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Jim Elbrecht

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