To make a Desert of Spun SUGAR.
SPIN two large webs, and turn one upon the
other to form a globe, and put in the inſide of
them a few ſprigs of ſmall flowers and myrtle,
and ſpin a little more round, to bind them toge-
ther, and ſet them covered cloſe up before the
fire, then ſpin two more on a leſſer bowl, and
put in a ſprig of myrtle, and a few ſmall flowers,
and bind them as before, ſet them by, and ſpin
two more leſs than the laſt, and put in a few
flowers, bind them and ſet them by, then ſpin
twelve couple on tea-cups of three different ſizes
in proportion to the globes, repreſenting baſkets,
and bind them two and two as the globes with
ſpun ſugar; ſet the globes on a ſilver ſalver, one
upon another, the largeſt at the bottom, and
ſmalleſt at the top; when you have fixed the
globes, run two ſmall wires through the middle
of the largeſt globes, acroſs each other; then
take a large darning needle and ſilk, and run it
through the middle of the largeſt baſkets, croſs
it at the bottom, and bring it up to the top, and
make a loop to hang them on the wire, and do
ſo with the reſt of your baſkets, hang the largeſt
baſkets on the wires, then put two more wires
a little ſhorter acroſs, through the middle of the
ſecond globes, and put the ends of the wires out
betwixt the baſkets, and hang on the four mid-
dle ones, then run two more wires ſhorter than
the laſt though the middle of the top globes, and
hang the baſkets over the loweſt; ſtick a ſprig
of myrtle on the top of your globes, and ſet it
on the middle of the table. — Obſerve you do not
put too much ſugar down at a time for a ſilver
web, becauſe the ſugar will loſe its moiſture, and
run in lumps inſtead of drawing out; nor too
much in the ladle, for the golden web will loſe
its colour by heating too often.—You may make
the baſkets a ſilver, and the globes a gold co-
lour, if you chooſe them.—It is a pretty deſert
for a grand table.