Candied Sweet Potato Balls
Take some good sweet potatoes, peel them, and then scoop out little balls with a vegetable scoop. Boil these balls in slightly salted water until tender enough to pierce with a splint. Remove from the fire and drain off the water. Take two cupfuls of sugar and one-half cupful of water and cook to a thick syrup, add a teaspoonful of vanilla and part of the potato balls, dropping them in carefully to prevent breaking. Let them simmer until they are coated with a thick coating and are transparent or clear. Remove one at a time with a skimmer or fork, and drop on paraffine paper. These should harden up on the outside, and make a delicious confection.
Persian Confection
Take two cupfuls of granulated sugar and dissolve in one-half cupful of pineapple juice. Place over the fire in a double boiler, and when it boils add an ounce of best gelatine that has been soaked in a little water. Cook for twenty minutes, then stir in one cupful of finely chopped dates and one-half cupful of finely chopped almonds. Stir well, then pour into a pan dusted with corn-starch and powdered sugar. Let stand for twelve hours, and then cut into squares and roll in powdered sugar.
Turkish Confection
Take two cupfuls of granulated sugar and one-half cupful of water, place in a double boiler and bring to a boil, then add one ounce of best gelatine (pink or red gelatine can be used) that has been dissolved in a half cupful of cold water. Bring to the boiling point and let it simmer for twenty minutes. Remove from the fire and add one cupful of orange juice, two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, the grated rind of one orange, and the grated rind of one-half lemon. Dust a pan with corn-starch and powdered sugar, pour in the mixture and let stand for about twelve hours or until perfectly cool and firm. Cut into cubes and dust with powdered sugar.
Arabian Confection
Take two cupfuls of granulated sugar, one-fourth teaspoonful of cream of tartar and one-half cupful of water. Boil to the soft ball stage, then add two ounces of best gelatine which has been soaked in three-fourths cupful of water for about two hours or until dissolved, juice of one lemon and one cupful of finely chopped figs, or figs and dates mixed. Stir until the mixture thickens, then pour into pan dusted with corn-starch and powdered sugar to an inch or half inch in depth. Let stand until perfectly cool and firm, then cut into cubes and dust with powdered sugar.