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Cocoa-nut Balls

From Virginia Cookery-book, 1884

Serves 3

Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Virginia Cookery-book (1884) by Mary Stuart Smith, page 137. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CoooA-NUT Balls. Any confectioner now will furnish his customers with freshly-grated cocoa-nut at a reasonable price, which is a great saving of labor at home. To one pound and a half of white sugar put one pint of water, and boil until ropy ; then turn it out into a bowl, and stir into it one good- sized cocoa-nu

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