Required: Two pounds of loaf sugar. Three gills of cold water. Half a teaspoonful of lemon-juice. About four drops of essence of lemon. A few grains of cream of tartar.

Put the sugar into a saucepan with the water and let it dissolve by the fire. Add the cream of tartar, cover the pan, and let it boil fast. Then remove the lid and boil the sugar in the usual manner. Let it boil to 3000, or rather over the "small crack."

Add the lemon-juice and essence and boil it to a little over "large crack," which is 3120. Then pour the sugar out on a slightly oiled slab.

When a little cooled and tough, cut it with an oiled knife into narrow strips of a convenient length. Oil the hands a very little and twist the strips into the orthodox spiral form. Lay these on a tin or dish till quite cold, then store them in airtight jars or tins, as they rapidly become sticky.

Should a rather deep-tinted sugar be required, add a drop or two of saffron colouring. For orange barley sugar use orange juice in place of lemon. Cost, 6 1/2 d.