On Tue, 15 May 2012 11:37:11 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

>On May 14, 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?
>
>You can't make it stove top, but you can rent the machine.

Well. . . you *can*, but it isn't worth it. Just think fine
croquembouche.

Somebody *has* to have done it on youtube.

Wow- I googled the machine instead. you can get a countertop
machine for $30.

Jim