Some rock confectionery (Sticky, Sydney)

Rock is a type of stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery most usually flavoured with peppermint. It is commonly sold at tourist (usually seaside) resorts in the UK (like Brighton or Blackpool), and in Sydney and Tasmania, Australia. Image File history File links LOVEROCK.jpg‎ Summary All rights belong to CTV and Canadian Idol. ... Image File history File links LOVEROCK.jpg‎ Summary All rights belong to CTV and Canadian Idol. ... A confection selection The term confectionery refers to food items that are (or at least are perceived to be) rich in sugar. ... Tourists on Oahu, Hawaii Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes or the provision of services to support this leisure travel. ... Resorts combine a hotel and a variety of recreations, such as swimming pools A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting visitors for holidays or vacations. ... Brighton is located on the south coast of England, and together with its immediate neighbour Hove forms the city of Brighton and Hove. ... It has been suggested that South Shore, Blackpool be merged into this article or section. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4,200,000 people, and 151,920 within the city centre. ... Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $16,114 (7th)  - Product per capita  $33,243/person (8th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  489,600 (6th)  - Density  7. ...

It usually takes the form of a cylindrical stick ("a stick of rock"), normally 1 cm (0.4 in) in diameter and 20 cm (8 in) long. These cylinders usually have a pattern embedded throughout the length, which is often the name of the resort where the rock is sold, so that the name can be read on both ends of the stick (reversed at one end) and remains legible even after pieces are bitten off. Rock is also manufactured as a promotional item, for example with a company name running through it. A pattern is a form, template, or model (or, more abstractly, a set of rules) which can be used to make or to generate things or parts of a thing, especially if the things that are generated have enough in common for the underlying pattern to be inferred or discerned...

It is sometimes found in the form of individual sweets, with writing or a pattern in the center; these are, in effect, 'slices' of rock. (See illustration.)

Making rock

Rock starts as a sugar water syrup which is boiled and glucose or corn syrup is added. It is taken to hard crack stage (146-158 degrees Celsius, 295-316 degrees Fahrenheit) and an oil (such as peppermint or orange) is added for flavoring. From there it is a matter of cooling the sugar syrup until it is a workable consistency like clay. From this stage it is possible to construct the designs and words that will form in the center.

Literary and other references

In Graham Greene's novel Brighton Rock, the character Ida says, "It's like those sticks of rock: bite it all the way down, you'll still read Brighton." This article is about the writer Graham Greene. ... Brighton Rock is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1938, and later made into a 1947 film. ...

The beloved British music-hall entertainer George Formby often sang an entertaining ditty by the name of "With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock". George Formby, OBE (May 26, 1904 – March 6, 1961) was an English singer and comedian who became a major star of both cinema and music hall. ...

Other forms of rock

Rock is a different product from American rock candy; it more closely resembles a harder candy cane. Rock candy is a type of confectionery composed of relatively large sugar crystals. ... Two candy canes, a traditional one (left) and a Spree flavored one(right). ...

Edinburgh Rock is an unrelated confection based on sugar and cream of tartar, having in common only that it is made into sticks. It is friable and flavoured, for example, with ginger. Some rock confectionery (Sticky, Sydney) Rock is a type of stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery most usually flavoured with peppermint. ... Cream of tartar is the potassium salt of tartaric acid, KHC4H4O6. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary using the Transwiki process. ... Binomial name Zingiber officinale Roscoe Ginger is commonly used as a spice in cuisines throughout the world. ...

External links

• How is Rock Candy Made? from sweetthoughts.co.uk