Posted on 12/20/2006 11:27:07 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
PING!
The chef is here. Good eats for everyone.
The Candy Cane
From the Wikipedia entry on the Candy Cane
A candy cane is a hard cane-shaped candy stick. It is traditionally white with red stripes and flavored with peppermint; however, it is also made in a variety of other flavors and colored stripes of different thicknesses. The candy cane is a traditional candy surrounding the Christmas holiday, although it is possible to find them throughout the year.
The candy cane was originally a straight, hard, and all-white candy stick. The cane shape is traditionally credited to a choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral in Germany, who, legend has it, in 1670 bent straight sugar sticks into canes to represent a shepherd's staff, and gave them to children at church services. Whether the choirmaster had the "Good Shepherd" in mind is unknown. Another theory is, as people decorated their Yule trees with food, the bent candy cane was invented as a functional solution. Peppermint candy with red stripes first appeared in the mid-19th century in the Swedish town of Gränna, and striped candy canes in the early 20th century.
Evidently no one liked the Christmas cookies yesterday.
Only 56 days until Pitchers and Catchers report.
More Christmas Goodies Tomorrow.
'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Yhello!
We have Kirby Wilbur today? I hope?!
Howdy!
YHELLO! Not sure about Kirby.
The cookies were to pretty to eat.
I liked Kirby yesterday.
He's not bad.
Why do you deal with WABC? Find another station.
Go see post 307 on the Rush thread.
Hello
Hey there.
WMAL will do that for you too, deffie.
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