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Sugar Candy

A historical recipe from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878).

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A historical recipe

Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Project Gutenberg eBook #42450.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. Two cupfuls sugar
  2. one cupful water
  3. one wineglassful vinegar
  4. one tablespoonful butter

Method

  1. Two cupfuls sugar, one cupful water, one wineglassful vinegar, one tablespoonful butter.
  2. Cook ten or fifteen minutes.--Mrs.
  3. Dr.
  4. J.

Plating

Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree (1878). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #42450 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42450). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.