On National Something on a Stick Day, have 10 facts about Toffee Apples.
They are known as candy apples in the United States.
They are said to have been invented in 1908 by a sweet shop owner called William Kolb, of Newark.
His first candy apples weren’t meant to be eaten. They were created as a Christmas window display by dipping apples in Red cinnamon candy. His customers had other ideas, however. He sold the whole first batch for 5 cents each, and after a few years was selling thousands of them.
It was 1917 before the term “toffee apple” made it into print, the BEF Times Christmas edition that year.
There are several reasons why these treats are common at Halloween and Guy Fawkes night. One is that the hard Sugar coating doesn’t set well in hot and humid weather.
The other, of course, is that it’s just the right timing for the apple harvest in the Northern Hemisphere.
Granny Smiths are the most common apples to use for toffee apples. Granny Smiths have a tart flavour which goes well with the sugar coating as well as having a crisp texture which can survive the heat and the weight of the coating.
They may not immediately strike you as healthy food, but a home made toffee apple has just 215 to 286 calories and contains 0 to 3 grams of fat. There’s a lot of sugar in it, of course, but the apple underneath is one of your five a day.
The most common sugar coating is made from sugar (white or brown), corn syrup, water, cinnamon and red food colouring.
In Brazil, candy apples are called maçã-do-amor, equivalent to the French pommes d'amour, meaning "apples of love". There, they are commonly eaten during the festivities in honour of John the Apostle.
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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