/kloc-There will be no sweetheart candy on Valentine's Day in the middle of 0/9th century. Sugar used to be expensive, but there were many bees and the price was cheap, mainly because slave labor provided raw materials for more and more American sugar factories. But the candy is made in the same way as before. Candy merchants stir heavy copper cans over an open flame to make hard candy or caramel. Nuts or seeds with sugar shells (such as Jordanian almonds) must be "washed" and the raw materials need to be rolled repeatedly with hot sugar within a few days.
"If you want to own a candy company in the early days, it is not only expensive, but also a very difficult, hot and sweaty job," said Beth Chimel, a culinary scientist and author of several books on the history of American candy.
He is a British-born pharmacist who recently immigrated to Boston. Chase made buccal tablets for the pharmacist. Dough made of sugar and chewing gum is mixed with medicine and then sliced. There are some simple cutting machines that can speed up this process, but it is still slow and hard. Moreover, the demand for buccal tablets is very high, especially Datong began to produce buccal tablets without drugs, which can be simply eaten as candy.
1847, chase proposed a solution: lozenge cutting machine. He invented a method similar to a hand-cranked noodle machine, which pressed pieces of sugar dough into a round diamond shape. Dozens of buccal tablets of the same size fell out at once. Chase and his brother set up a factory in South Boston to produce "Chase Buccal Tablets". Their company was later called New England Candy Company (Necco), which will become the longest-running candy company in the United States. These buccal tablets taste like cloves and cinnamon and are very popular.
The example of Oliver Chase using his buccal tablet cutting machine (NECCO) Chase has never stopped innovating. He improved and expanded his diamond machine many times. 1850 invented and applied for the patent of sugar making machine. Then at 1857, he applied for a patent for his diamond machine. (Although many sources have talked about a diamond-shaped cutting machine patent of 1847, extensive investigation of this technology patent in this period can not confirm this statement. ) Soon, Chase and his brother Daniel had the idea of printing words on the diamond cutting machine. Their inspiration comes from a candy called "clam" which was popular in19th century. This candy is a shell-shaped candy waffle with a note inside, which is the style of fortune cookie. At first, the two brothers printed proverbs with their handprints. Because buccal tablets are quite large, they can hold long sentences (Victorian favorites include "How long do I have to wait?" ? Please understand, please write back and send a lock of hair. Then in 1866, Daniel Chase invented the diamond-shaped printing machine, which printed directly on diamonds with a felt roller pad soaked with plant dyes. This has greatly accelerated the production speed. 1902, the company began to produce printed heart-shaped buccal tablets. Kimmel explained that when the Chase brothers were smart and enterprising,
It was born, and their invention was made possible by their environment. Massachusetts is the center of the new industrial revolution, and the idea of mechanization comes to everyone's mind. The state also has a rich agricultural tradition and a busy port, which makes raw materials easily available. Necco soon joined other candies, including squirrel brand and Daggett chocolate company, which are famous for squirrel nut zipper toffee. Part of m