rock candy

9 Responses to rock candy

1. sticky (UID# 463) 0  0

   

   December 7, 2008 at 4:06 pm

   Never was a big fan of rock candy, to be honest.

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2. dieantagonista (UID# 2287) 0  0

   

   December 7, 2008 at 4:21 pm

   Phallic.

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3. hvymetal86 (UID# 2348) 0  0

   December 7, 2008 at 4:54 pm

   @Sticky: Rock candy is the shit, wtf are you talking about. you can even make it yourself at home.

   OM NOM NOM NOM!

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4. nyoki (UID# 3444) 0  0

   

   December 7, 2008 at 5:08 pm

   On Staten Island, there’s a “restored” historic village, Richmondtown, where they’d have old time (from 1600s)faires and festivals and they always sold hand made rock candy. I always wanted some, but was never allowed.

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5. outofocus (UID# 3862) 0  0

   December 7, 2008 at 5:19 pm

   Not a big fan. I did try to make it at home once. I ended up with a cup of mold.

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6. twee (UID# 5301) 0  0

   December 7, 2008 at 5:26 pm

   Because eating pure sugar (aside from the food coloring) is fun. :p

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7. tiki-god (UID# 1) 0  0

   

   December 7, 2008 at 9:41 pm

   @outofocus:
   everytime I try it, I get mush. mush isn’t fun to eat

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8. wistfuld (UID# 5057) 0  0

   December 7, 2008 at 9:47 pm

   Seriously though, I was thinking of making this as a Mr. Wizard-y science lesson with the girls. I know the basic idea (super-saturate very hot water with sugar, then let cool and evaporate slowly with string hanging in solution). Does anyone know how long does it take for the sugar to crystalize? I don’t mind having an experiment sitting on my kitchen table for a few days. A few weeks might make me think twice.

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9. zephyr (UID# 5280) 0  0

   December 8, 2008 at 1:49 am

   @WistfulD: I did this as a kid, but unfortunately most of the science was left up to the adults I don’t think it took longer than a few days though.

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