Cranberries.
Instead of expending my own time in covering a couple of sheets of paper with receipts touching this invaluable berry, I would direct the reader’s attention to the very admirable and comprehensive circular issued by Messrs. C. G. and E. W. Crane, as an accompaniment to their “First Premium Star Brand Cranberries,” raised in Ocean County, New Jersey. I have never seen finer, or tasted more delicious berries than those sent out with their stamp upon the crates, and I consider that I am doing my fellow-housekeepers a substantial service by this unqualified commendation of the same. The berries are larger, firmer and of richer flavor than those one is accustomed to see in the markets (and to buy, knowing no better), and certainly delivered in a more sightly and wholesome condition.
The receipts go with them, and are clear, safe, and excellent.
The plantations on which the “Star Berries” are grown are in Cassville, Ocean County, New Jersey.
Peanut Candy. (Very nice.)
1 scant pint of molasses.
4 quarts of peanuts, measured before they are shelled.
2 table-spoonfuls of vanilla.
1 teaspoonful of soda.
Boil the molasses until it hardens in cold water, when dropped from the spoon. Stir in the vanilla—then the soda, dry. Lastly, the shelled peanuts. Turn out into shallow pans well buttered, and press it down smooth with a wooden spoon.
I can heartily recommend the candy made according to this receipt as being unrivalled of its kind.
The molasses should be good in quality, and the peanuts freshly roasted.