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Jean B.[_1_]

Jim Elbrecht 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 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?
>
> My first cooking experiment was *trying* to make cotton candy. . with
> *Genuine* *sterilized* cotton. [anything sterilized can't hurt you,
> right? -- and genuine=good]
>
> Tom and I were 6 or 7. Neither of our parents would buy us the
> 1/2dollar cotton candy at the fair. We saw the bag of cotton
> balls in his mom's cupboard and figured 'what the heck'.
>
> All we knew about the process was that it involved sugar and spinning.
> we added the water because nothing seemed to be happening.
>
> If you want to try this at home, all we can say is that a pound or 2
> of sugar, a bag of cotton balls, water enough to make a slurry-- and
> beating with a handheld mixer on high until the mixer dies *won't*
> give you cotton candy. It doesn't taste all that bad, but is
> difficult to chew-- and too much will give you a belly-ache.
>
> The bellyache faded in comparison to the ass-whupping we both got.
>
> Ahh-- but the memories.<g> I have a bit of cotton candy every
> decade or so just to bring me back to that day.
>
> Jim

LOL! That's so funny! And the mixer cost far more than the
cotton candy would have.

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Jean B.