Thought this might be useful to someone. Use too much of this stuff
though and you'll help your friendly Dentist.
*
Basic Cough Syrup
*Teaspoon honey or corn syrup and 2 drops lemon juice (avoid honey in
younger than 1 year--Botulism risk)
http://www.fpnotebook.com/LUN123.htm
*Basic Herb Candy (Cough Drops)
*<>3 cups strong herb tea (from herbs grown in your garden--horehound
included)
3 ½ pounds sugar (about 8 cups)
(I use brown sugar for the horehound drops, but white sugar would
probably be better for a more delicate-tasting tea.) *
* <>Mix sugar and tea in large saucepan (use one a lot bigger than you
think you'll need - the mixture foams up and could easily overflow).
Boil until mixture reaches 292 degrees (be sure to make adjustments for
altitude**.)
Pour into large, shallow buttered pan and let cool. Cut into pieces
before it hardens all the way. You could also pull it like taffy, if you
want a softer, chewier candy.
<>**Altitude adjustment**
Using a candy thermometer, see what temperature water boils at your
altitude. At sea level water boils at 212 degrees. At my altitude, water
boils at about 188 degrees. So I have to subtract 188 from 212 (boiling
point at sea level, which is what almost all recipes use), the result is
24 degrees. Therefore as long as I live here I always need to subtract
24 from the temperature in most recipes, (which in this case is 268
degrees - 292 minus 24).
http://www.goodbyecitylife.com/home/herb-candy.htm
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