The Blue Grass Cook Book

page 344

      FONDANT
Miss Mary Bashford

  1 pound of sugar,

  1 saltspoon of cream of tartar,

  1 teacup of cold water.

Stir all together, and boil till it forms a jelly-like consistency when tried in
cold water. When done, take from stove and let stand 10 minutes. Then beat well
till a creamy mass.

This fondant is the foundation for a variety of candies.

      FUDGE
Miss Kate Alexander

  3 cups of brown sugar,

  Just enough cream to wet the sugar,

  1 pinch of salt,

  1 pinch of soda,

  1 teaspoonful of vanilla,

  Butter size of a hen's egg,

  1/3 cake of chocolate.

Stir the cream well into the sugar; then place it on the stove. Watch carefully,
so it cannot burn; then, when it begins to boil, add salt and soda. Later, put
in the chocolate and butter. Take it

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