ball can be formed if dropped into cup of
cold water. Beat vigorously until it begins to stiffen, then pour in
butter platter. This makes a delicious, creamy candy, if beaten enough.

PEANUT CANDY.

Two cups brown sugar, one tablespoonful molasses, one teaspoonful
vinegar, lump butter. Cook until it hardens in water, and pour over
peanuts placed in buttered pans.

PEANUT TAFFY.

Two cups granulated sugar put into a hot spider over a good fire and
stirred constantly until entirely dissolved. Use no water. First the
sugar will become lumpy, and it will not seem possible that it will
become liquid, but patience and constant stirring will produce the
desired result. When melted about like molasses, add one cup chopped
peanuts and pour quickly into a greased platter. It requires experience
to gain best results.

PRALINE.

Three cups brown sugar, one cup water, one cup cream, one cup nuts cut
fine, one teaspoonful vanilla. Boil sugar and water until it forms a
soft ball, add cream and boil until it forms a soft ball, stirring
constantly after adding cream. When cooked enough, beat in the nuts and
drop on a greased pan.

SEA FOAM.

Two cups brown sugar, one-half cup water. Boil until it forms a soft
ball; add one-half cup nuts cut fine and a little vanilla. Beat until it
creams up; drop on greased pan or paper.

TAFFY.

Two cups granulated sugar, one cup water, one tablespoonful water, one
tablespoonful vinegar, butter size of a walnut, and a pinch of salt.
Boil without stirring till it forms a ball when dropped into cold water.
Flavor with vanilla when almost pulled.

WHITE PULLED CANDY.

Two cups sugar, one cup water, one tablespoonful vinegar, one
teaspoonful butter. Cook until it hardens in water, pour out, and when
cool pull until white.

MISCELLANEOUS

BAKED CHEESE.

Three eggs, one cup bread crumbs, one pint milk (or little over),
one-half cup grated cheese, lump of butter size of walnut, pepper and
salt to taste. Soak the bread crumbs in the milk fifteen or twenty
minutes. Then stir with that the beaten eggs, butter, etc. Put into a
buttered baking dish and bake about thirty minutes.

BAKING POWDER.

One pound cream of tartar, one-half pound bicarbonate of soda, one-half
pound flour. Sift the soda and flour together several times, then mix in
cream of tartar and sift again. Put in glass jar and keep dry.

BANANA FRITTERS.

Prepare batter as for plain fritters. Into t