Cane Sugar
Posted on Sunday, January 9th, 2011 at 2:06 amCane Sugar
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Malagasy C61-C66,MNH. Sugar cane,Tobacco,Butterflies, $39.25 |
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The Cuban Connection: Operation Sugar Cane NEW $28.50 |
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RARE REAL PHOTO 1970 FIDEL CASTRO & TODOR ZHIVKOV VISIT IN CUBA SUGAR CANE #02» $320.00 |
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REAL PHOTO 1970 FIDEL CASTRO TODOR ZHIVKOV P. TAKOV VISIT CUBA SUGAR CANE #03» $320.00 |
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REAL PHOTO 1970 FIDEL CASTRO TODOR ZHIVKOV COMMUNIST VISIT CUBA SUGAR CANE #04» $320.00 |
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1920 article on Cuba, Sugar cane, tobacco, people, etc $7.99 |
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Blazing Cane: Sugar Communities, Class, & State Formati $41.16 |
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Appalachian Birch Beer Soda~12 Glass Bottles Cane Sugar $18.99 |
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Appalachian Birch Beer Soda~12 Glass Bottles Cane Sugar $18.99 |
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Appalachian Birch Beer Soda~12 Glass Bottles Cane Sugar $18.99 |
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Appalachian Birch Beer Soda~12 Glass Bottles Cane Sugar $18.99 |
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Appalachian Ginger Beer Soda~12 Glass Bottle Cane Sugar $18.99 |
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Appalachian Ginger Beer Soda~12 Glass Bottle Cane Sugar $18.99 |
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Appalachian Ginger Beer Soda~12 Glass Bottle Cane Sugar $18.99 |
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Appalachian Ginger Beer Soda~12 Glass Bottle Cane Sugar $18.99 |
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Demeter SUGAR CANE Cologne Spray Bottle 1 oz/30ml $15.95 |
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1956 Sugar cane House in The Everglades Clewiston FL Florida vintage postcard $5.79 |
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CUBA RAILWAYS SUGAR CANE REAL PHOTO $150.00 |
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Domino Dark Brown Pure Cane Sugar 32 oz $5.95 |
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Vintage Jack Frost Sugar Sack 100% Pure Cane The National Refining Co. Of N.J. $4.99 |
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Sunny Cane Sugar And Cinnamon Bottle Full 5 oz. Pa. $9.99 |
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1970 Clearwater Florida Man Skims and Stirs Sugar Cane Boiling Pot Wire Photo $33.88 |
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Alba Botanica Sugar Cane Body Polish, 10 oz. $8.54 |
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1974 Florida Tractor Power Drive for Barthle Sugar Cane Processing Wire Photo $33.88 |
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FRANK ZAPPA HOT RATS NM Reprise RS6356 Captain Beefheart Sugar Cane Harris album $64.95 |
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1960 COLOR GOLDEN ENCYCLOPEDIA PAGE – SUGAR – BEET – CANE – MAPLE – HISTORY $4.99 |
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FOOD, AGRICULTURE, COTTON, CANE SUGAR + 5 S/S MNH CAMELS $6.00 |
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Paddywax Fragrance Diffuser Set, Mint Mojito, Sugar Cane Lime, Mint Leaves, 4-Ou $35.90 |
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1976 Angola Sugar Cane Field Workers at Caxito Wire Photo $33.88 |
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1976 Angola Workers Cut Sugar Cane at Caxito Wire Photo $33.88 |
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X6 BOTTLES BODY DRENCH DAILY MOISTURIZING LOTION SUGAR CANE 16.9 OZ PUMP LOT $34.99 |
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12 BOTTLES BODY DRENCH DAILY MOISTURE LOTION SUGAR CANE NOURISH HEMP 16.9 OZ LOT $59.99 |
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Fragrance Oil for Candles & Soaps – Cane Sugar Cookie $23.97 |
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Fragrance Oil for Candles & Soaps – Cane Sugar Cookie $12.95 |
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Fragrance Oil for Candles & Soaps – Cane Sugar Cookie $7.89 |
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FOOD, AGRICULTURE, COTTON, CANE SUGAR x 7 S/S MNH TRACTORS $6.00 |
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1 oz Body Oil Rollon Designer Type Scent – U Pick Scent $7.99 |
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X4 BODY DRENCH DAILY MOISTURE LOTION SUGAR CANE NOURISH HEMP 16.9 OZ PUMP LOT X4 $19.99 |
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X2 BOTTLES BODY DRENCH DAILY MOISTURIZING LOTION SUGAR CANE 16.9 OZ PUMP LOT $11.99 |
