[Sca-cooks] Sponge sugar

[Georgia Foster]

Adamantius offered: caramelized, hard-crack sugar syrup, to which something like baking soda (sodium bicarbonate, generally) and a small dash of vinegar have been added,
 
I have a recipe similar ... in my "Cooking for the Governors Mansion" Wyoming history cookbook.  The book does not get so specific regarding the origin of the candy.  
 
I will find and post if folks are interested.
 
Cheers
 
Malkin
Otherhill
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