{"id":10676,"date":"2011-10-28T06:08:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T13:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=10676"},"modified":"2016-11-17T10:16:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T17:16:06","slug":"creative-prompt-128-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/creative-prompt-128-candy\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Prompt #128: Candy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kids in a candy store<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco&#8217;s Daily Candy<\/p>\n<p>Pile of fabric candy: http:\/\/instagr.am\/p\/R9alC\/<\/p>\n<p>bulk candy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Candy\" target=\"_blank\">Definition<\/a>: <strong>Candy<\/strong>, specifically <strong>sugar candy<\/strong>, is a <a title=\"Confection\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Confection\">confection<\/a> made from a concentrated solution of <a title=\"Sugar\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sugar\">sugar<\/a> in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added. Candies come in numerous colors and varieties and have a long history in popular culture.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Middle English\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Middle_English\">Middle English<\/a> word &#8220;candy&#8221; began to be used in the late 13th century, coming into English from the <a title=\"Old French\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_French\">Old French<\/a> <em>\u00e7ucre candi<\/em>, derived in turn from <a title=\"Persian language\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persian_language\">Persian<\/a> <em>Qand (=???) and Qandi (=????)<\/em>, &#8220;cane sugar&#8221;.<sup id=\"cite_ref-OED-candy_0-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Candy#cite_note-OED-candy-0\">[1]<\/a><\/sup> In <a title=\"North America\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_America\">North America<\/a>, <em>candy<\/em> is a broad category that includes <a title=\"Candy bar\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Candy_bar\">candy bars<\/a>, <a title=\"Chocolate\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chocolate\">chocolates<\/a>, <a title=\"Liquorice (confectionery)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liquorice_%28confectionery%29\">licorice<\/a>, sour candies, salty candies, tart candies, hard candies, <a title=\"Taffy (candy)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taffy_%28candy%29\">taffies<\/a>, <a title=\"Gumdrop\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gumdrop\">gumdrops<\/a>, <a title=\"Marshmallow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marshmallow\">marshmallows<\/a>, and more.<sup>[<em><a title=\"Wikipedia:Citation needed\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed\">citation needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup> Vegetables, fruit, or nuts which have been glazed and coated with sugar are said to be <em>candied<\/em>. (Wikipedia)<\/p>\n<p>mind candy<\/p>\n<p>John Candy<\/p>\n<p>pinata<\/p>\n<p>candy counter<\/p>\n<p>candy jar<\/p>\n<p>candied orange peel (see Recchiuti)<\/p>\n<p>cotton candy<\/p>\n<p>See&#8217;s Candy<\/p>\n<p>Candy Glendenning<\/p>\n<p>trick or treat<\/p>\n<p>Candies (shoes)<\/p>\n<p>Candyland<\/p>\n<p>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/p>\n<p>eye candy<\/p>\n<p>confectionary<\/p>\n<p>candied fruit<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldtimecandy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Old fashioned &amp; Retro Candy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sweets<\/p>\n<p>taffy<\/p>\n<p>loollipop<\/p>\n<p>candy bar<\/p>\n<p>Candy corn (blech!, but I had to put it in, because my SIL loves it.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recchiuti.com\/overview.html?area=00&amp;id=J9TemNV2\" target=\"_blank\">Recchiuti<\/a><\/p>\n<p>candy apple<\/p>\n<p>Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and\/or your blog, and how your work relates to the other responses.<\/p>\n<p>The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/aqcpp\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr group<\/a>, which you can join to post your responses. Are you already a member? I created that spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses. Please join and look at all of the great artwork that people have posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kids in a candy store San Francisco&#8217;s Daily Candy Pile of fabric candy: http:\/\/instagr.am\/p\/R9alC\/ bulk candy Definition: Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added. Candies come in numerous colors and varieties and have a long history in popular culture. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/creative-prompt-128-candy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Creative Prompt #128: Candy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[400],"tags":[79,311,72],"class_list":["post-10676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-400","tag-creative-prompt","tag-creativity","tag-group-project"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}