"z z" > wrote in message
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> How long has it been for you? I went to the circus last week and for $5
> I relished eating cotton candy on a paper cone. Haven't had it for
> 40yrs. It was as delicious as I remember.
>
> I received a fair share of dirty looks from parents who wouldnt spend
> that much money whose children saw me relishing mine and began to whine.
> $5 is awfully steep-sheesh it was $16 just to walk thru the gate. (I had
> the opportunity to get up close and personal with a tiger in his
> restrictive tiny cage 6feet away from me trying to get out of his cage
> silently...wow!)
>
> So it brings me to this question-have you ever made cotton candy (do
> tell) and while I know they sell an appliance for it, is it possible to
> make it stovetop?

I've never made it and never wanted to.

You can't make it on the stove because you need the device to spin the hot
sugar. Some of the devices they sell (particularly for kids) simply do not
work as they claim they do.