The morning call., 1894-06-24
ROCK CANDY.
Many Eat 1t, but Few Know How
: 1t is Made to Cling to Strings.

1t is Made to Cling to Strings.
. Rock candy is a crystaliized sugar-syrup.
which, after boiling and being kept at certain
Temperature, forms Itself onto strings suspended
across the inteIiOr of circular copper pots.
The first process in its manufacture Is the
boillngAf the syrup. About four barrels OF the
finest grade OF sugar, with about sixteen gal
Ions of water, is first put into a circular cop
o., per bO.ier bout Eve feet in diane er and about
Three and q. half feet In height. Enclosed around
the-sdes and. bOtt ON of the boilers are a num-
Of coils-of steam pipe, which, when TUNED
on, causes the mat rial 10 boil and form Itself
In %; syFlFp. " alter is also applied to the sides
Of the boiler TO prevent the syrup from sticking.
% :,Afteftne material has boiled for about half
: a q bout ills run of through a number of fine
steyes at the. bottom aud passes down through
a 4OurICch hose 10 the copper candy pots
. below These pots are circular in form, being
about tWd feet In diameter across the top and
taperiGg down 10 one foot at the bottom. The
sides Of each pot are perforated with small
holes Eanglng from one half incD 10 one inch
apart; through these holes a Iiece OF cotton
g cord is run, the ends Of which are fastened TO
the outside by ID. small piece OF plaster of paris.
The pots are then flied up TO the top with the
b0illng.syfup, which holds about five gallons
and of forty pounds weight and carried away
by TWO attendants to what Is called the hot
house. :'...~.
e This lighthouse is made entirely of brick and
is about fourteen feet square and about one foot
in thickness, each side being filled up with
shelves made Of heavy plaBking. Underneath
these sheSes, attached TO the side walls, are
turned on furnish the required heat. The at
PENDANTS place The heated pots side by side on
these sheIyes. where they are left for Two OF
three Gays IN temperature Of abOui 16O de-
greesj the neal OF which causes the best part of
the sugar, locrystalhze onto the strings.
After the expiration of three davs a crust of
crystaElJZed sugar IS formed on the TOP of eaen
pot OF about one-elghth inch in thickness The
inteiior sides aud bottom also have a crysIaI-
llZed coating OF about one inch, While The Inte-
rlor part IemalpS IN LIQUID form
The pots are thrn taken out OF the hothouse
the plaster SCI aptd of, aud the uncrystaIIIZed
liquid poured of into a tub. where 1t Is RENE ted
and. hheIed and run into barrels. o be sold 10
liquor ana sooa-wateT dealers. The pots are
then taken and rinsed out with water 10 take
. the SyEup OIL the candy. and then taken 10 the
dEaihing-room, where they are plac-d DO tom
up 10 an lpclbed position, one against another
in trough, and left to drain about one day In a
temperature oil 40 degrees. which dries and
also gfVes the candy glossy appearance.
For yellow rock candy the LIQUID is coloFed
with burned sugar. About eighty pounds of
sugar and three gallons of water is mixed TO.
gether and placed In shallow circular copper
pan, about three feet in diameter and placed
over hot IRE where by boiling ana constant
stirring, 1t is allowed 10 get thick, black and
burned Wien properly burned It is AIKEN out
and placed In a tub and diluted with water II
is then: run through line brass sieVes and is
ready for use.
An intense smoke issues from the burning
sugar, causing me attendants TO wear res ira
tors. The red ROCK candy is cOlored with No
40 carmine. After draining, the cont MS OF
the pots are knocked cut on 10 boards about
Two feet square. This is done by an attendant
turning the pot upside down ana whacking the
sides with wooden maets, causing the candy
TO fall down iDIo a heap. The strings are then
separated from each other, and weighed out,
and packed into from five 10 forty-pound boxes
Twenty-one hands turn out about lS2.324
pounds OF rock candy and LOG, 359 gallons of
rock candy syrup yearly. The material is sold
principally 10 confeciioners. lquor-dealers and
Notwithstanding American.