To ſpin a Gold Web for covering Sweet-Meats.
BEAT four ounces of treble-refined ſugar in
a marble mortar, and fift it through a hair ſieve,
then put it in a ſilver or braſs ladle, but ſilver
makes the colour better, ſet it over a chafing-
diſh of charcoal that is burnt clear, and ſet it
on a table, and turn a tin cover or china bowl
upſide down upon the ſame table, and when your
ſugar is melted it will be of a gold colour, take
your ladle off the fire, and begin to ſpin it with
a knife, the ſame way as the ſilver web; when
the ſugar begins to cool and ſet, put it over the
fire to warm, and ſpin it as before, but do not
warm it too often, it will turn the ſugar a bad
colour; if you have not enough ſugar, clean
the ladle before you put in more, and ſpin it
till your web is thick enough, then take it off,
and ſet it over the ſweet-meats, as you did the
ſilver web.