Cook to 280°; then add
¼ pound butter,
Teaspoonful salt.
Stir and cook to 290°; set off and add oil of lemon, and pour between iron bars on greased slab and mark with caramel cutter; when cold break up and put in jars or pans.
STRINGS OF COMFORT, OR STRAWS.
6 pounds sugar,
½ pound glucose,
Water enough to dissolve same.
Cook to 300° or 320° over a hot fire; pour on slab, fold up and color to suit, and pull on hook; then twist the batch on the hook until all the air is out of it, then put it on the table in front of table furnace and form it in shape as for stick candy. Take hold of one end and form as a bottle, small at one end; have some one help you and as you pull the batch out long and about the size of straws, have your helper keep them off of each other and move them around until they become cold. After making one or two batches you will be enabled to make these goods uniform and neat; also flavor while pulling, and use gloves, as they retain more of a gloss.
These goods make a fine show and help sell other goods. For a window show they cannot be beaten. Make these goods all colors and flavor them highly, and when cold break up and mix in one pan. They show up well.