Pop-Corn Candy. No. 2

Original Recipe

Having popped your corn, salt it and keep it warm, sprinkle over with a whisk broom a mixture composed of an ounce of gum arabic and a half pound of sugar, dissolved in two quarts of water; boil all a few minutes. Stir the corn with the hands or large spoon thoroughly; then mold into balls with the hands.

Ingredients

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  • 1 whisk broom a mixture composed of an ounce of gum arabic and a half pound of sugar
  • 2 quarts of water
  • 1 few minutes

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Having popped your corn, salt it and keep it warm, sprinkle over with a whisk broom a mixture composed of an ounce of gum arabic and a half pound of sugar, dissolved in two quarts of water; boil all a few minutes.

  2. 2

    Stir the corn with the hands or large spoon thoroughly; then mold into balls with the hands.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)