I've made stollen and Leibkeuken to give to the neighbors, but I wanted to make something for the girls I work with at the coffee shop. Cindy and Inga inspired me with their lollipops. I have even more admiration for them now that I have tried it. I will never do it again without molds. What I wanted to make was sea turtle lollipops so I tried making a mold out of aluminium foil, and then I decided to just try using plastic cookie cutters, so I gouged out a place for the stick. I went out and bought a candy thermometer, which I broke while cleaning it. I now understand why they compare making hard candy to making glass. I thought I had ruined my favorite sauce pan, it was coated with hard green candy and looked like glass. Thankfully a good soak in the sink took care of it. I have some very strange shaped lollipops but hopefully the girls at the coffee shop will appreciate the humor, and the effort. I had thought of throwing it all out, but decided against it. I keep meaning to put a picture of my Christmas tree on my blog, maybe tomorrow. At the moment I just needed to tell Cindy and Inga that I really appreciate their handiwork.
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So, as I mentioned Inga was making hard candy at the glass museum and in
between sessions she was try to scrub off the pots when the head chef from the restaurant rescued her. He showed her how to boil the pots clean. I didn't hear about this whole saga until we started making the lollipops. Oh yes, our lollipops were not perfectly shaped either. Kids didn't seem to mind! Still yummy!
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