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    What was the original name of Cotton Candy?

    Question #85137. Asked by star_gazer. (Aug 30 07 10:11 AM)


    ak2

    		Cotton candy was introduced at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair as "Fairy Floss."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_candy

    Aug 30 07, 10:25 AM
    SCUBYDIVER

    		The old fashioned way of making cotton candy - or spun sugar as it was called - was to melt sugar in a pan and then use a fork to make strings of sugar over an upside down bowl. The sugar would then dry in strings and be served as a dessert. This process of making spun sugar wasn't practical in the least - especially not for mass production; it was simply too time consuming.
    http://www.cottoncandy.net/history.html

    Aug 30 07, 10:40 AM
    zbeckabee

    		Cotton candy was invented in 1897 by William Morrison and John C. Wharton, candymakers from Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They invented a device that heated sugar in a spinning bowl that had tiny holes in it. It formed a treat that they originally called "Fairy Floss."


    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/c/cottoncandy.shtml

    Aug 30 07, 11:07 AM
    Baloo55th

    		Sounds like what we in the UK call candy floss.

    Aug 30 07, 1:00 PM

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