Definition of Spun sugar

1. Noun. A candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature.

Exact synonyms: Candyfloss, Cotton Candy
Generic synonyms: Candy, Confect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spun Sugar

spumescent
spumid
spumier
spumiest
spumiferous
spuminess
spuming
spumone
spumones
spumoni
spumonis
spumous
spumy
spun
spun out
spun sugar (current term)
spun yarn
spunbonded
spunge
spunged
spunges
spunging
spunging-house
spunked
spunkie
spunkier
spunkies
spunkiest
spunkily

Literary usage of Spun sugar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Carefully take off spun sugar as soon as formed, and shape in nests or pile ... spun sugar is served around bricks or moulds of frozen creams and ices. ..."

2. Gala-day Luncheons: A Little Book of Suggestions by Caroline French Benton (1901)
"... OF spun sugar. then poured over the whole. If sherry is used it should be added the last thing. The sherbet is odd; make a lemon ice and divide it; ..."

3. Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon, Robert Haldane, Charles George Warnford Lock (1883)
"The baskets are finished as Chantilly with spun sugar. Raspberry Rock.—In this, orris powder, with a little tartaric acid, is frequently used as a ..."

4. The Boston Cooking School Magazine of Culinary Science and Domestic Economics by Boston Cooking School (Boston, Mass.) (1905)
"Large preserved peaches, with a pink sauce of a thin, creamy consistency, flavored with brandy, are served on spun sugar." Brandy Peaches with spun sugar A ..."

5. The Wandering Jew (and Jewess)by R. D. Manning, Eugene Sue by R. D. Manning, Eugene Sue (2003)
"... episcopal crosses in marchpane, and a small Cardinal hat in cherry sugar, adorned with falling cords made of spun sugar. The most important piece of ..."

6. The Royal Cookery Book: (le Livre de Cuisine) by Jules Gouffé, Alphonse Gouffé (1869)
"... moving it up and down the mould, so as to cover it with fine threads of spun sugar ; When the contents of the first sugar-boiler have become too cold, ..."

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