Posted
on February 17, 2012, 11:13 am,
by admin,
under AppCandy.
Candy Train was an old and nearly forgotten PopCap title from many years ago. However, an aspiring game programmer, working in a different part of the company, loved Candy Train and thought it would be a great game for iPhones, iPod touches and iPads and so she started working in her free time to create a new version specifically, for these devices. She poured equal amounts of sweat, tears and love into this iOS adaptation of Candy Train and we think it’s great enough to share with the world.
Posted
on February 16, 2012, 6:14 pm,
by admin,
under CelebrationCandy.
Fat Thursday (German Fetter Donnerstag, Schmutziger Donnerstag, or in areas where carnival is celebrated Weiberfastnacht; Greek Τσικνοπέμπτη (Tsiknopempti); Polish Tłusty czwartek) is a traditional Polish and German feast marking the last Thursday before Lent and is associated with the celebration of Carnival. Because Lent is a time of fasting, the next opportunity to feast would not be until Easter. It is similar to, but should not be confused with, the French festival of Mardi Gras (“Fat Tuesday”). Traditionally it is a day dedicated to eating, when people meet in their homes or cafés with their friends and relatives and eat large quantities of sweets, cakes and other meals forbidden during Lent. Among the most popular all-national dishes served on that day are pączki or berliner, fist-sized donuts filled with rose marmalade, and faworki, French dough fingers served with lots of powdered sugar.
Posted
on February 10, 2012, 10:46 am,
by admin,
under RetroCandy.
The first ice-cream factory in the USSR was built in about 1937 by Anastas Mikoyan’s order. The head of food department claimed that ice-cream must be produced massively and sold at a reasonable price. The first Soviet ice-cream was made on the US equipment on the 4th of November, 1937.
Posted
on January 31, 2012, 7:51 pm,
by admin,
under RetroCandy.
Inventor Herman Herer: Contrary to popular misinformation Turkish Taffy was not invented by Victor Bonomo (pronounced “Bah nah moe”). Rather, Turkish Taffy was invented in 1912 by Herman Herer in New York. Herman emigrated from Austria where as a young man he began his career as an apprentice to a candy maker, earning only room and board. In 1901 he brought his skills to the land of opportunity were he started his own candy making business, selling candy to retailers and manufacturers. While making a batch of marshmallow candy for M. Schwarz & Sons of Newark, New Jersey, Herman, then known as Pop, made a mistake. He added too many egg whites to the batch. Instead of throwing the batch away he recognized that he may be on to something. After much experimentation and testing, lo-and-behold Pop created, “Turkish Taffy”. Unfortunately, no one actually knows why Pop came up with the name or in what manner he sold or marketed Turkish Taffy.
M.Schwarz & Sons: Several years later Pop’s business was purchased by M. Schwarz & Sons and Pop went to work for them perfecting his Turkish Taffy. M. Schwarz & Sons renamed the product to Turkish Chewing Taffy which was sold with displays of miniature elves wearing hats and cooking Turkish Chewing Taffy over fire-heated open kettles. Little is known about the success, extent of marketing or sales that M. Schwarz & Sons had with Turkish Chewing Taffy.
Bonomo Family: In 1936 the Bonomo family, of Coney Island (Brooklyn), New York purchased M. Schwarz & Sons’ Turkish Chewing Taffy. The Bonomo family soon dropped the word “Chewing” and simply referred to the candy as “Turkish Taffy”. Eventually Turkish Taffy and Bonomo’s became synonymous and it was thereafter referred to as Bonomo’s Turkish Taffy. After a battle in the United States Court of Customs & Patents, the Bonomo Family trade-marked the terms “Bonomo’s Turkish Taffy” and “Turkish Taffy” starting in 1946. The Bonomo family is credited with introducing Turkish Taffy to Hundreds of Thousands of fans and innovative techniques to market and package Bonomo Turkish Taffy for commercial and national sales.
