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The traditional food of the Bulgarian contains products of plant and animal origin in raw or processed state. Bread and salt have always been present on the Bulgarian table, but in older times we can find some interesting sweet things. At fairs, weddings, fairs and meetings, a food product was offered - a delicacy for children and a livelihood for some of the adults. These were confectionery - sticks, candies and roosters, called sugar or peiner sugar. The term itself is of Turkish origin, but over time and historical events in Bulgaria has come into circulation. This sugar product was first for domestic use and later expanded to market.
Sugar making as a craft in the past
Chronologically, it is difficult to say when confectionery has been a craft in our country, but it is known that after the Liberation, sugar beet was grown here in some areas. This is the raw material for making sugar and confectionery.
The production technology has changed slightly, but the end result has been the same. 1 kilogram of sugar was added to 1 liter of water. After boiling this sugar syrup, 1 tablespoon of vinegar was poured and the syrup was allowed to thicken.
The way it was known in the past whether the syrup was ready was quite curious. The master dipped his fingers in cold water, then in hot syrup and immediately again in cold water. If a crystalline mass forms on the fingers, the syrup is ready for further processing.
The finished syrup, in the form of a thick paste, was poured on a marble slab pre-greased with oil or olive oil and immediately began to knead it by hand. The process was very fast because the sugar dough hardened quickly. A small part was separated from the dough, in which harmless cooking paint was placed - red, yellow, green, and the apprentice continued to knead until the dough became the appropriate color.
Once the two tests were ready, they separated and twisted into a rope. To make candies, the master used scissors with which he cut the dough into sticks or figures - bracelets, pipes and others.
To make sugar roosters, a mold greased with oil was used so that the rooster would not stick. Then the master shaped the rooster itself with scissors.
The oldest homemade recipe for peiner sugar in our country
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The oldest recipe for homemade peiner sugar is kept in Graovo. According to the recipe, the same sweet temptation was produced at home, but the technology was a little different.
According to the recipe, 1 kg of sugar and 1 spoon of cremator were added to 500 ml of water. The mixture was put on fire and baked until a thick yellowish paste. She poured and fought. The beating took place on a nail driven into the wall. The baked sugar was grabbed with the hands, hit the made device and stuck to the nail. She moved away from the wall, hit herself again, and so on until she turned white.
Part of the baked sugar was left in a bowl, confectionery paint was added to it, made into an egg and stretched. Then the beaten sugar was collected in a ball and the ball was wrapped around the ball. Sticks were drawn from it, which were cut with scissors. Bracelets, roosters and pipes were also translated.
Obviously confectionery as a craft it developed precisely from the home-made sweet temptation - peiner sugar. It turns out to be the oldest home-made sugar product in our country.
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