There is an older gentleman that has been helping us with old fashioned gardening practices. He has cancer that is inoperable. His own children are not interested in gardening so he is passing some of his knowledge and heirloom plants to us, never asking for anything in return. A few days ago, he was talking about horehound candy like he used to buy. He can't find it now but it sure would make his throat feel better. It was made directly from the plant and looked like a hard tack candy we make now. Does anyone have any idea how to make this. I need to know what part of the plant to use and a recipe. I would like to make him some as a way of thanking him for all he has done for us. Thanks

-- Joanie (ber-gust@prodigy.net), February 11, 2002

Answers

if I remeber correctly,, boil the roots,, strain,, add sugar to make a sryup,, at this point you could freeze it to make small sizes, or take as a syrup. I cant find the reciep for the actual candie

-- Stan (sopal@net-port.com), February 11, 2002.

Search through the archives. I am sure this answer appeared at least once before.

-- R. (thor610@yahoo.com), February 11, 2002.

Horehound Candy 3/4 square inch pressed horehound 2 cups boiling water 3 cups sugar 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Pour boiling water over horehound which has been separated in pieces; let stand one minute, then strain through double cheese-cloth. Put into a granite kettle with remaining ingredients, and boil until, when tried in cold water, mixture will become brittle. Turn into a buttered pan, cool slightly, then mark in small squares. Small square packages of horehound may be bought for five cents.

-- BC (desertdweller44@yahoo.com), February 11, 2002.

There is a company that makes old fashioned hard candy adn makes horehound candy and is very cheap. They have a web site it is www.claeyscandy.com It is very good my wife really loves it. dale

-- dale (dgarr@fidnet.com), February 11, 2002.

I used this recipe last year and it turned out fantastic! I found it on an herb page on the internet.

Simmer two cups horehound leaves and stems (packed down) in one cup water for a half hour. Cool. drain. (She also presses down the leaves with a fork to get out all the flavor). For every two cups of horhound infusion, add three cups sugar. Boil up, and add a piece of butter the size of an egg. Continue boiling until the syrup, in cold water, makes a "hard ball". Pour into a buttered shallow pan, and when cool mark into squares.

Diana

-- Diana (dvance4@juno.com), February 12, 2002.

I am a source for horehound seed , if anyone is interested... Kristean

-- Kristean Thompson (pigalena_babe@yahoo.com), February 13, 2002.