Things Mother Used to Make by Lydia Maria Gurney
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2 Teaspoonfuls of Vinegar
Butter the size of a Walnut 1/4 Teaspoonful of Soda Put the molasses, vinegar and butter into a saucepan. Boil until it strings when dropped from a spoon, or until it is brittle when dropped into cold water. Stir the soda in briskly and pour into a buttered tin. When nearly cold, pull until nearly white. Cut into small pieces or sticks and lay on buttered platter. =Butter Scotch= 1/2 Cupful of Molasses 1/2 Cupful of Sugar 1/2 Cupful of Butter Boil until it strings. Pour into buttered tin and when cold break into pieces. This is very nice when cooled on snow. =Pop Corn Balls (very old recipe)= 1 Cupful of Molasses Piece of Butter, half the size of an Egg Boil together until it strings and then stir in a pinch of soda. Put this over a quart dish full of popped corn. When cool enough to handle |
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