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     Title: Vinegar Taffy
Categories: Candies
     Yield: 6 servings

     1 c  Sugar
   1/2 c  Water
   1/4 c  Light corn syrup
   1/2 ts Salt
     2 tb Vinegar
     1 ts Vanilla or other flavoring
          -such as orange or lemon, or
          -use:
   1/2 ts Peppermint or:
     1 oz Bitter chocolate, grated

 From Grandma Ruby's recipe file: newspaper clipping

 Cook sugar, water, corn syrup, salt and vinegar until a few drops of
 the mixture will make a hard ball in cold water, 260 degrees on a
 candy thermometer.  Pour onto a greased dish or platter, sprinkle
 flavoring over top and turn the outer edges of the candy in toward
 the center until cool and firm enough to handle.

 Best results are obtained in pulling if the tips of the thumbs and
 fingers are dipped in cornstarch or fat. Use only the fingertips to
 pull taffy. When mixture can be handled, take up and pull out with
 both hands. Fold over and pull out again.

 As the mixture becomes cooler and the longer it is pulled, it will
 become stiffer and can be pulled out in a longer strand.  Pull until
 it is difficult to pull out and the mixture seems quite firm.

 Pull into long thin strips and cut immediately with greased scissors
 and roll each piece in powdered sugar or wrap in wax paper. Store
 cooled taffy in an air tight container in a cool dry place.

 If the taffy sugars, it can be recooked by putting it in a pan with 2
 Tablespoons corn syrup and 1/4 cup water.  Stir until dissolved and
 then recook according to original directions.

 Finely chopped nuts or fruit, as well as other flavorings, are added
 as the taffy is being pulled.

 I wish I had a date for this...I'd say recipe is at _least_ 30 years
 old...possibly 40, maybe even more...  This is a lesson to all of you
 to date your recipes, including newspaper clippings!

 From Florence "Ruby" Williams' files.

 Valerie Whittle

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