Fig Candy

Ingredients

• one-half pound of white sugar
• one-half pint of water
• a large lump of butter
• six drops of vinegar

Method

1. 1

   Set over a slow fire.

2. 2

   When done, which can be told by dropping some in cold water, when it should harden, add butter and vinegar.

3. 3

   Pour into pans in which figs that have been split are laid.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 238. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FIG CANDY. Use one-half pound of white sugar and one-half pint of water. Set over a slow fire. When done, which can be told by dropping some in cold water, when it should harden, add a large lump of butter and six drops of vinegar

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