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to dcffliftmtc it sir puralysyn nr bloodpoisoning, lie could not, he said, tell awhat It was. Nor could any one else. j( BEN SB CANDY. New York Time*. 1. Benne candy is a delicacy of the r South. At one time Old mammies « could be found selling It In the mar- t frets,*nud every Southern child knew ' ft. There is a Southern family in i Brooklyn which sends South every i year for two or three pounds of benue | goods, and the fortunate friends of \ the family have a t reat. The benne i seed h a little smaller than canary seed and resembles it In appearance. The candy is made very much after the Cushion of the familiar peanut brittle, the seeds tttkiDfXhe plucc of the peanuts, but connoisseurs say that It Is much piore^lelicate. The seeds arc rousted first in a skillet and when stirred Into the candy mixture. Tim plant Is cultivated in most tropical and subtropical countries for the sake of the seed and the oil caressed from It. The seeds themselves arc used largely for fund in Asia and Africa, and arc exceedingly nutritious. (' iija-rles are fond or thorn, hyt they arc In*: Jurlous except in very small quauti-j ties. The Chinese make a con feet ion in which what appears to he tlm same sued is used Hut t he Chinese make n regular peanut brittle, full uf nuts, and the benne seed is covered thickly-over the outside. It is to be found freshly unide in sonic of the Chinese stores in New York.
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The Pascagoula Democrat Star
Pascagoula, Mississippi, US
Fri, Dec 11, 1896
Page 4
Full Page
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Jayson M.
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