Star rock is a distinctive Scottish form of
confectionery
Confectionery is the art of making confections, which are food items that are rich in sugar and carbohydrates. Exact definitions are difficult. In general, however, confectionery is divided into two broad and somewhat overlapping categories ...
rock
Rock most often refers to:
* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
. It is also sometimes known as starry rock, or starrie.
[Robinson, Mairi,]
starrie
, ''The Concise Scots Dictionary''. Accessed October 1, 2007 It is traditionally handmade in
Kirriemuir,
Angus
Angus may refer to:
Media
* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
* ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record''
Places Australia
* Angus, New South Wales
Canada
* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
Scotland
* An ...
.
Star rock is less hard and brittle than traditional seaside rock, bearing more resemblance to a particularly hard
toffee
Toffee is a confection made by caramelizing sugar or molasses (creating inverted sugar) along with butter, and occasionally flour. The mixture is heated until its temperature reaches the hard crack stage of . While being prepared, toffee is ...
. Each stick of rock has a diameter similar to a pencil, and it is about 4 inches (10 centimeters) in length. Sticks are not sold individually but packaged in a paper-wrapped bundle. The rock is swirling shades of gold, which reflect its major ingredients: sugar,
golden syrup, margarine, and flavoring. It has been claimed that these swirls give the rock its name because, in cross-section, they look like a star.
Unlike seaside rock, star rock does not have writing embedded in it.
References
Scottish confectionery
Candy
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