Article: RECIPE REDUX; 1879: Peppermints - New York Times

Peppermints were a popular European candy as early as the mid-19th century. ''Brandy balls,'' a sweet made with peppermint and cinnamon -- ''all the spices that warm the tongue, like brandy does,'' explained Francine Segan, a food historian -- were sold on the street in London in the 1850s. And peppermint candies in all forms were found throughout Europe by then. But until Wrigley's spearmint gum was introduced in America in 1893 and peppermint LifeSavers appeared on the market about a decade later, mint candy was something you mostly made at home. Making candy was one of those things that every woman seemed to know how to do, like recaning a chair and boning a lamb. A recipe for ...

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