On May 15, 8:54*am, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Mon, 14 May 2012 20:41:21 -0500, (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 remember cotton candy! And the purveyor taking one of those thin
> cardboard cone things and spinning it around the periphey of the sugar
> spinner, gathering up the cotton candy onto the cone and then handing
> it to me! Ahhhh, bliss! One of the best ways to eat sugar! Better if
> it's lightly flavored sugar too! YUM!!
>
> I can't imagine getting a machine to make it at home. Seems kind of an
> industrial preocess if done right.
>
> John Kuthe...

Nah, they have them on the cooking competition shows sometimes - like
Iron Chef. It's just a big metal round container with an interior
gizmo that spins sugar into "cotton" threads or such. Anyway, it
doesn't need to be industrial. I think you can rent them from the
party rental places.

N.