Mealie Candy

• sugar
• treacle
• oatmeal
• ginger
• water

Put three and a half pounds of loaf sugar and a pound of treacle into a saucepan with one and a quarter pints of water, bring it to the boiling-point and let it boil for ten minutes. Remove it from the fire and, with the back of a wooden spoon, rub the syrup against the sides of the pan until it