18th Century Candy - In The Nutmeg Tavern
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Ahh man.. I thought there was going to be actual candy! Where’s the candy?!
Dragees . Everything coated in sugar in England from violet flowers to eryngium roots . The word Candy is 13th century English from the old French cucre de Khand arriving through Persia and Arabia where it was known as " Qand " , from its origin in North West India where sugar was grown since the 1st century. Raw brown candy is available from Asian stores as jaggery in cones or smaller bags .
Honey is an excellent substitute for corn syrup. Things will coalesce better with honey that corn syrup. One advantage/disadvantage with honey is that it has more flavor than corn syrup, and that it can vary from area to area, month to month.
I personally have substituted homey for corn syrup, and loved the results. There is more flavor, it dan bring things together faster because of the types of sugars in honey...
Preserves in my great-grandmother's day weren't like preserves we buy in the store today. The pieces of fruit held their shape and were in a kind of syrup. I make watermelon rind preserves and pear preserves in that manor still.
48:45 Max Miller had a good video on sugar plums, and based on his description, those caraway sugar plums sound like the candied fennel seeds you can get at Indian restaurants, but with caraway seeds. Sounds pretty good to me. And it’s probably(?) roughly interchangeable with the comfits: a small item lacquered in hardened sugar.
😇my dad’s favorite candy was Divinity, Pecan.
He was born 1930.
His dad, my grandpa, born 1897 on a Native American Indian Reservation, Wisconsin.
My grandpa owned a bakery. Dad worked with him. They made Divinity ! ( and Cream Puffs)
Daddy-would make Divinity for our family too at home.
Pecan bits throughout the candy.
I still make divinity
What is Divinity?
My grandmothers & mother made divinity!!
@@garyfrancis6193a white, fluffy soft candy, but not chewy like marshmallows. Think something similar to meringue. Egg white, corn syrup & sugar boiled & beaten til fluffy, set out by spoonfuls to cool.
@garyfrancis6193 it's a confection made with whipped egg whites in which you slowly stream in a very hot sugar syrup and stir in nuts. It's very temperamental and humidity can wreck havoc with your whole batch then it's only fit for the garbage. It's very delicious when it turns out correctly
Every time I hear the word sugar in a colonial setting I think of where it comes from and I wince at the horror
It’s amazing how clear the picture of you is from the18th century.
Hello. Grandfather could make candy anywhere anytime. He was the pro.
Thinking of candied roots, like Ginger.
I thought we were going to have candy recipes. Oh well. I'll go to your site, I know there are some somewhere.
White candy, at least in my family, is milk candy.
Thank you Jhon
This was a great episode about candy from the 18th century seeing
what kind of candies were around back then thank you.🍭🍬🍫😋
Your content is like post apocalyptic survival training.
I steer a lot of people to this site.
Thanks for sharing with us Jon and your in line keepers. More history lessons that shed light on candy and the uses of sugar. Enjoyed the video very much. Fred.
51:20 my mom had sugar bells on top of her wedding cake in the 70s. I still have them in a box and they look good as new
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Question! i read somewhere doing research about herbs that, licorice root was sold in candy stores in the 17/1800s. Is this true? Are there any accounts or stories of children chewing licorice root? Thanks! Stay warm!
Don't know about US, but licorice root is still sold as an (old fashioned) candy in the Netherlands to this day. It's named zoethout (sweetwood) in NL. I ate it as a kid, and i liked it. It's literaly a stick to chew on, yellowish wood with a brown bark.
is that thumbnail ai generated? hmmmmmm?
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I thought that too, almost everything in the painting doesn't look like anything recognizable. Interesting painting to say the least
John came with receipts😂
An oil painting
“Oh you like food? Name 3 things in this picture!” - ahh painting
I always enjoy your shows. Thanks for sharing
The clear cakes sound an awful lot like Turkish delight but without nutmeats
Happy Friday, Townsends 🎉
while confit is any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
lol Just hearing the word Candy is making me hungry..
Also, who here is a Chocoholic?? lol. I am.
I wish the ads on the 24/7 stream were less frequent! Would be nice to link the channel it moved to as well.
I was watching a TH-cam livestream and ads were posting every minute, exactly on the minute mark.
@b_uppy At the time I posted the original comment the mid roll ads were playing for me at least twice per topic/segment. The issue isn’t that I particularly mind watching ads, but the frequency of the commercials on the 24/7 stream seemed exceptionally high, especially when compared to watching the “full season” videos that run for 2+ hours each but have far fewer ads. FWIW
Edit: lots less ads on the second channel livestream!
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Yeah, I guessing luckier, lol...
Yes, rock candy, and of all things, candy cigarettes and bubble gum cigars.
More Florida....
Wow, read a 2011 forum post about Civil War generals revolvers just hours ago by a member called German frontier, wonder if it's the same guy?
Cool and wet here (in cloudy CA) all week says the weather prediction. All the better for watching long chats about then.
How about doing a wedding feast or two?
Indiana
What is the origin of the word “ candy”? Is it related or “ candle”?
Sugar or Mishri produced in Khand in Uttar Pradesh, North West India arrived in Europe via Persia , Arabia where it was known as Qand , then Cucre de Khand in old French and Candy in 13th century England . Khandsari sugar , raw brown candy or jaggery is available in Asian food stores . Very tasty and full of beneficial minerals .
55:22 Sweet pickles!
Candied cucumber sounds...interesting. I might try that sometime. We make sweet pickles with cucumbers, so why not make it candy? Cucumbers are distant relatives of watermelon and we make watermelon flavored candy so there's some compatibility there.
Watermelons and cucumbers are closer relatives than you think...
Whomever invent the jellybean
Instant Saint hood?😂
Isenglass
Good info. You may need a part two with more visual examples and/or a candy-making episode.
How to see got a many events add I can get to this year
Greetings from Massachusetts
sry but i can not watch you just TALK for 1 hour... give me visuals... something interesting to look at...
i hoped this to show off the candies not just... TALK about them....
Rainy and windy here in Washington state tonight❤
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Western New York here!
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Tell me that wasn’t AI used for the thumbnail
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That fruit leather became/evolved fruit roll-ups
The thing with the use of corn syrup is: it is what we call today a 'liquid invert sugar'. the ingredient that used be used in harder candies in it's place is.... Liquid Honey! Which is also a liquid invert sugar. It produces the same chemical reaction but is much more expensive. I make very good hand made fudge and i use a couple of tablespoons of honey in every batch.
People kept bees back then. Honey was more available than processed sugar. Fresh honey is normally liquid. Honey is a little different from corn syrup in that it has higher concentrations of sugar, so expect that trading out equal portions of corn syrup and opting instead for honey makes caramels firmer.
Honey can vary in taste from area to area, and bloom season to bloom season. That is both an advantage and disadvantage in honey is that it can change the flavor of goods even side by side...
Watching afterwards- from N Alabama!
Drinks n candy by the fire In the Tavern what could be better...
San Diego
I love this little nerd fest.
My mother loved horehound candy, but it seems to be an acquired taste.
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Try to be more precise. The content is interesting but the presentation is drawn out and far too drawn out.
I wish the ads on the 24/7 stream were less frequent! Would be nice to link the channel it moved to as well.