candy means a lot to me....my childhood memories surrounded with a lot of candy and it has been my all time favourite..
Fun facts about candy...
Fun facts about candy...
- definition of candy - a sweet food item or confection made of flavored sugar or syrup and often containing chocolate, fruit or nuts.
- ancient people climbed trees and fought stinging bees to satisfy their sweet tooth. Candy has evolved.
- Before sugar was discovered,people use honey to make candy.
- The first candy confections were fruits and nuts rolled in honey.
- Before sugar came west, Egyptians used honey to make marshmallows, believe it or not, as early as 2000 B.C.
- The word “candy” comes from ancient Indian Sanskrit "Khanda" means a piece of sugar.
- Sweets were first produced by physician to hide the taste of medicine.Like the song by Mary Poppins says “A little bit of sugar makes the medicine go down"(love this song..haha).
- Candy can be in many forms such as candy bars, hard candy, lollipops, jelly beans, gummy candy, and now even sugar free candy.
- The first candy on a stick(lollipop), was probably created by cavemen who maintained beehives and collected honey by stick.
- Cloud Nine in candy code means im so happy...
- lastly,here are some colourful pictures of candy:
for more informations,log on to these websites...
- http://inventors.about.com/od/foodrelatedinventions/a/candy.htm
- http://knol.google.com/k/tom-hoeck/candy/kp0c9nq0rslw/2#
i will always love candy even when all my tooth are gone...lol
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