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WCDT Strips 3511 to 3515 (26 June to 30 June 2017)
Method of Madness:
Are confections not candy? Or is he saying it's bullshit because he thinks marshmallows are not candy? That being said, how could they not be candy?
Tova:
The definition of candy in the uk is quite specific, I believe - boiled lollies essentially. Confectionary is a sweet more generally. The terms are synonymous in North America.
Method of Madness:
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...why would you boil a lollipop?
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 26 Jun 2017, 20:12 ---Are confections not candy? Or is he saying it's bullshit because he thinks marshmallows are not candy? That being said, how could they not be candy?
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My uncle used to work for a well known chocolate company and if I remember correctly you have two fairly broad categories as to what confectionery actually is.
Bakers' confectionery usually includes sweet pastries, cakes and other baked goods.
Sugar confectionery includes sweets, candy, candied nuts, chocolate, sweetmeats and so on.
Sweets, lollies and candy would be the commonly used terms for types of sugar confectionery in Britain and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand and the US and Canada respectively.
So Marshmallows would probably be classed as sugar confectionery due to how they consist of sugar, water and gelatin.
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 26 Jun 2017, 20:24 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 26 Jun 2017, 20:20 ---boiled lollies
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...why would you boil a lollipop?
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Again, lolly is usually an Australian/New Zealand term and in this instance, a boiled lolly is a boiled sweet which is hard candy.
War Sparrow:
Because that's how candy is made, essentially. You boil sugar and water until it reaches soft crack (like a caramel, sugar is pliable), or hard crack (like a lollipop, sugar is hard and do NOT make fun sugar spikes with it because they will cut you and it will bleed and hurt)
I don't consider marshmallows candy. I just realized that. And I want to make some with actual marsh mallow. Hook me up, Brits!
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