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Grandmother use you make me every year,for cold season,for when I had a cough. Ingredients:
now here is the hard part: grow your horehound herb. |
3pts.boiling water |
1 qt. loosely packed horehound leaves and stems |
4 cups sugar |
1 and 1/4 cups corn syrup (or) 1/2 honey (which she did) |
1 tablespoon butter |
Directions:
1. Pour boiling water over the horehound leaves and stems
2. Steep for about 5 minutes
3. The tea should be bitter tasting and dark ,but not black
4. Strain
5. Measure 2 cups of horehound tea
6. Add the sugar,corn syrup(and ,or, Honey)and butter
7. Bring to boil and cook stirring occasionally,to hard,crack stage 300 degree
8. Pour into buttered 15 1/2x10 1/2 pan,score with knife
9. Break into squares
10. Note:If there is residue forming around the side of the pan during boiling,Skim off
11. Yields 2 and1/2 pounds
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