53. CANDIED GINGER.

Put 1 ounce of race ginger grated fine, a pound of loaf sugar beat

fine, into a preserving pan, with as much water as will dissolve the

sugar. Stir them well together over a slow fire till the sugar begins

to boil. Then stir in another pound of sugar, beat fine, and keep

stirring it till it grows thick. Then take it off the fire, and drop

it in cakes upon earthen dishes. Set them in a warm place to dry,

when they will become hard and brittle, and look white.