This section is from the book "Common Sense In The Household. A Manual Of Practical Housewifery", by Marion Harland. Also available from Amazon: Common Sense in the Household.
1 quart good molasses. 1/2 cup vinegar. 1 cup sugar.
Butter the size of an egg. 1 teaspoonful saleratus.
Dissolve the sugar in the vinegar, mix with the molasses, and boil, stirring frequently, until it hardens when dropped from the spoon into cold water ; then stir in the butter and soda, the latter dissolved in hot water. Flavor to your taste, give one hard final stir, and pour into buttered dishes. As it cools, cut into squares for " taffy," or, while soft enough to handle, pull white into sticks, using only the buttered tips of your fingers for that purpose.
6 cups of sugar. 1 cup of vinegar. 1 cup of water.
Tablespoonful of butter, put in at the last, with 1 teaspoonful saleratus dissolved in hot water.
Boil fast without stirring, an hour, or until it crisps in cold water. Pull white with the tips of your fingers.
Since children must eat candy, this is the best you can give them. It is very nice. Flavor to taste.
 
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