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Acid Drops

From Consult me, 1902

Serves 2

Can be adjusted for taste.

Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ACID DROPS. — Boil i lb. of sugar in a cupful of water over a slow Are for half an hour, till half candied ; then add lemon juice, or citric acid, or tartaric acid, according to taste. A little dissolved gum Arabic

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