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)

Chocolate Covered Almonds
2 oz., $3.75

Chocolate Covered Almonds
8 oz., $8.00

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.

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
2 oz, $3.00

18th century receipt using sugar, starch, and pepper-mint oil literally melts in your mouth.

Pepper-mint Candies
8 oz, $8.00

18th century receipt using sugar, starch, and pepper-mint oil literally melts in your mouth.

Comfits, fruits and other Things preserv'd dry

Almond Comfits 2 oz, $3.75	Almond Comfits 8 oz., $8.00	Aniseed Comfits 1/2 oz in a tin, $3.00
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, $3.00 A wonderful treat of ginger pieces preserved in sugar.	Ginger, Candied (Crystallized) 8 oz, $8.00 A wonderful treat of ginger pieces preserved in sugar.	Lemon Peel, Dried & Diced 1 oz, $2.00
Lemon Peel, Dried & Powder'd 1 oz, $3.00	Lemon Peel, Candied 2 oz bag, $3.00	Lemon Peel, Candied 8 oz bag, $8.00 .
Orange Peel, Candied 2 oz bag, $3.00	Orange Peel, Candied 8 oz bag, $8.00	Orange Peel, Dried & Diced 1 oz, $2.00
Orange Peel, Dried & Powder'd 1 oz, $3.00	Tamarind Candy 2 oz, $3.00 Spicy -- chili added!

Candies

Lemon Drop Candy
2 oz, $3.00

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

Lemon Drop Candy
8 oz, $8.00

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

Chocolate Drops (with non-pareils)
2 oz, $3.00

Dark chocolate drops with white sugar non-pareils.

Chocolate Drops (with non-pareils)
8 oz, $8.00

Dark chocolate drops with white sugar non-pareils.