CONFECTIONERY
Cream Bonbons For Hoarseness.
Nut Candy Sticks.
Fig Squares.
Caramels.
Candy Orange Drops.
To make such a mass into tablets, it is necessary only to pour out on a well-greased slab, turning the edges back if inclined to run, until the candy is firm, and then scoring with a knife so that it can easily be broken into pieces when cold. To make “drops” a suitable mold is necessary.
Experiment as to the sufficiency of the boiling in making candy may be saved and greater certainty of a good result secured by the use of a chemical thermometer. As the syrup is boiled and the water evaporates the temperature of the liquid rises. When it reaches 220° F., the sugar is then in a condition to yield the “thread” form; at 240° “soft ball” is formed; at 245°, “hard ball”; at 252°, “crack”; and at 290°, “hard crack.” By simply suspending the thermometer in the liquid and observing it from time to time, one may know exactly when to end the boiling.
Gum Drops.
A Good Summer Taffy.
Chewing Candy.
Montpelier Cough Drops.—
| Brown sugar | 10 pounds |
| Tartaric acid | 2 ounces |
| Cream of tartar | 1/2 ounce |
| Water | 1 1/2 quarts |
| Anise-seed flavoring, quantity sufficient | |
Melt the sugar in the water, and when at a sharp boil add the cream of tartar. Cover the pan for 5 minutes. Remove the lid and let the sugar boil up to crack degree. Turn out the batch on an oiled slab, and when cool enough to handle mold in the acid and flavoring. Pass it through the acid drop rollers, and when the drops are chipped up, and before sifting, rub some icing with them.
Medicated Cough Drops.—
| Light-brown sugar | 14 pounds |
| Tartaric acid | 1 1/2 ounces |
| Cream of tartar | 1/2 ounce |
| Water | 2 quarts |
| Anise-seed, cayenne, clove, and peppermint flavoring, a few drops of each. | |
Proceed as before prescribed, but when sufficiently cool pass the batch through the acid tablet rollers and dust with sugar.
Horehound Candy.—
| Dutch crushed sugar | 10 pounds |
| Dried horehound leaves | 2 ounces |
| Cream of tartar | 3/4 ounce |
| Water | 2 quarts |
| Anise-seed flavoring, quantity sufficient. | |
Pour the water on the leaves and let it gently simmer till reduced to 3 pints; then strain the infusion through muslin, and add the liquid to the sugar. Put the pan containing the syrup on the fire, and when at a sharp boil add the cream of tartar. Put the lid on the pan for 5 minutes; then remove it, and let the sugar boil to stiff boil degree. Take the pan off the fire and rub portions of the sugar against the side until it produces a creamy appearance; then add the flavoring. Stir all well, and pour into square tin frames, previously well oiled.
Menthol Cough Drops.—
| Gelatin | 1 ounce |
| Glycerine (by weight) | 2 1/2 ounces |
| Orange-flower water | 2 1/2 ounces |
| Menthol | 5 grains |
| Rectified spirits | 1 drachm |
Soak the gelatin in the water for 2 hours, then heat on a water bath until dissolved, and add 1 1/2 ounces of glycerine. Dissolve the menthol in the spirit, mix with the remainder of the glycerine, add to the glyco-gelatin mass, and pour into an oiled tin tray (such as the lid of a biscuit box). When the mass is cold divide into 10 dozen pastilles.
Menthol pastilles are said to be an excellent remedy for tickling cough as well as laryngitis. They should be freshly prepared, and cut oblong, so that the patient may take half of one, or less, as may be necessary.
Violet Flavor For Candy.
| Oil of orris | 1 drachm |
| Oil of rose | 1 drachm |
| Vanillin | 2 drachms |
| Cumarin | 30 grains |
| Oil of clove | 30 minims |
| Alcohol | 11 ounces |
| Water | 5 ounces |
Make a solution, adding the water last.
Confectionery Colors.
