El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-10

w Uncle Sans newest ambition
is TO teach people how TO make
goodies" at home. He wants them to
know how TO manufacture first class
candies and sweetmeats of all sorts.
as well as other delicacies. for them
selves. at cost that is but a fraction
OF what the confectioner charges.
incidentally he has invented some
entirely new kinds Of goodies. so de-
hcious that any woman. be she maid OF
matrou might well be glad to acquire
the art OF turning them out for her
SELF
fo- the government experts il was
necessary first to find out the best
methods OF making such things. with a
fltL' 20 publishing suggestions and
recipes later And TO this fDveSrfea
tive work three laboratories of the de
partment of agriculture have recently
gwen much attention. one of them TO
CANDY ma kluE- the second TO fruit
Juices and the third TO sweetmeats OF
various kinds
Lots Of candy is made at home. and
peopie 90 eat II. but one must confess
thaL n ls mighty poor stuff IN fact
say the experts. no branch OF cookery
IS so little understood by the people at
large as candy king. What Uncle
sam wants 10 teach is how candy as
good as that sold by the highest
priced shops can be made in the home
~ surprisingly small cost
To Publish Candy Book.
" men Uncle SANS Candy Book is
published. before very long. the recipes
III II VIII eua bic any Intelligent persou
10 make candies Of all sorts. and even
fancy bOnbons. at small cost And in
turning them out. the home manufac-
turer VIII have the additional satisfac-
ZION OF knowing that the materials are
wholesome The government experts
declare. by the way that properly made
candy IS one OF the most healthflI OF
FOODS and. IN reasonable quantity. not
lndlgeSrible, II plenty Of water be drank
10 dilute it.
In the meantime it viii do no harm
mere TO give one OF two suggestions
which may be accepted as authorita-
uNe-Ior example as TO the ma king OF
sweet Dasres- These are AL Oriental
kind of candy. much relished bv the
faSrfdlOuS beauties OF the serag1fo To
make them, one takes fruit pulp lsuch
as ounce or apple and cranberry
mixed and boIls il down Broken nut
kernels may be mixed with the puln 4
desired When reduced by boiling to
the proper consistency. the stuff should
ne dried m a ca6epan IN warming
oven After cooling il is just sufff-
GENTLY hard to be chew
Candied Cranberries are Good
Candied cranberries afford a cheap
and satisfactory substitute for can
died cherries Wherewith 10 decorate
whipped cream and custard desserts.
as well as frosted lakes. They are
pretty and appeuZlng. and have . most
agreeable flavor. sweet with a little
sour behind it, But. TO serve the pur-
pose. they must be bright firm in
texture and semi-transparent- /
which can be obtained only BY saturat-
ing them thoroughly with sugar. There
lies the secret of the process.
How 10 Make It
With the point OF penknife the
with three tiny Sits Then thin syrup I
is made by boiling sugar with water. /
and. when i- Is cool tho berries are 4
added and the syrup is brought slowly &
30 @ boil Take off the stove quick:
l.r stand over night drain off the
syrup and reduce IL oue-half by boil
iuE- nut the berries into IL. boil three
minutes gently. and let stand two
hours a third gentle boiling for five
minutes completes the process When
cold drain off the syrup and spread
The aerries on plates
These cauQled crauberrieS are a new
idea. an invention OF Uncle Sans. in
fact They can be mixed into cakes
or pudding batters like raisins or cit
ron A few may be cut up and put into
Ice cream. or one may make the ice
cream a .tutri-frutti' by mixing with
IL the candied peels OF lemon orange,
and grapefruit The syrup in which
the cranberries were boiled has a fine
red color and delicious SWeer-acld {
taste 1t IS excellent in pudding sauce
or on sriddle cakes or waffles.
Making Iellies-
Another matter with which the gov .
eminent sweetstuff makers are expert
menring is the combining Of different
fruits for leliIeS and jams House
wives occasionally attempt this sort or
thing, but usually without success. !
one difficulty is that some fruits
peaches. for eNamDle) have a way OF I
refusing obstinately to "jeT~ But |
means are being worked out by which Z
the trouble mag be- overcome The
white inner skin OF the orange viii