jack-wax

Updated: July 18, 2025

"Yes," said Miss Harson; "I did go once, in Vermont, when the family with whom I was staying took me to see the 'sugaring off. This is putting it into the pans and buckets to harden after it has been sufficiently boiled and clarified; and we younger ones, by way of amusement, were allowed to make jack-wax." "Oh!" exclaimed three voices at once; "what is that? Is it good to eat?"

Ella Rodman Church - Among the Trees at Elmridge