The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-28
VEGETABLE CANDY
Don't Believe 1t? It's a
Fact Though
MRS. ELLA GILLON MAKES 1T
FROM CARROTS, BEANS,
PARSNIPS AND POTATOES.

you sec. l nave been very lame
since my husband died last October
q year ago." said Mrs. Ella Gillon,
1414 Spring street, whose husband,
a veteran of the late Civil war, died
last October year ago, three
months after they had left their
home in New York City to come to
4onesdale in a vain search of health,
Wednesday afternoon, when a Citi-
zen man called to see taste and
learn all about the wonderful can
dies she has been making out of
vegetables.
81 have been making very nice
sandies," she modestly admitted. Il
am a person that thinks if some
thing can be done l go and do it.
| feel lost out here. l feel like l
was hid under a bushel My hus-
band came here because he was i'll.
He got here last July a year ago
and died October IS.
The reporter extended his SYM
pathy. Mrs. Gillon in response to
the question as to how she made
the candies out of vegetables, said:
'I'll tell you what l make it out
of. But l won't tell you how l
make it.
Don't you think it looks nice?"
she asked pointing to a dish of can
sy she called "P. N. cream" l can't
sell that for less than 81 pound.
Here's some Boston Cream L."
Try that. See if you can tell what
they are"
The reporter tried the candy but
admitted that he couldn't guess
what the ingredients were
Amt you a reporter" she
laughed, "and you don't know
beans when you eat them?'
They're things you eat every day
Of your life nearly. Amt they good
though?"
''They're fine,'' the reporter
numbled between bites.
That's Boston Cream M
pointing out another variety. IAN
idea struck me some time ago Il
could make candy out of these
things. Do you like these as we'll
as the other?"
The reporter who had been
''sampling' a number of kinds of
candy tried to beg off on the plea
of having eaten a hearty dinner
This is only desert" she smil-
ingly insisted. Vegetables always
go down with dinner"
Here is another kind of candy,
made out of common carrots. They
are carrot color. Look! There's
some others, made of white carrots.
(They looked to the reporter like
potato chips).
Here is p. N. plain P. N.
stands for parsnips," she explained.
Il couldn't really afford to make
these for less than a 81 a pound
l made these just before Easter. l
made two kinds out of parsnips,
two out of Irish potatoes. Would
you think that was Irish potatoes?
And this is lima beans, and this
marrow fat beans. B. N. is a good
name for it because Bostonians like
beans.
IF anyone made this candy and
knew how carefully l had to work
with it, they'd want more than a i
dollar. You can only make little |
at time. Now here is carrot cream !
and that kind is made out of pop
corn"
The reporter was rather inuuisi-
tive as to where she got her idea of
making candy out of vegetables, |
whether she had ever heard about it
or read of it,
ut came to me like other things
did" insisted Mrs. Gillon. 81 have |
all the receipts in my head.
Il belong to the G. A. R. circle l
just Joined, l haven't been able to |
go out much l am very lame since |
my husband died.
Il live on vegetables mostly. |
am no hand to eat candy. eat |
very little meat. / had an idea that |
candy would be good if made out of |
vegetables"
Mrs. Gillon exhibited number of |
articles of fancy work which she |
had made during odd moments. |
There were necklaces made out of |
apple pits, olive pits, plum pits,
mushmelon seeds, chinaberries that |
came from Oklahoma. There were
scented necklaces, made of allspice,
cloves and citron. Others were made !
of buttons.
Whatever my hands find to do l
do with all my might" she paren-
thetically remarked.
Mrs. Gillon showed the reporter
wonderful things made out of fish
gills: Easter wreaths, lilies, etc. She
took lily made of fish gills, and her
nimble fingers in a moment changed |
1T to fieurdelis. Now if you wait
a moment, I'll give you a tulip" and
instanteously her dextrous fingers
wrought the transformation
There's a hat crown made out
of duck feathers. l had to look over
about fifteen pounds of duck feath-
ers to get enough to make that hat
crown"
Mrs. Gillon is certainly a genius