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Sugar Cane Alley (DVD, 2004) $299.99 |
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Sugar Cane “Montego Bay” 12″ Single Ariola Hansa AHAD 524-12 $9.45 |
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Sugar Cane “Montego Bay” Hansa Records AHA 524 7″ $9.47 |
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CANE CRUSHER & GRINDING ROLL -SUGAR HOUSE CLEWISTON FL postcard $9.98 |
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SUGAR CANE JAPAN SELVEDGE DENIM JEANS SIZE 36 LOT 1947 $80.62 |
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purple sugar cane plant live looks like bamboo $6.00 |
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Sugar Cane 1947 jeans (like Lvc 47 cut) early model with arcs and red tab USED $86.94 |
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Antique QUAKER CANE SUGAR BAG & LACE CHRISTMAS STOCKING $24.99 |
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DON “SUGAR CANE” HARRIS I’M GONNA MISS YOU NO INSPIRATION NEAR MINT 1972 $3.16 |
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SV Grinding Pressing Sugar Cane Press Monterey MEXICO $3.95 |
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Sugar Cane Type III Vintage Denim jeans Jacket Large Mister Freedom LVC Japan $299.00 |
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BARBADOS Kendal St Tohus Sugar Cane Ox Carts c1910 Used PC w Stamp $14.79 |
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Super Sweet Purple Asian Sugar Cane Cuttings Fresh 6″ $2.99 |
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vegetable food sugar cane FDC 45941 $3.00 |
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vegetable food sugar cane FDC 45942 $3.50 |
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Sugar cane agriculture,Central America,1948,Growth of sugar,stalks of cane $8.99 |
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Sugar cane agriculture,Central America,raw cane,loaded,crane onto railroad car $8.99 |
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Harvesting sugar cane,Australia,April 13,c1935,Sugar $8.99 |
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COLLECTIBLE 1933 JACK FROST SUGARS HOW CANE SUGAR IS REFINED PAPER POSTER $8.99 |
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Sugar Cane Cutting Harvested Harvesting Puerto Rico Men Working Unused Postcard $1.39 |
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Kohler K-5931-4U-FD Cane Sugar Double Basin Cast Iron Kitchen Sink from the $737.39 |
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Kohler K-6625-FD Cane Sugar Double Basin Smart Divide Cast Iron Kitchen Sink $757.25 |
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Kohler K-6587-FD Cane Sugar Single Basin Cast Iron Kitchen Sink from the Iron $602.65 |
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Kohler K-6585-FD Cane Sugar Single Basin Cast Iron Kitchen Sink from the $513.01 |
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Kohler K-5815-5U-FD Cane Sugar Double Basin Cast Iron Kitchen Sink from the $690.17 |
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Kohler K-6589-U-FD Cane Sugar Single Basin Cast Iron Bar Sink from the Northland $379.41 |
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Kohler k-6626-6U-FD Cane Sugar Double Basin Smart Divide Cast Iron Kitchen Sink $648.86 |
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Kohler K-6584-FD Cane Sugar Single Basin Cast Iron Kitchen Sink from the Iron $405.34 |
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Kohler K-5838-7U-FD Cane Sugar Double Basin Smart Divide Cast Iron Kitchen Sink $759.30 |
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Kohler K-5942-5U-FD Cane Sugar Double Basin Cast Iron Kitchen Sink from the $577.10 |
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Kohler K-5839-5U-FD Cane Sugar Double Basin Smart Divide Cast Iron Kitchen Sink $789.23 |
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Vintage Godchaux’s Pure Cane Sugar Booklet $1.99 |
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Sugar Cane Cigarette pocket 3 Needle Military USN Work Engineer Shirt Buzz Sz L $49.99 |
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Tramontina 13″ Sugar Cane Machete, Stamped, High Carbon Steel SAE1070, NEW $14.99 |
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DON “SUGARCANE” HARR – SUGAR CANE’S GOT THE BLUES [PA] [DIGIPAK] – NEW CD $17.93 |
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DON “SUGARCANE” HARR – SUGAR CANE’S GOT THE BLUES [PA] [DIGIPAK] – NEW CD $14.93 |
Cane Sugar
The History of Cotton Candy and How This Favorite Summer Spun Sugar Dessert Confection is Made
Most childhood memories include reaching up to grab huge, pink swirls of cotton candy clouds at the circus or an amusement park. It brings back hot summer days, crunchy sweet candy you can only eat with your hands and of course, pink sticky faces and clothes.
