Name: Hoarhound Candy
Ingredients: fresh hoarhound; boiling water; loaf sugar

Hoarhound Candy

Ingredients

fresh hoarhound
boiling water
loaf sugar

Directions

Cut the fresh hoarhound stalks into small pieces.
Scald a pitcher, then fill it two-thirds full with the hoarhound, pressing it down.
Fill the pitcher with boiling water and cover tightly to prevent steam from escaping.
Place the pitcher close to the fire until it reaches a hard boil.
Strain the mixture and add loaf sugar to create a paste.
Boil the paste over heat until it becomes sufficiently hard.
Test a small amount in water; if it is crispy, it is done.
Shape the mixture into sticks.

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.