Cotton candy

Cotton candy (also spun sugar ) is a confection that is mainly sold at fairs.

History

The exact date of the invention of the cotton candy is unclear. Initial reports found in the literature between the 16th and 17th centuries in recipe books. 1897 was filed by William J. Morrison and John C. Wharton in Nashville a patent for a cotton candy machine.

It is often claimed that the cotton candy would be invented until 1897, and was a few years later presented at a World's Fair in St. Louis, since the improved machine was patented. This error even made it into the popular literature, so it is widely used as a legend.

Production

In a cotton candy machine for one portion about five to six grams of table sugar or isomalt - North American maple syrup is also often used - heated, liquefied and spun by centrifugal force. Crystallized sugar is heated to a heating coil to the melting point at approximately 150 ° C and thrown by centrifugal force from the spinning head. On the way from spinning head of liquid sugar hardens into threads and is wound in a round tub with a rod as cotton candy. The resulting threads are not crystalline as the starting material, but amorphous. Therefore, they are soft as cotton. This cotton- like consistency owes the cotton candy its name. The addition of food colors, the candy floss colored dye and offer flavored a number of flavors, such as blueberry, strawberry, cherry or melon.