Wednesday, August 24, 2011
ice candy
as promised, here's the ice candy that woke me up so early yesterday. i bought these from muji, where they come in 100% apple juice and grape juice flavors. i like the grape juice better.
i remember we used to sell the home-made type when i was a child. or maybe it was my nanny (meding?) who made and sold them and i just watched her make them and helped tying the end to a knot which was difficult because there was always very little of the plastic left to tie. there were two basic flavors that i can remember - buko (young coconut meat, coconut water, water, sugar) and red mung beans (boiled red beans, with sugar). am sure there were other flavors but i can't remember them. there might have been chocolate (cocoa, water, sugar?) and melons, but not so sure anymore. i think we also sold ice, so i can only assume that not every household in our neighborhood had a freezer then. i can't imagine now how it might have made sense, because with what we could've charged for ice candy and ice at that time, and the cost of electricity, i doubt if she made any money. back then of course, it was always hot and there was always ice candy in the freezer and that's all that mattered.
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I have not eaten ice candy for years! I miss eating them suddenly.
do you still remember how to make one? :)
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