One-half box granulated gelatin soaked in three-fourths cup cold water (scant); two cups sugar cooked with three-fourths cup boiling water (scant) only until dissolved. Pour over gelatin, add flavoring and pinch salt and let stand until lukewarm. Beat first with egg beater, then with a spoon until stiff enough to spread in sheets. Pour into pans thickly dusted with mixture of powdered sugar and little corn starch. When chilled, turn on marble slab or platter and cut in cubes, roll in powdered sugar mixture and serve.
Soak four ounces of gum arabic in a cupful of water until it is dissolved. Strain it to take out any black specks in it. Put the dissolved gum arabic into a saucepan with half a pound of powdered sugar. Place the saucepan in a second pan containing boiling water; stir until the mixture becomes thick and white. When it is beginning to thicken test it by dropping a little into cold water; when it will form a ball remove it from fire. Stir into it the whites of three eggs whipped to a stiff froth. This will give a spongy texture. Lastly, flavor it with two teaspoonfuls of orange water. Turn the paste into a pan covered thick with cornstarch; the layer of paste should be one inch thick. After the paste has stood for a while turn it onto a slab and cut it into inch squares; dust them well with cornstarch or confectioner's sugar. As the paste is more or less cooked it will be more or less stiff.
One pound confectioner's sugar; six large tablespoonfuls water; six drops oil of peppermint or wintergreen; a little bit of cream of tartar put into a cup with a bit of sugar and the oil. Boil until it ropes, then remove from fire and stir in the cream of tartar, oil and the sugar.
Take two pounds confectioner's sugar and add enough water to make it the right consistency to roll into balls. Flavor with peppermint and roll out on waxed paper with a rolling pin. Cut out the peppermints. With water in the under part of the chafing dish melt half a pound of Baker's chocolate and dip the peppermint on the end of a fork. Set on waxed paper to harden.
Two cups light brown sugar; one-half cup water; boil together until a little dropped in cold water forms a soft ball. Remove from fire. Beat in a deep bowl the whites of two eggs to a froth, add candy syrup, one-half teaspoonful vanilla and beat in until it begins to stiffen. Drop with spoon on waxed paper and press on a nut meat. Will keep moist in a glass jar.