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Candies and Candy Making (II)

KINDS OF CANDIES-BOILING SIRUP FOR CANDY-THE SEVEN DEGREES-CREAM OR FONDANT - CREAM CANDIES - FRUIT AND NUT CREAMS-BONBONS-TAFFY AND MOLASSES CANDY FOR CANDY PULLS - SIRUP CANDIES - PASTILS OR CANDY DROPS - CANDIED FRUITS, FRUIT AND NUT CANDIES-CARA- MELS-KISSES AND MARSHMALLOWS - NOUGATS - POPCORN CANDY-LOZENGES-COUGH CANDIES TO COLOR AND FLA- VOR CANDY-ICES AND ICING-HONEY AND BEESWAX a Candy Making should be taught and acquired as one of the most useful of womanly accomplishments. Like every other art that calls for skill and intelligence, it has an educational value. And the universal fondness for sweets renders the candy maker popular favorite.

Thus the mother who can make good candy and is fond of practicing her skill, or teaches and encourages her daughters to do so, will not only make her home attractive to her own family, but will also acquire an enviable reputation as an entertainer. Then, too, there is a good market in all parts of the country for first class homemade candies. Even in cities where the large confectioners' shops seem capable of supplying every demand, good homemade candies given preference at the highest prices; while in small towns and rural districts, where cheap candies are the rule, the homemade article, if of good quality, will always find a ready sale. Children may offer a few pounds of homemade candies for sale at a small booth or table placed, in summer weather, on the lawn, and in many localities can thus earn a good many dollars from passers-by.

Or after a reputation for the quality of the product has been acquired, are a orders may be obtained from local merchants or from neighbors. When any considerable amount of candy is made, the best materials will not cost over 15 cents a pound, and prices ranging from 50 cents to $1 pound are the rule for a high grade domestic article. A candy booth, always providing the contents are of the best quality, is usually one of the most profitable features at church fairs, lawn parties, and other entertainments for the purpose of raising money.

Utensils for Candy Making.-The entire outfit of a professional candy maker can be afforded by anyone.

First in order is a suitable surface on which to pour and work fondant and other candies. A flat or shallow box or tray, 3 or 4 inches deep and of any convenient size, lined with tin or zinc, is used by many confectioners. But a marble slab, such as the top of an old-fashioned center table or bureau, is ideal for this purpose. It should be used wrong side up. A couple of candy scrapers or toy hoes like garden hoes are needed to work cream candy. Or have a carpenter make a spatula or flat scoop of hard wood, 12 or 15 inches long, shaped like a snow shovel, but having a very thin beveled edge, as shown in the illustration. This is used to lift and scrape the fondant. A good granite or porcelain double boiler, a broad, thin-bladed palette knife, a quantity of waxed paper, a two-tined "The Entire Outfit of a Candy Maker." fork with which to dip creams and bonbons; these complete the necessary outfit. A good pair of scales, a suitable measuring cup or graduated glass should be at hand in the kitchen. And a small stock of fancy molds or starch prints will be found convenient.