To Pickle Oysters
- Procure some of the largest sort of oysters; wash four dozen in their own liquor, and lay them on a folded napkin to dry; strain the liquor; add to it a dessert-spoonful of pepper, two blades of mace, three table-spoonfuls of white wine, and a wineglass of vinegar, and, if the liquor is not salt, a tablespoonful of salt; simmer the oysters for a few minutes in this liquor, then put them into jars, boil up the pickle, skim it and pour it over the oysters. Cover them closely.
CANDIES.
CANDIES.
To Clarify Sugar for Candies. To every pound of sugar, put a large cup of water, and put it in a brass or copper kettle, over a slow fire, for half an hour; pour into it a small quantity of isinglass and gum Arabic, dissolved together. This will cause all impurities to rise to the surface; skim it as it rises. Flavor according to taste.
All kinds of sugar, for candy, are boiled as above directed. When boiling loaf sugar, add a table-spoonful of rum or vinegar, to prevent its becoming too brittle whilst making.
You may make birds and such things, of loaf sugar, in this way. By pulling loaf sugar after it is boiled to candy, you may make it as white as snow.
Loaf sugar, when boiled, by pulling it very well, making it in small rolls, and twisting it a little, will make what is commonly termed little rock or snow.
Sugar, when boiled to candy, may be twisted, pulled, rolled, and cut in whatever forms you choose.