BURNT PEANUTS.
Place 6 pounds sugar, and water to dissolve same in a kettle and cook it to about 252°; then pour in about 5 pounds of shelled peanuts and stir them good until the sugar starts to grain, then set off the kettle quickly on the barrel and stir good until all is grained, then pour in a sieve and shake off the sugar; now add to this sugar 1 pound fresh sugar and more water, and cook the same as above, then set the kettle off again and pour in the peanuts and stir and grain it all again; now pour all in a sieve, shake out the sugar, put the sugar with 1 pound more fresh sugar and water in a kettle and color pink and finish as before, and they are ready for the store. Don’t shellac or polish them, as this is done only in wholesale houses.