Dear Mel Smith, I owe you many, many thanks for the help with "Gibraltar Rock" candy. The one my great-great-great-grandmother made is still manufactured and has an engraving of her on the wrapper. The Gibraltar Rock that one can buy today is made (as I recall) in Salem, Massachusetts, or in one of the cities near there, made by the Pepper Company, which has made them dince 1830 or 1835. Goerge Pepper had the original recipe from my gr-gr-gr grandmother, and I also have her original handwritten recipe here in New York. In Salem, she is still seen as a notable person and in city pageants and parades they always have some woman dressed as she did (simple Quaker clothing) with a basket of Gibraltars on her arm. Again, many thanks. With all good wishes, I am Cordiallly, Mary Jane Phillips ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mel Smith" <melsmith@sympatico.ca> To: "'Mimi's Email Account'" <images@ix.netcom.com>; <nottsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 6:51 PM Subject: RE: [NTT] Candy called Gibraltar Rock >I don't know where it originated but the rock candy I remember was a > cylindrical tube of sugar candy with a text all the way along its length > > If you google "rock candy" wikipedia says > > Rock is a type of stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery most usually > flavoured with peppermint. It is commonly sold at tourist (usually > seaside) > resorts in the UK (like Brighton or Blackpool), and in Sydney and > Tasmania, > Australia. > > It usually takes the form of a cylindrical stick ("a stick of rock"), > normally 1 cm (0.4 in) in diameter and 20 cm (8 in) long. These cylinders > usually have a pattern embedded throughout the length, which is often the > name of the resort where the rock is sold, so that the name can be read on > both ends of the stick (reversed at one end) and remains legible even > after > pieces are bitten off. Rock is also manufactured as a promotional item, > for > example with a company name running through it > > Mel Smith > Whitby, Ontario, Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Mimi's Email Account > Sent: May 6, 2008 11:02 AM > To: nottsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NTT] Candy called Gibraltar Rock > > Dear List Members, My gr-gr-gr-grandmother may have invented a hard candy > called "Gibraltar Rock". Has anyone ever heard of it? > She was born on May 1, 1759, in Nottinghamshire; and her maiden name was > Mary Smith. She later married and signed "Mary Spencer" on a document in > London. > My grateful thanks for any help at all.. > Mary Jane Phillips in New York City > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >