Just to get you in a holiday mood...
posted on 13 Dec 2008 by maki ::
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Some spun-sugar candy Christmas ornaments being sold at the Christmas market in Zürich.
Have a great weekend! I’ll be off exploring more Christmas markets over the weekend.
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I would have thought
I would have thought spun-sugar ornaments would look like cotton or clouds, instead of like glass, like hard candy. Maybe it’s a language difference.
Hmm, I thought I read
Hmm, I thought I read somewhere sometime that the transparent, glassy candy was called spun sugar. (The cotton kind is cotton candy in the US and candy floss in the UK I think) Anyway, it’s that transparent candy!
Those are made of sugar?
Those are made of sugar? They look like stained glass - so beautiful! And the colors are great!
Zurich Christmas market
Hope you’re enjoying the weekend tour of Christmas markets. I was at Zurich’s train station, and the market there is fantastic - just enormous. The 50 foot Swarovski tree is certainly a highlight - gorgeous and mind blowing how many crystals are on it! (the crepes were another highlight :)
I agree, that Swarovski tree
I agree, that Swarovski tree is just amazing. I bet they are doing a booming business in those crystal ornaments at the stall right there.
Looks more like the
Looks more like the “stained glass candy” for which many recipes are online, e.g.:
http://www.cooksrecipes.com/candy/stained-glass-candy-recipe.html
The only time I ever saw any was as stained-glass windows in a big gingerbread house. Tea candle inside. Looked very nice.
Mainland European Christmas
Mainland European Christmas always looks much more magical than British Christmas.
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