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Walnut Taffy

From The universal cookery book, 1887
Presented as published in 1887. 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 The universal cookery book (1887) by Gertrude Strohm, page 87. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Walnut Taffy. Boil half a pint of molasses until it crisps when dropped into water ; stir into it one pint of walnut- kernels, and let it cook about ten minutes on a slow fire, stirring constantly. Then put in a quarter of a teaspoonful of soda

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