how to make lemon drops
Hayfever getting the best of you this summer? Niagara Falls flowing out of your nose? We've always found sucking on something both sweet and sour has helped. Enter this awesome old school lemon drop recipe.
Raise a tray of antihistamines if your hayfever has gotten the best of you this summer. Sometimes, when Niagara Falls is gushing out of our nose and our eyes are too itchy to see past the tissue box, we'll try anything to make it stop.
In the past, we've found sucking on something both sweet and sour had helped take our mind off things, and also can help that sensitive back-of-the-throat pinch. So when we found this recipe for old school lemon drops, we knew we (and our nasal passages) were in for a treat.
Warning: if your attempts at toffee making result in your kitchen being covered in molten gloops of sugar goo and second degree finger burns, then take this slowly. Cooking can be a dangerous thing, guys - it's up there with crafting cardboard paper cuts and dropping tripods on your toes... Boiled sweets are not to be messed with.
Full recipe and gorgeously photographed images over on Notions and Notations of a Novice Cook.
