THE FAMOUS FOOD "FESTIVAL EDITION"

COTTON CANDY

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   welcome back onijjang readers... in this post im going to share another famous food that i know and the theme today is festival.. when festival is coming all ages is really happy to celebrate its like cheating days for eating sweet or cold thing for an elderly and a kids but the most famous things people search when festival its cotton candy.
   cotton candy is sweet sugar candy like few of sugar floss , its easy to eat and so atractive when festival is coming there are so much taste or flavor and even a shaped and the newest trend is you mix up the cotton candy with another dessert like ice cream or cake and even a drink. that really fantastic upgrading stage of cotton candy but watch out because its from sugar do not eat to much it will break your teeth or you will get diabetic.

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   Cotton candy is a popular food at carnivals, amusement parks, fairgrounds or circuses. Its fibrous texture makes it unique among sugar confectioneries.

   Sugar confectioneries have been made for thousands of years, but the invention of cotton candy is a relatively recent event.Sweet gold rings which resembled molten glass in appearance, 

   the predecessor to cotton candy, were developed by European chefs. They were sticky and could be made in many shapes. Cotton candy was introduced when the sugar industry advanced.

   Cotton candy (also known as fairy floss in Australia,candy floss

in South Africa, the UK and New Zealand) is a form of spun sugar. According to the New York Times, the confection "is 100 percent sugar, with dashes of flavoring and food coloring." 

   Made by heating and liquefying sugar and spinning it out through minute holes, where it re-solidifies in minutely thin strands of "sugar glass," the final cotton candy contains mostly air, with a typical serving weighing approximately 1 ounce or 30 grams. 

   Often served at fairs, circuses, carnivals, and Japanese festivals, cotton candy is sold on a stick or in a plastic bag.Food coloring can be used to change the natural white color, and numerous flavorings are available to change the taste.

HISTORY

   Sugar confectioneries have been known for thousands of years, however the development of cotton candy is a relatively recent event. Evidence shows that the first sugar confectioneries were used during the time of the ancient Egyptian civilization. 

   True candy making began only after a sugar refining process was developed during the fourth century. For many years candy was a luxury item available to only the privileged. Eventually, sugar became more widely available and candy could be enjoyed by all.

   The modern candy industry developed during the nineteenth century. At this time, special candymaking machinery was invented. These machines were semi-automatic and allowed production on a large scale. 

   The first cotton candy machine was created during the late nineteenth century. This machine consisted of a large pan with a rotating heating core in the middle.

   Operators could make individual servings, and since it was portable, it became a popular confection at circuses, carnivals, and ball parks.

   Prior to the 1970s, cotton candy was only produced on a small scale. This was due to the fact that there were no automated machines that could produce enough product for widespread distribution. Then, in 1972, an automatic cotton candy manufacturing machine was patented. This machine provided an efficient for automatic manufacture and packaging. It led to the mass production of cotton candy.

PROCESSING

1. The first step in making cotton candy is converting the
   
   granular sugar into fine filaments. To do this, solid sugar is placed in a large, stainless steel hopper. This hopper has a tapered bottom, which funnels the sugar into the extruder. The extruder is a rotating metal cylinder, which has holes along its sides and is equipped with a heating element.
2. Inside the extruder, the sugar is heated such that it melts and becomes a molten liquid. The spinning extruder then throws the
   
   strands of liquid sugar out in all directions through the holes in its sides. As it exits the extruder, the liquid sugar cools and forms solid strands. These strands, which are the fibers used to make cotton candy, are collected in a large circular pan surrounding the extruder. To prevent coagulation of the strands, moisture is minimized during this phase of manufacture.

SUGAR

   Sugar is the most important ingredient used in the manufacture of cotton candy. Chemically, sugar is known as sucrose, which is a disaccharide, made up of glucose and fructose units. It is obtained primarily from sugarcane or sugar beets via an extraction process. 

   In cotton candy, sugar is responsible for the candy's physical structure as well as its sweet taste and moutlifeel. The sugar used for cotton candy production, called floss sugar, is specially treated to promote the formation of fibers.

   To produce the well-known characteristics of cotton candy, other ingredients such as dyes and flavorings must be added. Since sugar is naturally white, dyes must be added to produce the different colors typical of cotton candy

 cotton candy can be made to be almost any color desired. The most popular colors are pink and blue, however purple, yellow, red, and brown cotton candy are also sold.

FLAVOR

   Cotton candy is available in many different flavors including bubble gum, banana, raspberry, vanilla, watermelon, and chocolate. To produce these flavors, both artificial and natural flavorants may be used. 

   Natural flavors are obtained from fruits, berries, honey, molasses, and maple sugar. Artificial flavors are mixtures of aromatic chemicals produced synthetically via organic reactions. Some important artificial flavoring compounds include materials such as methyl anthranilate and ethyl caproate.

PACKAGING

   In addition to the cotton candy ingredients, different packaging raw materials are required. Since moisture can make cotton candy rubbery and sticky, the packaging is designed to inhibit interaction with air. Typically, a plastic bag made out of a highmolecular weight polymer is used.

FACTS

• What Americans call cotton candy is called “candyfloss” in the UK and India, “fairy floss” in Australia and Finland, “papa’s beard” (barbe à papa) in France, and “old ladies’ hair” in Greece.
• The National Cotton Candy Day is a day dedicated to cotton candy in the United States which is celebrated on December 7.

SIMILLAR

Pashmak, an Iranian type

Pişmaniye, a Turkish kind

Sohan papdi, an Indian kind

Dragon's beard candy, a Chinese kind

Kkul-tarae, a Korean kind

combination of cotton candy

COTTON CANDY SHAPED

 

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