[Sca-cooks] Sponge sugar
Adele de Maisieres
ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Wed Aug 1 14:18:41 PDT 2007
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:
>I'm pretty sure I remember this is supposed to be made from a
>caramelized, hard-crack sugar syrup, to which something like baking
>soda (sodium bicarbonate, generally) and a small dash of vinegar have
>been added, producing the foamy effect you describe. I think it's got
>some butter in it, as well.
>
>Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any other source for this recipe,
>or any reference on the Web, etc.
>
>
Ah. That's what New Zealanders call "hokey pokey"-- if you Google that
and restrict your results to sites in the .nz domain, you will probably
find it.
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Adele de Maisieres
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