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Jean B.[_1_]

Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>> 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.
>
> LOL. I didn't know my family has relatives over there.
> My childrens' nursery encouraged infants to cook from scratch and the
> eldest in particular had some terrible culinary inspirations.
> Unfortunately for his hungry brothers most of them were technically
> edible... eggs fried in the sun direct on the car bonnet; midget fish
> caught in the river, post mortemed on the garden table and baked (or not)
> in the heat of the compost heap. It was a relief when they got old enough
> to light campfires, at least the food was sterilised by heat...
>
> Janet.

Good kids! I tried frying eggs in a pan on the hot driveway and
really messed up the pan.

--
Jean B.