The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-21

makers at the first trial, but the al
vantage of experience will serve to make
those who are deft easy rivals OF experts
in the making of sweets.
There is scarcely a church fair or
bazaar of any kind for that matter where
homemade candies are not part of the
stock in trade. They are often made
by a corps of young women under the
the direction of one or two ladies' VINO
understand the process, many hands max
ing light work.
The easiest andes to make are those
prepared from confectioners' sugar ana
eggs. The sugar is of fine quality
mixed with certain gums to give it con-
sistency and requires no troublesome
boiling; hence Its popularity.
For a pound box Of candy the whites
Of two eggs are about sufficient. The
whites are put in a cup and mixed with
an equal quantity of water and about
half a teaspoonful of extract of vanilla
or whatever other aavoring extract is
TO be used. The liquid is then gradually
mixed with the sugar until a paste OF
about the consistency of dough mas peeh
made. The composition is thoroughly
worked together with a strong wooden or
metal spoon of large size.
A clean white cloth is spread on the
table. The hands being thoroughly
washed. a little butter-the unsalted kind
is best-is spread upon the fingers, and
the pieces of candy are worked into shape
and placed in a pan on a piece OF oiled
paper. The pan is then put>away untAL
the candy hardens. This axe from
twenty-four hours to several days. II the
candy does not harden, 1t shows that
something has been wrong with the sugar
or the proportions in mixing.
A frst-ciass candy makers shop Will
always have this sugar to sell, or viii
be able to tell where it can be ~purchas-
ed. The family grocer is likely to be
mistaken about You want and In
al good faith sell you pulverized sugar,
fancying from your description that that
is what you need.
These candies may be colored brown by
mixing melted chocolates with the candy
when the eggs and flavor are put inl The
juice of spinach will impart a green that
is a perfectly harmless eoloring.
The orange and lemon sugars sold in
the grocers 70 make summer beverages If
mixed with the confeetionsrs' sugar in
tha early stages 81 the candy making as
simulate with It and give a faint yellow
tinge to the candy. The pieces made win
the orange or lemon sugar or with the
chocolate NIL be a 1.ttIe longer in harden-
ing than the other kinds.
The kerreis Of English walnuts placed
on tic top Of the bits of candy. half A
kernel to zach piece, make delicious con-
feetiorerv.
A sort Of neugat can be made by size
ing snelled English walnuts. blanched al
nlan1s and clear white peanuts The
slices of nuts Should be mixed with the
sugar and eggs while still quite liquid.
care beng taken not to break the nuts
more thar necessary. The substance IS
tfen formed into bars and set aside to dry
ard harden.
Chocolate creams may be made by TAX
ing the Write sugar ard whites CT Eggs
and. hnlding the pieces of candy into lit
tie cones. These are set aside for several
hours. or a day. to harden Some melted
sweet chocolate is prepared In a BOWL and
each Of the cones is taken up on the point
Of o clean, new hat pin which has beea
secured with sand soap before using, ana
one by one they are dipped into the choco-
late until they are thoroughly coated
They are ranged on sheets OF oiled paper
on buttered pans and left to harden.
coacoanut candies may be made by
mixing shredded c%ocoanuts with the
sugar as the candy is being made
The favoring extracts to be bought
at the druggists are good enough for
use. 1t is the oil of lemon and orange
peel that is used in making aavoring
extracts. BY rubbing humps of sugar
over the peel this oil may be extracted
for most purposes. A liquid extract may
be made by pairing off the outer thin
yellow skin of the orange or lemon and
placing the parings in a bottle with rec
titled spirits of wine. The liquid should
be placed in a bottle and allowed to
steep for a couple of weeks. The proper
tons are four ounces of parings to two
and a half ounces of spirits
A pretty box will make the candy
more acceptable. For children the tiny
t~arletan bags cut in the shape of animals
or dolls and finished with bright bows to
hang them to the Christmas trees are
commendable shapes. Pasteboard boxes
covered with Grape paper and finished on
the top with a great bow of satin ribbon
make handsome holders for the candy.
The fancy boxes TO be seen in the shop
windows may be easily copied Some OF
these are made of or covered with water
color paper and decorated with flowers or
other ornaments with water color paints.
Instead of bows of ribbon punches of
flowers are sometimes placed on the boxes.
If the glver of the gift can make crapa
paper flowers. they will serve the purpose
better. Otherwise artificial flowers with
a bow of ribbon look better. For in
stance, a box covered with pink or white
Grape paper might be surmounted with
a bow of pink satin ribbon in which
nestles a cluster of pink veivet roses
A box covered with mauve paper might
be adorned with purple ribbon and vio-
let's.
The festival Of Yule was a feature de-
rived from Morse mythology. the word
Yule being derived from a Morse word
for wheel, says "Leslie's Weekly" In the
Edda the sun is styled fagrahbel (fair Oh
shining wheel. and a remnant of his
worship under the image of a fre-whee
survived in Europe as late at least as 1923
The Inhabitants of the village of Konz
on the Moselle, were in the habit, on st
Johns eve. of taking a great whee
wrapped In straw to the top of a neigh
boring eminenee, and making it roll dowr
the hill, flaming all the way: If it reached
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