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By Diane Forrest
On Halloween this year my church hosted a Fall Festival
for the community. It was held at the
property soft ball field, and all around the sides there were different booths
and activities for the kids. As you
entered the field, around the fence on the left you started at the popcorn
machine, then various carnival games, some large blow up balls that you would
get inside and walk, some jumping rooms, but near the exit the crowning glory
was the cotton candy machine. As I walked near the machine, I noticed the large
swirls of pink fluffy stuff being spun on paper cones. The workers were also being covered with the
sweet sticky stuff too!
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Every since I was a young girl I have always been amazed
at cotton candy. How a cup full of sugar
could be spun into fluffy colorful clouds and the warm sweet stuff would just
melt in my mouth.
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In 1897, a machine was invented to produce cotton candy
by a Dentist named William Morrison - I guess he needed to find a way to drum
up more business. His machine was
introduced at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
It was called Fairy Floss, and a box cost 25 cents! In today's prices that would be 6 dollars.
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Today is National Cotton Candy day. If you don't have a fair or carnival visiting
your town, you can find some in your grocery store or candy store. It is sold as "fluffy stuff" and
made by tootsie roll of Canada LTD. So
today celebrate your childhood and grab a bag, just don’t forget to brush
afterwards!
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