Cotton Candy

Since I mentioned about cotton candy in my angel food cake post, a few facts!
エンジェルフードケーキのレシピを掲載した際に綿飴に触れたので、ここで綿飴のトリビア！

"Cotton candy was first recorded around Mid-18th Century. At that time, spun sugar was an expensive, labor-intensive endeavor and was not generally available to the average person. Machine-spun cotton candy was invented in 1897 by William Morrison and John C. Wharton and first introduced to a wide audience at the 1904 World's Fair as "Fairy Floss" with great success, selling 68,655 boxes at the then-high $0.25, half the cost of admission to the fair. Fairy floss was renamed to "cotton candy" in the 1920s." - Wiki By the way, the 1904 World's Fair was in St. Louis!! I ♥ STL!

December 7th is National Cotton Candy Day in The United States.

1897年に世界最初の電動綿菓子製造機を製作したのは、アメリカ合衆国テネシー州ナッシュビルの菓子製造業者である、ウィリアム・モリソン(William Morrison) とジョン・C・ウォートン(John C. Wharton)である。1904年のセントルイス世界博覧会において、"Fairy Floss"の名で出展されたこの商品は、一箱25セントで68,655箱も売れたという。

アメリカ合衆国では12月7日を「綿菓子の日」(National Cotton Candy Day)としている。

Martha Stewart presents her angel food cake floating on a bed of cotton candy. Great idea eh?

Also, the Ainu people had their own pavilion at the World's Fair in 1904. I had no idea!

1904年のセントルイス世界博覧会で日本館でアイヌも紹介されてたらしいです。