832. Silk Thread, or Spun Sugar

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Instructions (9)
  1. Oil the handle of a wooden spoon.
  2. Tie two forks together, the prongs turned outwards.
  3. Dip the tied forks lightly into the sugar.
  4. Take out and shake them to and fro, the sugar running from them over the spoon forming fine silken threads.
  5. Proceed thus until you have as much as you require.
  6. Take the spun sugar from the spoon and form it with your hands into whatever may be directed for the garnishing of any dish, not, however, too thick, or it would look heavy.
  7. An experienced hand would prefer doing it from the lip of the sugar-pan.
  8. Other kinds of ornaments from sugar are made in a similar manner by oiling a mould or shape and running fillets of the sugar from the lip of the pan over it as tastefully as possible.
  9. These are more fit for suppers than dinners.
Original Text · last edited 14 days ago
832. Silk Thread, or Spun Sugar.—Having boiled your sugar to the seventh degree, as in the last, oil the handle of a wooden spoon, tie two forks together, the prongs turned outwards, dip them lightly into the sugar, take out and shake them to and fro, the sugar running from them over the spoon forming fine silken threads, proceeding thus until you have as much as you require, take it from the spoon and form it with your hands into whatever may be directed for the garnishing of any dish, not, however, too thick, or it would look heavy. An experienced hand would prefer doing it from the lip of the sugar-pan. Other kinds of ornaments from sugar are made in a similar manner by oiling a mould or shape and running fillets of the sugar from the lip of the pan over it as tastefully as possible, but as I have not referred to it in this work I will not enter into its details. These are more fit for suppers than dinners.
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