loaf-sugar

To make red Quince Marmalade: — Pare and core a pound of quince, beat the parings and cores and some of your worst quinces, and strain out the juice; and to every pound of quince take ten or twelve spoonfuls of that juice, and three-quarters of a pound of loaf-sugar; put all into your preserving-pan, cover it close, and let it stew over a gentle fire two hours; when

Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine 2006

But while he called obi a "nefarious art" (194), he conversely called sugar an exemplary one, saying, "every kind of sugar whatever is made by art ... the art of refining sugar, and making what is called loaf-sugar, is a modern European invention" (64).

Grave Dirt, Dried Toads, and the Blood of a Black Cat: How Aldridge Worked His Charms 2002

When you dish it, if there is whey in the mug, lie it gently out without pressing the curd; lay it on a deep dish, and pour fresh cream over it; have powdered loaf-sugar to eat with it; also hand the nutmeg grater.

The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Mrs. F.L. Gillette

On the waiter was a cup of _eau de vie_, and a little plate containing several enormous lumps of loaf-sugar.

The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX James De Mille

Take a table-spoonful of currant or grape jelly, and beat with it the white of an egg, and a little loaf-sugar; pour on it half a pint of boiling water, and break in a slice of dry toast, or two crackers.

Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers Elizabeth E. Lea

At the breakfast-table lumps of cracked marble serve admirably for loaf-sugar, except that the hottest coffee will not dissolve them, and boiled eggs tempt the appetite only to disappoint with their sawdust filling.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Various

Hannah, however, was duly instructed by her mistress to treat Van on all occasions with great consideration, and this to Hannah's darkened intellect meant unlimited loaf-sugar.

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

Some break up the big pieces of loaf-sugar, and beat up the eggs, and take the cakes, when ready, to the public ovens, for here there are no proper ovens as there are in London houses, so a public oven is built not far from the Synagogue.

Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago Hannah Trager

Commissary-bills ran high that winter, and cut loaf-sugar was an item of untold expenditure.

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

Baltimore, whom I had regarded as a sort of dude, brought me a cup of delicious tea and several lumps of cut loaf-sugar.

The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson Edward A. Moore