History Of Potato Chips

Crisp, crunchy, salty, yummy, thickly and lovely, i think potato chips is an "Genius Invention" cause i lllloooooove this food soo much, anyway this chips is invented in Saratoga Springs, NY on August 24, 1853, and it's invented accidental,  it begin with customer that send back his potatoes back and complaining that they were too thick and soggy (the patron sometimes identified as Cornelius Vanderbilt) resort hotel chef, George Crum decided to slice the potatoes even thinner. Contrary to Crum's expectation, the patron (sometimes identified as Cornelius Vanderbilt) loved the new chips and they soon became a regular item on the lodge's menu under the name "Saratoga Chips".

However, a recipe for fried potato "shavings" had been printed in the US in 1832, in a book explicitly derived from an even earlier English collection. “Claims that the product originated in Saratoga NY in 1853 may be looked at with appropriate skepticism.” 

In the 20th century, potato chips spread beyond chef-cooked restaurant fare and began to be mass produced for home consumption. At first, potato chips were packaged in barrels or tins, which left chips at the bottom stale and crumbled. Laura Scudder,[1] an entrepreneur in Monterey Park, California started having her workers take home sheets of wax paper to iron into the form of bags, which were filled with chips at her factory the next day. This pioneering method reduced crumbling and kept the chips fresh and crisp longer. This innovation, along with the invention of cellophane, allowed potato chips to become a mass market product and made Laura Scudder a household name. Today, chips are packaged in plastic bags, with nitrogen gas blown in prior to sealing to lengthen shelf life, and provide protection against crushin.

 

Thanks for Mr.Crum, who has cooked this superior chips, :D

source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip

History Of Cotton Candy

Whaaa, merry go round, circus, amusement park, fun fun fun!... thats what i'm thinking when i hear "Cotton Candy" floss of sugar umm yumm, every kids loves it, i still loves it so much, pink sweet ooo maama i want that candyy, It is treasured memories of sticky hands and faces!  Yaaaay!.... :D  

Candy Become Floss How Come ?

Cotton candy is essentially sugar, water and corn syrup that is boiled and quickly spun. This practice dates back to the 14th century when chefs in noble households would spin sugar into extravagant desserts! Originally, it was a somewhat dangerous occupation with chefs suffering painful burns for their 'art'. The practice is still in use in top restaurants around the world with famous chefs creating incredible structures from sugar.

Improvements in sugar production methods over the centuries meant more production and lower prices. Once reserved for the few, such as Europe's nobility, sugar become affordable and available for everyone.

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 Throughout the 1800s, the quality of sugar improved and spinning sugar became easier, if not less dangerous. The process of boiling sugar with water and a few other secret ingredients became more widespread. Cooks used only the best cane sugar and copper bowls, and used to oil their skin to stop the blisteringly hot liquid from sticking to them. Once the mixture was ready, the cook had precious few moments to plunge in their fork or whisk, grab a glob and literally fling it through the air! The strands would cool and quickly solidify as they flew through the air. Hey Presto! Spun sugar!

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It made its first real public appearance at the renowned St Louis World's Fair in 1904. Unsurprisingly, it was a huge hit. However, it was not on sticks or even in bags, it was in boxes, of which 68,655 were sold - even at 25 cents, a fairly expensive price for the time.

Just a year later, American Thomas Patton patented a different machine. He took his invention to Ringling Bros., and cotton candy became a fundamental part of the wonderful adventure of a trip to the Circus.

The granulated sugar that we know today became widely available shortly after World War I and now special sugar is used to give longer strands and a fluffier texture. Today, at venues across the world, the secret recipe is added to a large drum and swirled onto sticks or tubes and handed down to the eagerly waiting little hands.

New machines, invented in the 1970s were able to mass produce huge bulks of cotton candy which could be cut. These are the ones used to produce the bags of cotton candy available in stores.

Recent developments include adding flavors, such as ice cream or bubble gum. This may please some but real aficionados will stick to pure sugar, (preferably pink!).

Another recent development is the invention of machines for home use. So lovers of cotton candy can make their own at home with these small machines. These come with everything you need to create the perfect cotton candy - except the circus!Manufacturefun.com offers a wide range of possibilities for businesses, schools or concessionaires. Visit them online for more information on their popcorn machine, snow cone machines or cotton candy machines.

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POPCORN

Pop... Pop Pop Pop (umm.. sounds delicious) Who doesn't know popcorn the famous snack ever, fluffy, cruncy, what do you like? buttery, caramel, or marshmallow u can decide the taste that make you happy, but do you know popcorn is an ancient snacks, and cave people already eat popcorn before Christopher Colombus reached Americas, do you can imagine flintsone eat a popcorn, not a popstone hehe.... 

The Story Of "Pop"Corn

The oldest popcorn ever found was discovered in the "Bat Cave" of central New Mexico. It is thought to be about 5,600 years old. In tombs in Peru, archaeologists found ancient kernels of popcorn that are so well preserved that they can still pop.

Sometimes, conditions can preserve ancient popcorn so perfectly that it still looks fluffy and white when the dust is blown off of it. In a cave in southern Utah, researchers found surprisingly fresh-looking 1,000-year-old popcorn.

Popcorn was probably an important part of life in the ancient Americas. On a 1,700-year-old painted funeral urn found in Mexico, a corn god is shown wearing a headdress of popcorn. Decorated popcorn poppers from around the same time have been found in Peru.

Cortez, another European global explorer, wrote in his diaries Aztecs decorated ceremonial garb with popped corn. He noted it symbolized goodwill and peace and how the Aztecs made necklaces and other ornaments for the god's statues with the grain, especially that of the god Tialoc, the god of rain, fertility and maize (corn).

An amazingly clear documentation of popcorn comes from an early account of a Spaniard. He records observations of a ceremony honoring the Aztec god watching over fishermen. "They scattered before him parched corn, called momchitl, a kind of corn that bursts when parched and discloses its contents and makes itself look like a very white flower; they said these were hailstones given to the god of water."

French explorers, about 1612 in the Great Lakes region, made mention in their documents the use of popcorn by the Iroquois. This popcorn was popped in pottery with heated sand. The Frenchmen took part in an Iroquois dinner that included popcorn soup and popcorn beer. 

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Why This Corn Can "Pop"

A popcorn kernel is actually a seed. Like other seeds, inside it has a tiny plant embryo (a life form in its earliest phase). The embryo is surrounded by soft, starchy material that would give the embryo energy for growing into a plant. A hard, glossy shell protects the outside of the seed.

The soft, starchy material holds some water. When the kernel is heated to a high heat (400 degrees F), the water inside the kernel turns into steam. The pressure from the steam causes the kernel to explode. The soft starch inside bursts out at about 40 times its original size, turning the kernel inside out. This creates the fluffy white area of a popped kernel.

The ideal popcorn kernel contains about 14 percent moisture. If the popcorn is much drier, it will not pop. Popcorn kernels should be kept in a tightly sealed jar so that they will not dry out.

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