Red.
| Cochineal, in coarse powder | 6 parts |
| Potassium carbonate | 2 parts |
| Distilled water | 15 parts |
| Alcohol | 12 parts |
| Simple syrup enough to make | 500 parts |
Rub up the potassium carbonate and the cochineal together, adding the water and alcohol, little by little, under constant trituration. Set aside over night, then add the syrup and filter.
Pink.—
| Carmine | 1 part |
| Liquor potassæ | 6 parts |
| Rose water, enough to make | 48 parts |
Mix. Should the color be too high, dilute with water until the requisite tint is acquired.
Orange.
A red added to any of the yellows gives an orange color.
The aniline colors made by the “Aktiengesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation,” of Berlin, are absolutely non-toxic, and can be used for the purposes recommended, i. e., the coloration of syrups, cakes, candies, etc., with perfect confidence in their innocuity.
Pastille Yellow.—
| Citron yellow II | 7 parts |
| Grape sugar, first quality | 1 part |
| White dextrine | 2 parts |
Sap-blue Paste.—
| Dark blue | 3 parts |
| Grape sugar | 1 part |
| Water | 6 parts |
Sugar-black Paste.—
| Carbon black | 3 parts |
| Grape sugar | 1 part |
| Water | 6 parts |
Cinnabar Red.*—
| Scarlet | 65 parts |
| White dextrine | 30 parts |
| Potato flour | 5 parts |
Bluish Rose.*—
| Grenadine | 65 parts |
| White dextrine | 30 parts |
| Potato flour | 5 parts |
Yellowish Rose.—
| Rosa II | 60 parts |
| Citron yellow | 5 parts |
| White dextrine | 30 parts |
| Potato flour | 5 parts |
Violet.—
| Red violet | 65 parts |
| White dextrine | 30 parts |
| Potato flour | 5 parts |
Carmine Green.—
| Woodruff (Waldmeister) green | 55 parts |
| Rosa II | 5 parts |
| Dextrine | 35 parts |
| Potato flour | 5 parts |
To the colors marked with an asterisk (*) add, for every 4 pounds, 4 1/2 ounces, a grain and a half each of potassium iodide and sodium nitrate. Colors given in form of powders should be dissolved in hot water for use.
Yellow.
Blue.—
| Indigo carmine | 1 part |
| Water | 2 parts |
Mix.
Indigo carmine is a beautiful, powerful, and harmless agent. It may usually be bought commercially, but if it cannot be readily obtained, proceed as follows:
Into a capsule put 30 grains of indigo in powder, place on a water bath, and heat to dryness. When entirely dry put {219} into a large porcelain mortar (the substance swells enormously under subsequent treatment—hence the necessity for a large, or comparatively large, mortar) and cautiously add, drop by drop, 120 grains, by weight, of sulphuric acid, C. P., stirring continuously during the addition. Cover the swollen mass closely, and set aside for 24 hours. Now add 3 fluidounces of distilled water, a few drops at a time, rubbing or stirring continuously. Transfer the liquid thus obtained to a tall, narrow, glass cylinder or beaker, cover and let stand for 4 days, giving the liquid an occasional stirring. Make a strong solution of sodium carbonate or bicarbonate, and at the end of the time named cautiously neutralize the liquid, adding the carbonate a little at a time, stirring the indigo solution and testing it after each addition, as the least excess of alkali will cause the indigo to separate out, and fall in a doughy mass. Stop when the test shows the near approach of neutrality, as the slight remaining acidity will not affect the taste or the properties of the liquid. Filter, and evaporate in the water bath to dryness. The resultant matter is sulphindigotate of potassium, or the “indigo carmine” of commerce.
Tincture of indigo may also be used as a harmless blue.
Green.
Voice And Throat Lozenges.—
| Catechu | 191 grains |
| Tannic acid | 273 grains |
| Tartaric acid | 273 grains |
| Capsicin | 30 minims |
| Black-currant paste | 7 ounces |
| Refined sugar, Mucilage of acacia, of each a sufficient quantity. | |
Mix to produce 7 pounds of lozenges.
CONSTIPATION IN BIRDS: See Veterinary Formulas.
COOKING TABLE: See Tables.
COOLING SCREEN: See Refrigeration.