[Sca-cooks] OOP mystery ingredient question

Genevieve de Lironcourt ladygenevieve at gmail.com
Thu Mar 29 18:36:40 PDT 2012


The maple syrup lead sounds promising.

I remember reading an entire chapter in the first Little House on the
Prairie book where Laura recalls a huge "sugaring off" party in the early
spring when the sap harvest is complete and there a time where she talks
about how the syrup, as it is cooking, is 'waxing'.

So you may very well be on the right track.

Genevieve

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Mary + Doug Piero Carey <
mary.doug at pierocarey.info> wrote:

> Hello the list!
>
> My library has rec’d a food question and it is a lulu. What is wax candy?
> Yes, we found all the stuff about American Candy Company’s wax lips &
> vampire fangs. Also the little wax soda bottles or tubes with sweet liquids
> inside. We don’t see how these can be what my patron is looking for.
>
> The recipe in question (a banana cake) is from the Brimfield Township
> Bicentennial Cookbook (1976) and calls for 1.5 cups raisins and 1 cup wax
> candy to be dredged in flour so that they don’t sink to the bottom of the
> batter. This argues that it must be something smallish. The recipe warns
> “Don’t use the black ones”.
>
> None of the local confectionery supply houses or candy makers have come up
> with a clue.
>
> We have found a reference in a 1920s newspaper article about maple syrup
> making which quotes a man calling “the sugar’s waxin’!” when the sap
> reaches the point in the boiling when the children pour in it into the snow
> & then wind it around wooden paddles to make a candy. This is also the
> point at which it is poured into molds for “maple sugar”. This also doesn’t
> seem like it could be what she’s looking for. (Though I suppose maple &
> banana could work, flavor-wise.)
>
> Does anyone have an idea what ingredient this recipe is calling for?
>
> We’ll be grateful for any input!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mary Piero Carey aka Maria of Alderford
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