Deborah's Pantry of test-driven and hard to find culinary supplies

Each Pantry item comes packaged in a manner reproducing 18th century packaging using contemporary images and extant examples, whether packaged in paper packets, cloth bags, or glass or earthenware containers.

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"Comfits, Sweetmeats, fruits and other Things preserv'd dry" (N Bradley)

Sweetmeats and Candies

Sweetmeats: "Delicacies made of fruits preserved with sugar." (Samuel Johnson)

Fruit, roots, lettuce and mallow stalks preserved in syrup were wet suckets. When candied or crystallized they were dry suckets. (John Nott)

Great for the Holidays: Waffle Cones with Confectionaries!

Waffle Cone with Confectionaries
$12.75 each

Chocolate Covered Almonds (shown on left) 2 oz, $3.75	Rasberries [sic], Dried and Sweet 2 oz, $4.00 Strawberries, Dried and Sweet 2 oz, $4.00	Brown Sugar Candy 2 oz, $3.75 White Sugar Candy 2 oz, $3.75
Citron, Candied 8 oz, $6.25 The real thing! Imported, this product is the fruit of a tree native to India, NOT the citron melon that is used in modern cooking. The citron fruit is larger than a lemon and less acidic, and was a popular ingredient in many cakes throughout England and the colonies.	Citron, Candied 16 oz, $11.00 The real thing! Imported, this product is the fruit of a tree native to India, NOT the citron melon that is used in modern cooking. The citron fruit is larger than a lemon and less acidic, and was a popular ingredient in many cakes throughout England and the colonies.	Pepper-mint Candies (shown on right) 2 oz, $3.00 18th century receipt using sugar, starch, and pepper-mint oil literally melts in your mouth.
Chestnuts, Dried 8 oz, $8.50 Chestnuts show up often in English cookbooks. Eight ounces of my dried chestnuts equal one pound, three ounces of fresh. You don't have to peel these. To rehydrate, put them in a pan of boiling water and let them simmer 10 minutes; soak them one hour in the pan and they are ready for your receipt.	Muscat Raisins 1 lb, $15.75 Muscat raisins are praised as larger, meatier, and have a full fruity flavor desired by cooks for seasonal baking. These raisins are made from muscat grapes and have the seeds removed mechanically. When the seed is pushed out through the raisin's skin it brings the sugar to the surface of the grape, making the raisins sweet and sticky. These grapes, with the seeds still in them, were the traditional and most popular variety for holiday baking until the Thompson Seedless Raisin was invented in 1876 by William Thompson in California.	Brown Licorice Coins 2 pz. $3.75 Not an 18th century sweetmeat per se, but a lozenge for sore throats. This attractive coin-shaped sweet and soft lozenge has a lovely gentle licorice flavor. Imported from Holland. Black licorice color is the result of "licorice black juice" which did not come into use till the 20th century.
Candied Angelica 1 oz, $9.00	Maple Sugar Shapes Package of 6, $10.00

Lemon Drop Candy
(shown on left)
2 oz, $3.75

A nice lozenge (hard candy), not as sweet as modern tongues expect.

Chocolate Drops (with dragees)
2 oz, $3.75

Dark chocolate drops with white sugar non-pareils.

Chocolate Seashells
(shown on right)
2 oz, $3.75

Comfits, fruits and other Things preserv'd dry

Almond Comfits 2 oz, $3.75	Aniseed Comfits 1/2 oz in a tin, $4.75	Aniseed Comfits 1/2 oz in a bag, $3.75
Corn, Parched 6 oz, $4.75 Sweet corn dired on the cob, hulled, soaked in salt water, dried, tossed with salt and oil, and roasted.	Fennel Comfits 2 oz, $3.75	Ginger, Candied (Crystallized) 2 oz, $3.75 A wonderful treat of ginger pieces preserved in sugar.
Lemon Peel, Candied 2 oz bag, $3.75	Orange Peel, Candied 2 oz bag, $3.75	Tamarind Candy 2 oz, $3.00 Spicy -- chili added!
Almond Paste (Almonds and Sugar) 9 oz, $13.00 Almond Paste (Almonds and Sugar) Package of 3, assorted $4.00	Almond Wafers 12 in a box, $3.75/box Pralins Fry'd Almonds or Parched Almonds 2 oz, $3.75	Gingerbread Biskits (made with Saleratus) 1 dozen, $3.00