On 5/14/2012 8:41 PM, z z wrote:
> 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?

It's been many years since I've had any cotton candy Some years ago,
I watched a show that included a 'spot' about "floating cotton candy"!
It sure was an interesting concept! Picture/imagine cotton candy made
somehow with a little bit of helium to make the 'bundles' of cotton
candy float up and away! IIRC, the 'recipe' may have incorporated
glycerin somehow to help create the 'tension' needed for the sugar
bubbles (?) to hold the helium to make the cotton candy float (?).

Sky

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