Informative Essay On Cotton Candy
Cotton candy pretty much looks like Truffla trees from Dr. Seuss's the Lorax, this sugary treat is often associated with events like carnivals, circuses, sporting events, and so many more places. My favorite place to receive cotton candy is during the Summer at the Lynden Fair, where I can get bags full of the tasty treat.
Cotton candy has different names around the world. In England, it’s called candy floss. In Australia and Finland, it’s called fairy floss. In the Netherlands, it’s known as suikerspin, which means “sugar spider.” And in France, it’s called barbe à papa, which mean papa’s beard.
Cotton candy was invented in 1897 by William Morrison and John C. Wharton, candy makers from Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They invented a device
that heated sugar in a spinning bowl that had tiny holes in it. It formed a treat that they originally called "Fairy Floss." 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.The modern candy industry developed during the nineteenth century. At this time, special candy making 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.
Cotton candy is made in machines that include a spinning head that would blend together the concoction, When making the treat I would take Granulated sugar and food flavoring (There are a million different flavors you can choose from, Cherry, Grape, Blue-raspberry, Bubble gum, Orange, Watermelon, Bananas, etc. my personal favorite flavor is Pink-vanilla) and place them inside the bowl so that they can be mixed by the spinning head.There are heaters near the rim of the head that melts the sugar, and with some centrifugal force (a type of force that forces out the heated sugar) is squeezed out through tiny holes. Pre-colored sugar packaged made specifically for the process is mixed with melting characteristics and a crystal size optimized for the head and heated holes (we use Granulated sugar because it contains fine crystals which spin out of the machine un-melted instead of rock sugar crystals that would be too big for the machine and would slow down the production of the Cotton candy.Once finished we would put the Cotton candy outside to air out until it thickens into a "fluffy, cob-web like, solid", then it is placed into a larger bowl which completely surrounds the spinning head. The Cotton candy builds up on the inside walls of the larger bowl, at this point, I would twirl a stick or cone, around the inside of the bowl ( while the machine is still operating), gathering the Cotton candy into a swirl which can be served on a stick, cone, or in plastic bags.
Cotton candy has different names around the world. In England, it’s called candy floss. In Australia and Finland, it’s called fairy floss. In the Netherlands, it’s known as suikerspin, which means “sugar spider.” And in France, it’s called barbe à papa, which mean papa’s beard.
Cotton candy was invented in 1897 by William Morrison and John C. Wharton, candy makers from Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They invented a device
that heated sugar in a spinning bowl that had tiny holes in it. It formed a treat that they originally called "Fairy Floss." 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.The modern candy industry developed during the nineteenth century. At this time, special candy making 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.
Cotton candy is made in machines that include a spinning head that would blend together the concoction, When making the treat I would take Granulated sugar and food flavoring (There are a million different flavors you can choose from, Cherry, Grape, Blue-raspberry, Bubble gum, Orange, Watermelon, Bananas, etc. my personal favorite flavor is Pink-vanilla) and place them inside the bowl so that they can be mixed by the spinning head.There are heaters near the rim of the head that melts the sugar, and with some centrifugal force (a type of force that forces out the heated sugar) is squeezed out through tiny holes. Pre-colored sugar packaged made specifically for the process is mixed with melting characteristics and a crystal size optimized for the head and heated holes (we use Granulated sugar because it contains fine crystals which spin out of the machine un-melted instead of rock sugar crystals that would be too big for the machine and would slow down the production of the Cotton candy.Once finished we would put the Cotton candy outside to air out until it thickens into a "fluffy, cob-web like, solid", then it is placed into a larger bowl which completely surrounds the spinning head. The Cotton candy builds up on the inside walls of the larger bowl, at this point, I would twirl a stick or cone, around the inside of the bowl ( while the machine is still operating), gathering the Cotton candy into a swirl which can be served on a stick, cone, or in plastic bags.