Handmade bird knot sugar
The name Bird Knot Sugar is so beautiful.
In fact, it is nougat, which is also called knotted sugar in Macao, and is called brown candy in the folk.
If you go to Taiwan, the souvenir that tourists must buy is Taiwan's famous nougat.
In ancient China, people believed that eating peanuts had the meaning of "longevity", so the common nougat was made into the shape of nougat with peanuts as the nuts in sugar.
Speaking of which, I have to say the historical origin of nougat.
According to legend, there are three kinds of nougat history.
It is said to have been invented in 1441 in Cremona, Italy. At a local aristocratic wedding, the couple was given a candy made with honey, almonds and egg whites.
One is said to be a discussion for the Ming Dynasty of China, in order to thank Emperor Wenchang for making his three yuan and the first, according to the method of the dream. It is made of maltose, peanuts, rice, etc., and kneaded into the shape of a cow, so it is called nougat. But later, because it was not easy to knead the sugar into the shape of a cow, and the production speed was slower, it was directly cut into rectangular shapes and sold. Later, foreign missionaries spread the sugar to the West, and it became one of the most popular foreign candies.
It is said that nougat was a trophy brought back by the Crusades, and for hundreds of years, nougat floated from the East to the West and back to the East. King Louis XV of France visited the Spanish royal family, not with gold or jewelry, but with 42 kilograms of nougat, enough to prove the value of nougat at that time.
From the history of nougat, we can see that nougat has been very popular with people since ancient times. Compared with the top candy that only the nobility could enjoy in the past, people can now eat different flavors of nougat, and it is really fortunate to be a modern person.
Nougat in Taiwan is particularly delicious, especially many brands are handmade nougat, because the use of ancient boiled sugar handmade reasons, the daily production is greatly limited, and no flavors and colors are added. But because of this, it is very precious, and the taste is absolutely authentic.
Taiwan handmade nougat color is attractive, the entrance is rich peanut and milk aroma, because the hard is very chewy, at the same time will be more chewy more fragrant, you can feel the walnuts, peanuts, almonds and other particles wrapped in the milk aroma, the nuts are full and crisp. It really tastes like a tooth and cheek, and the aftertaste is endless. After eating it, I can't help but eat another one!
Nougat will become soft due to storage time, but it will still maintain its original hardness within 25 ° C, so don't worry.
Now nougat has also introduced a variety of flavors, there are strawberry flavor of sour and sweet, toffee nougat caramel, French soft and affectionate, cranberry berries flavor, matcha taste of fresh and pleasant, when traveling in Taiwan, you must bring some back to your family to taste Oh.