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    Grandmother's Cookbook, Candy, Authentic Antique Recipes from 100+ Years Ago
    Grandmother's Cookbook, Candy, Authentic Antique Recipes from 100+ Years Ago
    Grandmother's Cookbook, Candy, Authentic Antique Recipes from 100+ Years Ago
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    Grandmother's Cookbook, Candy, Authentic Antique Recipes from 100+ Years Ago

    By Mimi Riser

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    The late 1800s and early 1900s are considered the heyday of “penny candy”—and the general store of yesteryear stocked a colorful assortment—yet many confections continued to be made at home. Herein are some of those wonderful old-time candies, authentic antique recipes gathered from the pages of the past for your present enjoyment.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMimi Riser
    Release dateOct 7, 2015
    ISBN9781310272202
    Grandmother's Cookbook, Candy, Authentic Antique Recipes from 100+ Years Ago
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    Mimi Riser

    Mimi Riser is a longtime author of fiction and nonfiction, including several series and spanning a variety of genres (with flavors ranging from sweet to spicy hot). Her books celebrate the upbeat, the offbeat, and “beating the odds.” She began life in the urban northeast, but now resides in the rural southwest with her best friend & husband Rob.

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      Grandmother's Cookbook, Candy, Authentic Antique Recipes from 100+ Years Ago - Mimi Riser

      Grandmother’s Cookbook

      CANDY

      Authentic Antique Recipes

      From 100+ Years Ago

      MIMI RISER

      www.mimiriser.com

      Grandmother’s Cookbook Collection

      Copyright © 2015 by Mimi Riser

      All rights reserved.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes: This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Chapter 1: A Quick History Of Candy

      Forget the apple story. Yes, Eve did offer Adam a fateful piece of fruit, but she chopped it up first and mixed it with honey (maybe some nuts, too), and Adam gazed upon it and saw it was good.

      He tasted it and said, Wow! Sweet! What do you call it?

      You tell me, Eve said, you’re the one who’s supposed to be naming things.

      She smiled.

      And Adam suddenly thought she looked pretty sweet herself. He smiled, too.

      Whereupon God, who sees everything, could see where this was leading, of course, and had no choice but to cast them from the garden. And that’s how man lost Eden—but since he gained candy in the process, no one has ever much complained. In fact, many have considered it a more than fair trade.

      The end.

      Or beginning, depending on your perspective.

      In actuality the art of confectionary dates back thousands of years, to biblical times and beyond. The ancient Egyptians made candies sweetened with honey, while sugar cane was first cultivated in India and the Far East. From there, caravanned along the ancient trade routes, sugar wended its way westward and reached Europe during the time of the Crusades. But the long trek made it a precious commodity, sold by the ounce, and only the wealthy could afford it. Such was its early value, sugar was classed as

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