On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:13:54 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:

> I'm a big fan of doing a quick Google. Didn't work too well, though.
> Mostly I got references back to the above site. Now, I've watched a
> little Food Network, and those shows where people make things out of
> sugar. It looks like a very few people spend a lot of time making
> things out of sugar. There has to be a whole lot of expertise, and
> that should be reflected in Google. Why isn't it? I suspect that the
> experts don't call it "bubble sugar".
>
> Especially since the site was so vague, I suspect that just about
> anything would work. Probably pure water would work.

Sugar doesn't dissolve in alcohol. I would think you'd want
something that didn't make the candy sticky. Which is why I went
with a 50/50 solution. This way I can never be more than 49% wrong
(since pure alcohol is extremely rare).

-sw