To Spin Sugar

Ingredients

• Take from £ to | lb. loaf sugar
• just enough water to moisten it
• Add a pinch of cream of tartar

Method

1. 1

   Melt the sugar in a saucepan with enough water to moisten it.

2. 2

   Add cream of tartar, and boil to 310° F., or until the sugar begins to change colour.

3. 3

   Wash the sides of the saucepan with a brush dipped in cold water to prevent graining.

4. 4

   Hold a long wooden spoon horizontally, take a small quantity of boiled sugar in a dessert-spoon, and wave it rapidly across the stick to fall in long threads.

5. 5

   Spread paper on the floor to catch any sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 985. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Spin Sugar Take from £ to | lb. loaf sugar, according to the quantity required, and melt it in a saucepan or sugar boiler with just enough water to moisten it. Add a pinch of cream of tartar

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