Pull Mints

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Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Hot sugar. Hot sugar sticks to skin and burns far hotter than boiling water: don't touch or taste it. Keep a bowl of cold water close, and keep children away while it cooks.

Pour 1 cup of boiling water over 3 cups of sugar and dissolve on range.
Strain through thin cloth into another vessel, adding ½ cup butter, then return to fire and cook with cover only until it forms a hard ball.
Pour into buttered platter and cool.
When perfectly cool add a few drops of oil of peppermint and coloring.
Pull until real stiff and set 24 hours until creamed.
When poured out do not scrape the pan.
Blue mints packed with silver shot make an attractive Christmas box.