Yellow Jack

Ingredients

• To 1 quart of yellow com syrup
• one-half teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• add one tablespoon lemon juice

Method

1. 1

   To one quart of yellow corn syrup which has been boiled for thirty minutes add the bicarbonate of soda which has been rubbed absolutely smooth.

2. 2

   Allow to boil, stirring constantly or it may burn, until brittle when tested in cold water.

3. 3

   Remove from fire and add lemon juice.

4. 4

   When cool enough to handle, pull until a light, bright yellow.

5. 5

   Twist two strands together and cut into desired lengths.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The bride's cook book (1915) by Edgar William Briggs, page 99. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

YELLOW JACK To one quart of yellow com syrup which has been boiled for thirty minutes add one-half teaspoon bicarbonate of soda which has been rubbed absolutely smooth. Allow to boil, stirring con- stantly or it may burn, until brittle when tested in cold water. Remove from fire and add one tablespoon lemon juice

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