind and one pound of sugar, put on fire and let simmer until the sugar is absorbed, take off, lay the rind in dish, rind next to the dish, inside out, let cool, roll in granulated sugar and put in glass jars to keep.
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NOTICE TO HOUSEWIVES
We have several hundred satisfied customers in this city and can give the names on request
COOK STOVES, HOT AIR FURNACES, AND HEATERS
RELINED WITH PLIBRICO JOINTLESS
FIRE BRICK
J. J. BOWER
CONTRACTOR AND BOILERMAKER Phone 3721 1022 Fifth Avenue, N. W., Roanoke, Va.
AFTER DINNER MINTS
Two cups of granulated sugar, one cup of boiling water, and a pinch of cream of tartar. Boil until it makes a soft ball in cold water. Set off and let cool until you can bear your finger in it, then beat until creamy and work until smooth. Flavor to taste with oil of peppermint. With the hands mould into small cones, giving them a slight twist on top. For a variety tint some of the fondant light green or light pink and flavor delicately with the oil of wintergreen.
TAFFY
Two cups of molasses, one cup of sugar, one tablespoon of vinegar, a pinch of salt, a large piece of butter and one cup of hot water. Cook until it hardens in cold water, turn out on buttered platters and flavor with vanilla. Pull when cool enough to handle, and cut to pieces.
PEANUT PENOCHE (Original)
Four cups of brown sugar, one-half cup of milk, one heaping teaspoon of butter and one heaping tablespoon of peanut butter. Cook until it makes a soft ball in cold water. Beat until creamy, pour into buttered pan and cut into squares.
— M E M O —
( 82 )
C. S. Reid
R. W. Cutshall
Reid (Bj^tshall
/^mmerceSbkm \jome ^uave
"Sweetest Place is Home, Sweet Home — Let us Furnish It" Telephone 336
BEVERAGES
"Drink, pretty creature, drink."
BOILED COFFEE
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