Bologna Candy
1 cup milk
1 package dates
1/2 cup cocoanut
1/2 cup nuts
Boil sugar and milk until it forms a soft ball in cold water
now add dates (which have been stoned and halved)
Continue cooking until it leaves pan behind spoon while being stirred.
Stir in nuts and cocoanut
Let cool
Pour out on cloth that has been wrung out of cold water,
And roll up in the form of a bologna sausage
This is where it gets the name from.
From Chicago Evening American Cookbook 1932