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Originally Posted by capt_noonie  Ok I have to admit, I haven't had this candy in decades, but I always remembered how much I loved it as a child. I saved up my money to buy this candy that was hand made from this lady in the 99 Ranch Market in Rowland Hgts. It really is a dying art form. Supposedly there's like 3 people left in North America that still do it. Anyway, I looked it up to remind me, it's honey spun (that's where they get the cotton candy reference) and pulled just like chinese hand pulled noodles "la mien" that they pull one piece of honey covered in corn starch into over 16,000 hair thin strands in about 5 mins. The inside is filled with either coconut, peanut, sesame, a combo of those, or new school style Oreos   It was originally made for chinese royalty, but it's been adapted into korean culture as well. |
Wait do they make it in shapes like dragons and all?
Because I know I saw a demo at Epcot in Japan of a lady making a some type of hand spun candy and they were saying that only like one family was left that knew how to make it.