Cotton candy is also known by such enchanting names as spun sugar or fairy floss. As early as the 1400′s, European chefs were spinning extravagant desserts out of sugar. Though, the little hands reaching out for this confection likely wore gold rings and mom and dad warned the children about getting their robes and crowns sticky. The sugar strands were thicker and more like blown glass than today’s cottony spun sugar. The candy could be formed into golden webs, eggs, bird’s nests, castles and other fanciful creations.
Up until the late 1800′s, spinning sugar was a difficult and somewhat dangerous undertaking. Loaf sugar, made of cane or beets was used, because granulated sugar wasn’t invented until after World War One. Sugar, water and other secret ingredients were boiled in large pots until reaching the correct temperature and consistency. Cooks were advised to use only the best cane sugar ‘lest failure should occur’ and to use copper bowls for best results. When the molten concoction was ready, the confectioner had a few moments to pull a glob out of the bowl with a fork or whisk and then fling the hot mixture through the air. The strands would quickly cool and solidify in the air. The cook had to be careful of burns and early recipes warn to use plenty of oil on the skin to keep the blistering hot liquid from sticking.
It took good old American ingenuity to super-charge spun sugar into the fluffy, wispy cotton candy we know today. Sugar and coloring is heated in a small, spinning container which sits in the middle of a large metal drum. The spinner has tiny holes which send the liquid sugar flying out in strands. Once the strands come in contact with the air, they become solid and forms threads on the sides of the bowl.
Several American inventors are credited with cooking up the first modern cotton candy machines. The first patent was given to John C. Wharton and William Morris for their cotton candy machine in 1897. The two partners debuted their new ‘fairy floss’ at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904 where it became a success. Another American, Thomas Patton patented a slightly different cotton candy machine a year later and teamed up with the Ringling Bros. Circus where the sticky confection is still served today.
Sugar has improved since colonial times too. Special sugars are now formulated to create longer strands, giving the candy a fluffier texture. The warm candy is usually swirled onto a cardboard tube or stick. In the 1970′s new machines were invented to produce cotton candy on a large scale. These machines produce a long continuous mass of cotton candy which is then cut into rectangles. It can now be found in stores packed in plastic bags.
In ‘the trade’ cotton candy is simply known as ‘floss’. Machine operators will tell you there is an art to collecting and forming the warm product just right. The most popular color for cotton candy is pink, followed by blue. Other colors like yellow, purple and green are also sometimes seen. Almost all cotton candy has food coloring added. Without color, it would be white or light tan. Purists like to eat their cotton candy plain, but it can also be flavored. Popular flavors include bubble gum and ice cream.
Adventurous cooks, indulgent parents and cotton candy addicts can now make their own fluffy creations at home. Small machines (which resemble toys more than a cooking tool) can be found for under $100. Bigger, more reliable machines can cost up to $1,000, although you’ll still need to add your own circus. America even has a day dedicated to this sweet, ethereal creation, so don’t forget to celebrate National Cotton Candy Day on December 7.
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About the Author
Laura Zinkan is a writer in California. She cultivates a gardening site at http://www.theGardenPages.com with plant profiles, growing tips about succulents and native plants.
She also cooks up http://www.MomsRetro.com where you can find retro art and kitchen tips for busy cooks. 2009 by Laura Zinkan. Article may be reprinted if author credit is given with a website link. All rights reserved.
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