Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-14

TT f. no longer considered the smart
/ thing much less the patriotic thing
to serve candy that contains
sugar This does not mean that you
must pass by the candy shops with
your eyes averted lest You may he
tempted To 60 in aud huy or the for
hidden sweets. hut II docs mean that
when you huy candy YOU should ask
especially for candy that contains no
sugar. BY doing this yon Will 10
helpinE worry materially tho candy max
ers u make patriotic candy You Will
he encouraging them when they most
deserve TO be oncoura sed
Some Of the most progressive OF
candy makers began a long time ago %
specialize on sugarless candles
in fact there was any obligatory con
servation OF sugar The experiment
proved good business as we'll A. patrl-
otto and humanitarian. For a natural
curiosity aroused on the part of
buyers TO taste these sugarless sweets
and es a usual thing the people who
can pay the best prices for such non
essentials candy are the very people
who will be the most eager to sample
something new These candles made
generous use OF nuts and dried fruits
such as dates and figs. There were
also candies sweetened with corn syrup
and honey IN an ingenious fashion and
Turkish pastes that satisfied ones
sweet tooth without robbins tho sugar
Jar.
II You want to be up 10 the minute
as we'll patriotic resolve not TO use
sugar candles However. 1t IS a good
plan to have the other kind of candy IN
plenty. for the more OF this sort Of
sweet you get the less you Will crave
the other sort OF sugar and the less
you will miss IL when you are keeping
down your quota OF II
Here are some recipes for sugariess
candies. They are pra actlcally all can
dies that have held their popularity in
days when sugar was plentiful They
are not emergency recipes in that they
ars specially devised to make the best
OF a bad situation In way some OF
the wheat substitute recipes might be
described Ia that way because after
all we normally prefer whits wheat
-four and II we say we don't we de
ceive ourselves. But we do not nor
malfy prefer sugar candy. Tie wide
spread popularity of peanut brittle and
molasses candy Of various sorts Is
proof Of that To be sure. for the candy
manufactures II IS easier and simpler
TO make candy that is largely sugar
sweetened, but when making small
Ia. Ff1f A4y
on a chatting dish you will find that
made of some ono Of the sugar substi=
tutes just as satisfactory
Probably the best known of oil sugar
less candies is the old fashioned mo
lasses pulled candy the delight Of
candy pulls" for generations This
may be made either of molasses or OF
corn syrup, The flavor differs some
what but both are good and whole
some To make IL. boil quart OF the
syrup gently for thirty minutes. Then
add one half teaspoon Of baking soda
Let this boil now until the syrup be-
comes brittle when tested IN cold wa
ter. When removing from the fire add
one tablespoon OF lemon juice II corn
syrup has been used Allow II 70 cool
until you can handle IL, then take out in
the hands that have previously been
oiled and pull till II takes on the de-
sired yellow color
Maple Sugar Candy.
Put IN a perfectly clean sauce pan
two cups of maple sugar and one cup
Of water When melted add two level
tablespoons Of butter and a pinch OF
salt. Boil until 1t Is brittle then add
some broken nut meats and turn out
into creased pans.
Moravjan Molasses Candy
This contains so little sugar that II
may be given here. 1t is the rule used
by the Moravians Of Pennsylvania. not
ably good candy cooks. 1t calls for
quart Of New Dreams molasses and two
tablespoonfuls of white sugar Boil
this together for ten or fifteen minutes.