Ingredients
3 cup sugar
1 tsp peppermint flavoring
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup lt. corn syrup
3/4 tsp red vegetable coloring
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
Directions
Any self-respecting Christmas tree has a right to complain If it isn't
decked out with a candy cane. The sugar, water, syrup, and cream of
tartar you combine and heat till the sugar's dissolved real fine.
Divide into two saucepans, boil, but don't stir, please, Until each
lot 280 degrees. Add 1/2 ts peppermint to each lot and add the
coloring to one, the other not: place on an enamel or marble table to
cool. (First oiling the table, as a general rule). Like taffy you
stretch and pull and form into ropes of red and white, now twist them
around again and again.
And form them into your candy cane.
Now on an oiled surface you allow them to harden, then announce to
your family that these is ready for your Christmas tree. FROM:
DOLORES MCCANN (BSWN00A)
Servings: 1 servings
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Categories: Candy; Christmas; Holiday
The History of Recipes
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Fascinatingly, the most ancient recipe found, according to academics is a series of tablets in the Sumerian language describing the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made people feel wonderful. As our culinary historical trip moves to more modern times we have two interesting cookery books which were published in the 14th Century - a cookery book called `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary named `Curye on Inglish`. Although the titles sound familiar, they are nothing to do with the indian food that is familiar to us all today, but instead descriptions of the types of meals eaten by the rich and powerful of those days. Over the next few centuries, the rich families of Europe tried to lay on the most extravagent meals, and as a result cooks and their recipes were at a premium. Even so, it was during the 1800s that haute cuisine and recipe books rose to prominence. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Farmer in the US, spent years to collating, verifying, and recording recipes common in their social group. By the arrival of the twentieth century, cooking publications are increasing in popularity mostly as a result of increased literacy, people having more spare time and having more disposable income. |
We hope you enjoy this Christmas Candy Canes recipe.
