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A common story of the origin of candy canes says that in 1670, in Cologne, Germany, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral, wishing to remedy the noise caused by children in his church during the Living Crèche tradition of Christmas Eve, asked a local candy maker for some "sugar sticks" for them.
History. The technology for candy making has generally kept pace with the technology of the times. For example, when steam power became common in textile and engineering factories, steam power was also used in candy factories. Candy making and consumption increased greatly during the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. Candy had ...
Peter Vrinios makes candy canes atop his family’s antique candy table at the Fudge Factory in Bradenton Beach. Vrinios’ family has been making candy for four generations and has been putting ...
The Middle English word candy began to be used in the late 13th century. The first candy came to America during the early 18th century from Britain and France. Only a few of the early colonists were proficient in sugar work and sugary treats were generally only enjoyed by the very wealthy.
History. The oldest sugar candies are presumed to have been made where the sugar cane plant was domesticated. Sugar cane probably originated in Papua New Guinea, and from there was taken to Southeast Asia and other Pacific Islands, and ultimately to India and China. From India, sugar spread to the Arab states and eventually to Europe.
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sucrose, [1] which accumulates in the stalk internodes. Sugarcanes belong to the grass family, Poaceae, an ...
History. Life Savers was first created in 1912 by Clarence Crane, a candy maker from Garrettsville, Ohio (and father of the famed poet Hart Crane). Clarence had switched from the maple sugar business to chocolates the year before, but found that they sold poorly in the summer, because air conditioning was rare and they melted.
In 1911, the Spangler Cocoanut Ball became the first candy manufactured by Spangler. In 1913, the business moved to its present location on North Portland Street in Bryan, Ohio. In 1914 Omar Spangler joined the company, bringing mechanical & bookkeeping knowledge.
A Keller Machine is a machine for bending candy cane sticks. Patent [ edit ] The patent application for a "Candy cane forming machine" was filed on May 13, 1957 by Fr. Gregory H. Keller, a Roman Catholic priest who aside from his parish ministry helped his brother-in-law with his candy company.
History. Carl T. Hammond, Sr. founded Hammond's Candy Company in Denver, Colorado in 1920, after working for several years as an apprentice in the candymaking industry. During his early days in business, he developed his own original candy, Carl's Honey KoKos, which consisted of chocolates topped with shredded coconut.