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Acid Drops

Put three pounds of loaf sugar in a sugar-boiler with one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, and two breakfast cupfuls of water, and boil them to the crack. When the pan is removed from the fire, stir in a few drops of essence of lemon, pour the sugar onto an oiled marble slab, sprinkle over one tablespoonful of powdered tartaric acid and work it in. Place it on an oiled tin sheet to keep warm; take a small quantity at a time, roll it out to the shape of a pipe-stem, cut it into small pieces with a pair of scissors, roll them round in the hands, or the paste may be passed through a drop-machine; dust over with fine sugar, and put them away in boxes.