Cotton Candy is what the Americans call Candy Floss. A very different name and it made me curious what other countries call it. This is what Wikipedia said.
It is made and sold globally, as CANDY FLOSS in the UK, Ireland, India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and South Africa; as BARBE À PAPA (“Papa’s beard”) in France; as GIRL’S HAIR in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia; as “girl’s yarn” in Egypt; and as FAIRY FLOSS in Australia
It was invented in the US by a dentist and a confectioner, William Morrison, and John C. Wharton. They first introduced it to a wide audience in 1904 at the World’s Fair as Fairy Floss. Later, another dentist, Joseph Lascaux, invented a similar machine to produce Cotton Candy in 1921, and that eventually overtook the name of Fairy Floss.
I’m sure we’ve all spent time as children watching in awe as it was made. It looked like magic to me and very mesmerising as the strands appeared . Below is a small scientific video that explains and shows how it’s made. The students there seemed very impressed and excited, almost like they had never come across it before.
Making Candy Floss
Now I am a grown-up, I still love it and tend to eat it once a year in the summer. Nowadays it comes in a plastic bag in different colours.
How about you? Do you love it or hate it?
Karen J. Mossman - World of Stories 