Lozenges are made of loaf sugar finely ground, gum arabic dissolved in
water, also gum dragon. They are mixed together into a paste, cut round
or oval with cutters, and dried. To make the best sort of lozenges,
1 lb. of gum arabic should be dissolved in 1 pint of water; but the
proportion of gum and water in general use is 2½ lbs. of gum arabic in
1 quart and ½ pint of water, and 1 oz. of gum dragon in ½ pint of water.
237.--Peppermint Lozenges.
Take some finely powdered loaf sugar, put it on a marble slab, make a
bay in the centre, pour in some dissolved gum, and mix into a paste,
flavour with the essence of peppermint, roll the paste on the marble
slab until it is about an eighth of an inch thick. Use starch-powder
to dust it with; this keeps it from sticking. Dust the surface with a
little starch-powder and sugar, and rub it over with the palm of your
hand. Cut out the lozenges and place them on wooden trays, and place
them in the stove to dry. All lozenges are finished in the same way.
238.--Rose Lozenges.
Make the paste the same way as the preceding, and use essence of roses
to flavour with; colour the paste with cochineal.
239.--Ginger Lozenges.
1 oz. of powdered ginger, 1 lb. of powdered sugar. Mix to a paste with
dissolved gum; colour with yellow.
240.--Transparent Mint Lozenges.
These are made with the coarser grains of powdered loaf sugar. Pass the
sugar through a hair sieve, then sift it through a fine sieve to take
away the powder. Flavour with peppermint. Finish as the others.
241.--Cinnamon Lozenges.
Mix as the others; flavour with cinnamon in powder, adding a few drops
of essential oil. Colour with coffee colour.
242.--Clove Lozenges.
1 oz. of cloves powdered and 2½ lbs. of sugar. Mix, and finish as for
the others.
243.--Nutmeg Lozenges.
¼ oz. of oil of nutmeg, 2 lbs. of sugar. Mix as instructions for the
others.
244.--Lavender Lozenges.
Mix as for others; flavour with English oil of lavender, and colour
with a little cochineal and blue mixed.
245.--Vanilla Lozenges.
Use essence of vanilla or the stick pounded with sugar and sifted
through a fine hair sieve.
246.--Brilliants.
Take either of the pastes for lozenges and cut into small fancy devices
or ornaments.