Review: Historical persective with historical recipes
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 1, 2012
Author Pearson Anderberg has presented an extensive extensive collection of historical recipes in her cookbook 100 year Old Recipes You Can Still Make Homemade Candies.The author starts the book with the historical perspective of candy making and describes some of the techniques in history behind it. She also provides the explanation behind the measurements for example c. equals cup or t equals teaspoon. The cookbook is written in non-standard recipe format. The recipes are written more like what you would see 100 years ago where the ingredients list and text were often written in a combined fashion. She also lists the different stages of candy making, for example, the numerical equivalent for thread stage or caramel stage.There is no active table of contents making navigation a bit difficult but not insurmountable. Some of the recipes you will find in this cookbook include:Bonbon BaseChristmas BonbonsBasic FudgeBrown Sugar FudgeCandy CanesPopcorn BallsOrange SticksRecommend with caveats given.