Candy-Making Revolutionized: Confectionery from Vegetables

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CANDY-MAKING REVOLUTIONIZED

_CONFECTIONERY FROM VEGETABLES_

BY MARY ELIZABETH HALL


          _ILLUSTRATED_

          New York
          STURGIS & WALTON
          COMPANY
          1912

          _All rights reserved_

          COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY
          PERRY MASON COMPANY

          COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY
          STURGIS & WALTON COMPANY

          Set up and Electrotyped. Published, December, 1912

                       TO
                  ONE ELIZABETH,
          AND ALL ELIZABETHS WHO LOVE PURE
               CANDY AND ITS MAKING




CONTENTS



  Chapter                                 Page
  INTRODUCTION                              i

  PREFACE                                  vi

  SECTION I

      I FOR THE NOVICE                      3

     II FOR THE CANDY-MAKER'S TABLE         8

    III THERMOMETER                        19

     IV USE OF STEAM                       24

      V CRYSTALLIZATION                    27

     VI CHOCOLATE COATING                  33

    VII SUGAR                              41


  SECTION II

  VIII DECORATIVE CANDIES

            I From Potato Paste            52
               Green Leaves                56

           II Violets
               Pop-corn Violets            57
               Cocoanut Violets            58
               Violet Boutonniere          59

          III From Potato Fondant
               Uncooked Fondant            61
               Cooked Potato Fondant       62
               Modeled Candy               62
               Coloring                    64
               White Daisy                 66
               Yellow Daisy                69
               Calla Lily                  69
               Red Apples                  70
               Single Roses                72
               Rose Buds                   74
               New Potato                  75
               Pea-Pod                     76
               Snow Ball                   76
               Grapes                      79
               Other Possibilities         79

           IX POTATO CARAMEL
               Potato Caramel No. 1        81
               Potato Caramel No. 2        82
               Potato Caramel No. 3        82
               Opera Caramel               83

            X POTATO--MISCELLANEOUS
               Mocha Walnuts               84
               Pecan Creams                85
               Raisin Creams               85
               Peppermint Chocolates       86
               Celtic Almonds              86
               Chocolate Bars              87
               Vegetable Cream             88

           XI SWEET POTATO
               Sweet Potato Patties        90
               Sweet Potato Knots          91
               Sweet Potato Pastilles      93

          XII PARSNIP
               Candied Parsnips            93
               Parsnip Boutonniere         95

         XIII CARROT
               Carrot Rings                97
               Crystallized Carrot         98
               Carrot Roll                 98
               "Gingers"                   99
               Garden "Ginger"             99
               Variations                 101

          XIV BEAN
               Candied Green Beans        102
               Bean Taffy                 103
               Nut Bean Taffy             104

           XV BEET
               Frosted Beet Slice         105
               Beet Puffs                 106
               Beet Cubes with Variations 107
               Crystallized Beets         108
               Spiced Beets               109
               Spiced Beet Bon-bons       109

          XVI TOMATO
               Tomato Marshmallow         110
               Chocolate Marshmallow      112
               Vegetable Nougatine        112
               Chocolate Nougatine        114
               Nut Bur                    114

         XVII CORNLETTE
               Nut Cornlettes             118

        XVIII ONION COLD TABLETS          120

          XIX ORIENTAL PASTE              123
               Seaweed                    124

           XX STUFFED FRUITS
               Dates for Candy            128
               Sparkling Dates            128
               Chocolate Covered Dates    129
               Date Brilliants            129
               Rhubarb Marmalade          129
               Sugared Dates              130
               Stuffed Dates              130
               Stuffed Prunes             130

          XXI ANGELIQUE