Powder a pound of the best loaf-sugar. Beat to a strong froth the
whites of eight eggs, and when it is stiff enough to stand alone,
beat into it the powdered sugar, (a tea spoonful at a time,)
adding the juice of two lemons, or ten drops of essence of lemon.
Having beaten the whole very hard, drop it in oval or egg-shaped
heaps upon sheets of white paper, smoothing them with the spoon
and making them of a handsome and regular form. Place them in a
moderate oven, (if it is too cool they will not rise, but will
flatten and run into each other,) and bake them till coloured of a
very pale brown. Then take them off the papers very carefully,
place two bottoms (or flat sides) together, so as to unite them in
an oval ball, and lay them on their sides to cool. To manage them
properly, requires so much practice and dexterity, that it is
best, when practicable, to procure kisses from a confectioner's
shop.