[Sca-cooks] Dragon Beard Candy

[Johnna Holloway]

If it really is 2000 years old, then it's an example
of 2000 year old pulled sugar. Somehow I doubt that
the original filling contained peanuts and coconuts then.

Johnnae


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> On Aug 9, 2005, at 11:07 AM, Susan wrote: Just an online demo of 
> confectionary that I thought people here  might find interesting.  
> They don't seem to include the recipe,  which is not surprising 
> because they are trying to sell the candy,  yes?
>
>> http://www.yuzumura.com/bamboogarden/ma ster8mb.wmv <http:// 
>> www.yuzumura.com/bamboogarden/master8mb.wmv> (no, I'm not sure how  
>> big it is).
>
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> What I got was 8.4 MBs, and thank heaven for mplayer, since I refuse  
> to have Windows Media Player on my hard drive.
> This is pretty fascinating stuff, though. The voice-over claims it's  
> made from sugar and maltose (in this context a heavy syrup usually  
> derived from malted rice), which past experience suggests is used to  
> prevent undue crystallization at inopportune moments. I imagine it's  
> cooked to a taffy-like consistency, somewhere short of hard crack,  
> and the actual hand work appears to be identical to that for Dragon's  
> Beard Noodles. What makes this interesting is the pulling designed  
> not only to smooth out lumps, but, I suspect, add via friction to the  
> ambient heat of the sugar mass, keeping it softer and more pliable  
> than it would otherwise be.
>
> Adamantius
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