#confectionery
The secret Jewish history of Peeps
The first candy post is actually about peeps because a JEW made them!
Notes I took away here:
They are not kosher. If someone could tell me why, I would appreciate it because the internet continues to hide its secrets!!!
They were made in a town called Bethlehem.
The creator, Sam Born, was educated at a rabbinical school in Ukraine.
He not only created peeps, but also apparently the machine responsible for putting sticks into lollipops.
He was given the key to San Francisco for the latter invention (understandable)
5,500,000 peeps are made a day (enough to make a Jew go “jesus”)
Born’s family supports a variety of Jewish causes through philanthropy.
And DC hosts one of the conventions where peeple submit dioramas made out of peeps for competition.
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2021.11.22
Wishing a happy Easter Monday to those who observe the holiday (and a happy regular Monday to the rest of you!). These circa 1940 photos document the Easter display window and Easter baskets of the E.N. McConnell Restaurant in Wilmington, Delaware.
Edith N. McConnell was a confectioner and caterer in Wilmington, Delaware from the 1920s through the 1950s. Her catering business was located at 841 Market Street under the name “Miss McConnell Caterer, Confectioner.” McConnell was the successor to the D.B. Jones Company, a confectionary business begun in 1880.
Hagley Library’s Edith N. McConnell business records (Accession 1119) collection consists of consist of a three ledgers, containing business expenses and customer account books dating from 1937 to 1945, and from 1955 to 1956, while our collection of E.N. McConnell Restaurant photographs (Accession 1969.026) consists of 13 photographs, mostly dating from circa 1945, of wedding cakes, table settings, and the interior of her business. Some photographs show members of bridal parties, waiters, and restaurant staff, and a few of the individuals pictured are identified. To view these photographs online now, click here to visit their page in our Digital Archive.
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Sweet-inspired buttons
London ceramicist Anna Alicia has made a range of buttons inspired by Japanese Higashi confectionery. Each button is handmade in her London studio using stoneware clay and textured patterns, brought to life with beautiful high-fire glazes in delicious pastel colours.
PS. She’s makes a good necklace too. Have a look in her shop A Alicia>>http://folksy.it/1vs9mrA
Source: picture of Japanese confectionary from Box of Japan
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SHIMOBASHIRA, Confectionery by Tamazawa, Miyagi
About a year ago on a TV show I saw a famous comedian from Miyagi introduced this as a popular confectionery in Miyagi. It is so popular that usually sold out and not easy to get. Plus I had heard it is quite sensitive for being transported so I thought I would not get it until the time I could go to Sendai. Today while I was just browsing in some shops in Morioka station I accidentally found them hitting in a souvenir shop and finally could get it!!
Shimobashira means a frost column in Japanese. It is a sweet made of thousands of fibrous thin sugar. When I bite it made a crunchy sound and that exactly remaind me the sound of stepping on shimobashira on the ground when I was a child.
食べるたびにらくがん粉を出したり戻したりするのですが、細かさの感じがまさにパスダースノー。雪国生まれの人にはわかってもらえるでしょう。
This was made by a friend of a friend and shared with me on Christmas. Sans Rival truly lives up to its name!
