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Confectionery - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | To make these a core or centre of some kind is taken, consisting of a small lozenge, or of some seed or fruit, such as an almond, coriander, caraway, pistachio, andc., and successive layers of sugar are deposited around it till the desired size is attained. |
 | | Another extensive class of confectionery is made with sugar boiled at different temperatures, the various degrees of heating being known as thread, blow or feather, ball, crack, caramel, andc. |
 | | Kept in a chamber heated from 90 to loo° F., the sugar gradually crystallizes on the strings and the sides of the mould, and when sufficient has been deposited the remaining liquor is drained off, and the crystals are removed and dried by heat. |
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