Title: Irish Moss Cough Candy
Categories: Herb Candy
Yield: 1 Recipe

Wash a cupful of Irish moss in cold water, pour a quart of boiling water upon it, put it over the fire, and simmer very gently for half an hour, then set it aside and let the moss become cold in the water. Take out the moss, return to the fire the water in which it was cooked, and let this boil down until you have only a pint of the liquid. Add to this four cups of granulated sugar. Stir until dissolved, then cook without stirring until the mixture is brittle when a little of it is dropped into cold water. Add a tablespoon of lemon juice, turn from the saucepan into buttered pans, mark into squares with a knife, and when cold break these apart.

Source: Twenthieth Century Cookbook, 1921

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