Candy

The very first candy appeared in Egypt. Since sugar while still was not known, instead ate figs and honey. the East sweets made of almonds and figs, and in ancient Rome was cooked nuts and poppy seeds with honey and covered with sesame seeds. We, too, was something like candy: in ancient Rus they were made of maple syrup, molasses and honey.

The most unjustly accused candy - chocolate. In Europe, in the XVI century, during the craze of chocolate, he is credited with magical and healing properties. Naturally, expectations were not met, and then it began to consider the source of virtually all ills. One young lady wrote to her friend: "I advise you not to eat more chocolate. My friend ate it during pregnancy and gave birth to a completely black child ».

Most romantic sweets - with strawberry filling, so consider the German psychologists. By the way, determined people prefer cherry filling, shy - nut, and creative - coconut.

At the beginning of the XIX century, even the rich and noble ladies, being at dinner receptions, discreetly hidden in handbags candy. Explains such indecent behavior is simple: in Russia there was confectioneries, and each pastry for every dinner party prepared sweets own recipe, which was kept in the strictest confidence.

The most famous candy - a praline. They were invented in 1663. Chef cooked them especially for the French ambassador in Germany, and pralines still holds the record for sales in Germany and Switzerland.

Master Food Company has produced the biggest box of chocolates for the world of culinary show. In the box width of 1, 5, and a length of 2, 5 meters included 800 kg of chocolates!

The biggest candy - is nicknamed Bear Hagi-Boy height of 1, 68 meters and weighing 633 pounds. His firm did confectioners Gummi Bear Factory. Casting bear need a special form of 4-ton. Bathed in the form of fruit mass dried up about two weeks, after which it was taken out and polished to a shine.

Most cosmic candy - Chupa Chups. In 1995, the Russian cosmonauts on the Mir space station were asked to send them to the Earth's candy. In MCC, it was decided that the safest in weightlessness will be candy lollipop. Astronaut with lollipop videotaped and infomercial brought the company Chupa Chups the glory of the world's only candy, popular not only on Earth, but in space.

As for the most unusual in the world of sweets, it's - Finnish candy. Finns make them sour (without sweet taste), salt (for beer) and even with a taste similar to oil!

Most Soviet candy - the famous collection of bird's milk. Initially it was a cake, and cooked it in the company ROT FRONT. Was the secret of making agar - jelly, which is extracted from seaweed. He, incidentally, is also used for finishing fabrics.