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Old-fashioned White Candy

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Why it works: Milk and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 88,785 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Old-fashioned White Candy

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1 cup cold water. 2 cups granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon (leveled off) cream of tartar ; flavor to taste ; wdien brittle in cold water it is done ; pull at least 1 o ho ir. ]\Irs. Jane Orr.

  2. FRENCH CREAM OR UNCOOKED CANDIES

  3. FRENCH CREAM NO. I.

  4. To the white of 1 egg beaten to a stiff froth, add 1 tablespoon of cold water and a small quantity of Royce's vanilla extract; sift carefully XXX confectioner's sugar; stir into mixture gradually keeping the mixture smooth, until you can no longer use the spoon ; turn out then upon kneading board, dusted wnth sugar and knead, adding sugar all the time, until you have a paste smooth, firm and perfectly manageable ^Irs. H. E. BroAvn.

  5. FRENCH CREAM NO. II.

  6. "White of 1 egg, 1 tablespoon sweet milk, confectioner's sugar to stiffen ; knead like bread ; make in any shape desired.

  7. Mrs. Hiram G. Eddy.

  8. FRENCH CREAM NO. III.

  9. To the white of 1 egg add 1 t,ablespoon water: stir in confec- tioner's sugar until able to knead ; dust kneading board with sugar and proceed as directed in No. 1. Mrs. 0. P. Northrup.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

276Calories
14 gProtein
13 gFat
25 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Sugar + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together77,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Sugar and milk barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 77,875 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

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