Sugar of Roses in various Figures

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (7)
  1. Chip off the white part of some rose-buds, and dry them in the sun.
  2. Pound an ounce of them very fine.
  3. Take a pound of loaf-sugar, wet it in some rose water, and boil it to a candy height.
  4. Put in your powder of roses, and the juice of a lemon.
  5. Mix all well together.
  6. Put it on a pie-plate, and cut it into lozenges, or make it into any kind of shapes or figures your fancy may draw.
  7. If you want to use them as ornaments for a desert, you may gild or colour them to your taste.
Original Text
Sugar of Roses in various Figures. CHIP off the white part of some rose-buds, and dry them in the sun. Pound an ounce of them very fine; then take a pound of loaf-sugar, wet it in some rose water, and boil it to a candy height; then put in your powder of roses, and the juice of a lemon. Mix all well together, then put it on a pie-plate, and cut it into lo zenges, or make it into any kind of shapes or figures your fancy may draw. If you want to use them as orna ments for a desert, you may gild or colour them to your taste.
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