Process.—The process is exactly the same as for peppermint stick, viz; boil the sugar water and glucose to weak crack, 300; pour the boil on oiled plate, flavor with peppermint and work well up; in a smaller pan have two pounds of white sugar, with the usual proportion of cream of tartar and water boiled to the same degree; pull this over the hook until white and porous; remove it to the plate and work it down into lengths about one inch thick; lay them longways on the solid boil, equal distances apart; make the whole boil into a thick roll, bringing one end down to a point; draw off as for one cent sticks, but thicker; then with scissors snip them off in pieces about an inch long. Hold the scissors in the right hand, the sugar in the left; every time you make a clip turn the sugar half way round, so that the corners of each cushion will be at opposite angles.
BULL'S EYES, (Various.)
The formula given for the different kinds of sugar sticks will answer for the variety of bull's eyes. The process and ingredients are precisely alike. The sticks may or may not be drawn out a little thicker, according to the size of drop required. Cream of tartar may be substituted for glucose in all recipes given for boiled goods. The sugar is not boiled quite so high for hand goods or pulled sugar as it is for machine drops; being a little lower it works better, keeps longer pliable, and is less brittle when cold.
ROUND BALLS.
8 lbs. Sugar.
2 lbs. Glucose.
Color.
3 pints water.
Flavor.
Process.—Boil the sugar, water and glucose in the usual way to weak crack, say 300; pour the boil on the slab, color and flavor to taste; work the batch up until stiffish, then roll the boil round, getting one end down to a point as directed for sticks, pull it off in lengths of about three feet and about one inch thick; cut in pieces with "Jackson Ball Cutter" and roll round with the hand. An expert assistant is necessary for this operation, as the balls must be shaped while hot and kept on the move till cold.
| JACKSON BALL CUTTERS. This cut represents our Improved Ball Cutter, or Press, which cuts only one size ball; the improvement consists of a finger bar, operated by a cam, so that each time the handle is raised the fingers throw out the balls from between the knives. Fig 211 a. |
| No. | 1 | Cuts | 8 balls, | 1⅛ inch | diameter | (with Fingerbar) | } | $15 00 |
| " | 2 | " | 11 balls, | 13-16 in. | " | " | ||
| " | 3 | " | 9 balls, | 1 inch | " | " |
| Fig. 210 a. | Jackson Ball Cutter. This Machine has two steel knives, and is regulated by a gauge, so that it will cut Balls of any size. Price, $5 00 |