Vocabulary
A stick with a curved end to help shepherd herd sheep; also the shape of a candy cane.
What is a crook?
In 1670,the choirmaster gave these to his young singers to keep them quiet.
What are sugar sticks (now known as candy canes)
These 2 ingredients are heated in large kettles to begin the candy cane making process.
What are sugar and corn syrup?
A person who goes to a different country to live there for a long time or forever
What is an immigrant?
The choirmaster bent the candies into the shape of a crook to honor these people.
Who were the shepherds?
When the candy is placed on the cooling table, these ingredients are added.
What are peppermint and starch?
Another name for a large church or place to worship in Germany.
What is a cathedral?
Candy canes used to be made by hand, but in the 1950's Gregory Keller invented a machine to make them _____________________.
What is automatically?
What is golden brown (or brown)
When one century ends and another begins, such as from the year 1999 to 2000.
What is the turn of the century?
Delicate candy canes were able to be transported across the nation without breaking with the invention of new ________________ ideas.
What is packaging?
This machine turns the candy silky white.
What is a puller?
A straight line of measurement from one side of a circle to the other.
What is diameter?
The tradition of decorating trees for the holidays began in 1847 when an immigrant from Germany used these 2 things to decorate a small spruce tree.
What are paper ornaments and candy canes?
A crooker gives the candy canes this shape.
What is a hook or crook?