CANDY MAKING IN THE HOME CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK “ & “ - A u thor of The Little Dinner, The Chafing D ish ” “ Sa er First A id the You n Hou s k r wy , to g e eepe . “ & “ Su nda N i ht Su rs and Like y g ppe . Mother Used to M I RAND McNA£L§f COMPANY r &mac 3 NEW You ; OONTENTS COUNSEL ON CANDY MAKING BUm nsco'rcn AND CAEAN EL s ‘ A N IEs 2 COCONUT, CEE N , A D MAPL E CAND 9 FUDcEs AND SIMPLE NUT CANDIEs Tm . POPCORN, AND CANDY Dnops Nm AND FRUIT CANDIE s AND MAESEN ALLOWs UG R ND R A E MOL ASSES, S A , A C EAM C NDI s 68 PlENcn CANDIEs AND FONDANT CHOCOL ATES, NUTS, PEUrrs WITH COOKED FONDANT MISCELL ANEOUS SWEE 'I NE A'rs w rrE COOKED FONDANT ONEONs CO FECTIO S B , N N , AND DIPPED CAND IE s HOMEMADE COUGE CANDIE s CA NDY MA KING COUNSEL ON CANDY MAKING The American people have been called the most excessive can dy eaters in the w orld ; an d the nationalfond ness for sw eets has been termed a rim r can no ou a c e . The e be d bt th t in m any cases the habit approaches il n r per ou sly ear dange . Yet there is a degree of reason in c i ar is f - the pra t ce . Su g a orce maker ; Americans are conceded to be excep tionally energetic and restless ; the ou tpu t of nerve and mu scle strength m c an l n an u st be onst t y re ew ed, d the ’ craving for sw eets is one of Natu re s e orts r r as fi to epai w te . The fau lt does not lie so mu ch in ou r consu mption of candies as in the kind w e eat and the w ay in which w e Rank ar l n eat them . c e ess ess of ou r sou rces of su pply brin gs pu nishment in im air i s i n and ca e p ed d ge t o de y d teeth . Children are allow ed to bu y and eat 5 CANDY MAKING lase and ar n s h candy as they p e , p e t w o w ou ld shrink in dismay from permit l i ting a. child to tou ch labe ed po son, give no thou ght to the character of the price of the su gar of w hich the can aim se dy cl s to be compo d , to the place and conditions in w hich it is il i i s it . The small ch d s g ven hi or nick l w n for penny e , he he begs an is l s bu candy, d tu rned oo e to y w here he will. As he grow s Older he continu es to spend money on s u r in m r of m bu t sw eet , p chas g o e the generally bestow ing no greater atten tion on the pu rity Of the confection ery than he did in early childhood . ‘ Sometimes the ev ilwrou ght by this ill- directed love of sw eet stu ff is su btle an d show s itself principally in the an r in of e othe , the decay the t eth , in the offensive breath that indicates a 6 COUNSEL ON CANDY MAKING i ccasi nall d sordered stomach . O o y w e find more strikin g illu strations of the adu lteration and even poisoning ofthe ndi u at r m ca es w e b y ando . Within the past w eek a knot of i m l in a ac r il g rls e p oyed f to y, w h e u a u r strolling o t t the noon ho , bou ght some gay colored gu mdrops at a n omm s ns little ca dy shop . C on e e might have told them that conico tionet y sold at the price they paid for — — it ten cents a pou nd cou ld not be ei r u r r ls m u t i the p e o w ho e o e, b w th the heedlessness of you ng people they ma ir u rc as at s m de the p h e, e o e of the an m s l s and ass c dy the e ve , p ed the bag arou nd among their friends w hen u rn to ac r . In all they ret ed the f to y , irls s ar u m r seven g h ed the g d ops. Within an hou r each one of them w as ill u l u wi ain nau s a an , do b ed p th p , e , d All intestinal trou ble . had to stop w ork ; four Of them had to be sent This is a single instance ; exammes of the sam e sort cou ld be mu ltiplied fini el inde t y . Experience is said to be 7 CANDY MAKING the only school in w hich fools will r if learn, bu t the e is room for dou bt even su ch a harsh lesson as that of these girls will deter them or their Even w hen candy is not absolu tely poisonou s it is Often adu lterated to an extent that sickens one to contem plate. “ What are those barrels filled with & a asked a. v isitor to large confectionery li estab shment . The barrels in qu es tion contained a fine w hite su bstance w hich at a little distance res embled flour . “ a is ra al a x lain her Th t ter b , e p ed i u i in gu de airily. We se it in the c gs Experiment with a piece of the pu re cream can dy manu factu red by the establishment w hich m ade mu ch advertising ca pitalof the integ — rity of its w ares proved that the confection held an in gredient abso tel l l in a lu y inso u b e w ter, that remained 8 COUNSEL ON CANDY MAKING u nchanged at the bottom of the glass i ic i w s e i n w h h t as te t d . W th this tu s and inju re the mechanism w hich i s all eir li s ln bod e th ve o g . Terra alba is one of the component parts of cheap w hite an d colored can dies ; one shrinks from fancying w hat goes to make u p the chocolate coat in om si i n o g and c po t o f other sw eets . The ran cid flavor of the nu ts u sed in can n ra s ir s alen ss dy Ofte bet y the t e , bu t even w hen they are fresh w hat do w e know of the conditions in w hich those nu ts w ere cracked and the meats extracted & The reports of the tene ment-hou se indu stries show pictu res of w hole families engaged in the w ork of picking ou t nu t kernels in the midst su rr u ndin s so s u ali so fil of o g q d, thy , so horribly u nhygienic that the stom ach su rges in revolt at the mere thou ght of eating anything prepared in su c lac s an su c an h p e d by h h ds. As a ma u rs r a tter of co e, the e re 9 CANDY MAKING i u s as r are cakes pu re cand es , j t the e and bread manu factu red in an abso lu tely san itary environment by clean can ies w r employees. Su ch d , ho eve , a and assi n for are not che p , the p o sw ee ts is not confined to those w ho can bu y the best an d pay the highest i u price for it . What s to be done abo t the matter & The remedy like many other cu res for u nsafe conditions lies in n s of m r r m the the ha d the othe s. F o time w hen their children are old enou gh to bu y for themselves the little ones should be ca u tioned again st chea p candy as they are against any ’ Bu t they willhave candy & some r n in i d e eat g t, an d they beg for it & Yes and as a alr ad i , , I h ve e y sa d, they w ould probably crave the sw eet r w i n w hethe they sa t or ot, in the fu lfillment of a natu ral appetite of ir m the s all systems. Su gar in some rm u fo they o ght to have, and candy seems to be the form w hich best 10 COUNSEL ON CANDY MAKING las s m i m can b p e e the . G v e the dy, u t I hav e not at the moment the sta tistics at han d w hich w ou ld show the n i r in the pu rchase of co fect one y.