[Sca-cooks] OOP ribbon candy jig
Susan Fox-Davis
selene at earthlink.net
Fri Jan 9 09:41:10 PST 2004
> Also sprach Olwen the Odd:
>
>> Well, at least the one picture I have found online does not show it
>> being wooden. See here:
>> http://www.kellerhaus.com/ribboncandyl.htm . They have a whole
>> sequence of
>> pictures of ribbon candy making. At the lower right hand corner of
>> the pictures
>> is one of a lady pulling candy through the jig.
>
>
> I was just thinking of something with wooden pegs, kinda like a hat
> rack. You'd have to wrap the ribbon around the pegs to get the effect,
> and be quick about it, but it might work just fine on a small scale.
>
> A.
Yeah, what the local RenFaire folk call a "ruff machine." A board with
pegs in two rows, around which one loops lace or fabric to make ruffs
for the neck or sleeve cuffs. Well, that might get a little sticky but
it could work.
It's do-able by hand, as Huette says, but it takes a steady hand and a
cold dry day. Here are some pictures:
http://www.herculescandy.com/ribbon.candy.html
Selene C.
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