[Sca-cooks] OOP mystery ingredient question

[Audrey Bergeron-Morin]

IMO - this is just a guess, but I wouldn't be surprised if I was pretty
close - they would be gummies (search for "jujube"). But not the black ones
because they're licorice flavored, and not fruit flavored...

I'm also 100% certain it's not at all related to your maple syrup idea -
they're not candy per say, just syrup cooked until it forms threads in the
snow, so it holds itself together enough that you can wrap it around a
popsicle stick and eat it as a big blob. Certainly not something you could
measure or use in a recipe. You need to cook the syrup a little longer if
you want maple sugar.

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Mary + Doug Piero Carey <
mary.doug at pierocarey.info> wrote:

> Hello the list!
>
> My library has rec’d a food question and it is a lulu. What is wax candy?
> Yes, we found all the stuff about American Candy Company’s wax lips &
> vampire fangs. Also the little wax soda bottles or tubes with sweet liquids
> inside. We don’t see how these can be what my patron is looking for.
>
> The recipe in question (a banana cake) is from the Brimfield Township
> Bicentennial Cookbook (1976) and calls for 1.5 cups raisins and 1 cup wax
> candy to be dredged in flour so that they don’t sink to the bottom of the
> batter. This argues that it must be something smallish. The recipe warns
> “Don’t use the black ones”.
>
> None of the local confectionery supply houses or candy makers have come up
> with a clue.
>
> We have found a reference in a 1920s newspaper article about maple syrup
> making which quotes a man calling “the sugar’s waxin’!” when the sap
> reaches the point in the boiling when the children pour in it into the snow
> & then wind it around wooden paddles to make a candy. This is also the
> point at which it is poured into molds for “maple sugar”. This also doesn’t
> seem like it could be what she’s looking for. (Though I suppose maple &
> banana could work, flavor-wise.)
>
> Does anyone have an idea what ingredient this recipe is calling for?
>
> We’ll be grateful for any input!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mary Piero Carey aka Maria of Alderford
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