Squeeze some lemon-juice into a pan. Pound in a mortar some of the
best loaf-sugar, and then sift it through a very fine sieve. Mix
it with the lemon-juice, making it so thick that you can scarcely
stir it. Put it into a porcelain sauce-pan, set it on hot coals,
and stir it with a wooden spoon five minutes or more. Then take
off the pan, and with the point of a knife drop the liquid on
writing paper. When cold, the drops will easily come off.
Peppermint drops may be made as above, substituting for the lemon-juice
essence of peppermint.