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Table Syrup

A simple syrup made by boiling water, sugar, and alum.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Table Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine water, sugar, and alum in a kettle.

  2. Boil for 3 minutes.

  3. Strain the mixture while hot.

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.

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What each ingredient does

Sugar
Dissolves into the water to form the syrup's sweetness and body.
Water
Dissolves the sugar so it can be boiled into a pourable syrup.
Alum
Helps keep the syrup clear by discouraging sugar crystals from forming.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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