I have confectioners in my family tree too (as do some of you who were recently posting) - I'm assuming they made candy. But does anyone have any information on what the confectioners did - different kinds of candy? chocolates? etc. and what their shops would have been like? Jean Coker Jacksonville, Florida Researching AULDs, ROLLANDs, MURIEs, and DALGLIESHs

Confectioners were more people who SOLD the various candies (although some of them did MAKE them too - such as Ferguson's of "Edinburgh Rock" fame and many others too they made. But most Confectioners really only sold the sweets as we called them. Their shops were a child's idea of 'Paradise'!! Jessie in B.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Coker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 8:41 PM Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Confectioners I have confectioners in my family tree too (as do some of you who were recently posting) - I'm assuming they made candy. But does anyone have any information on what the confectioners did - different kinds of candy? chocolates? etc. and what their shops would have been like? Jean Coker Jacksonville, Florida Researching AULDs, ROLLANDs, MURIEs, and DALGLIESHs ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

my great grandmother was a "chocolate dipper" in Massachusetts in 1907, probably Cambridge. Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jessie Newlands" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 12:09 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Confectioners > Confectioners were more people who SOLD the various candies (although some > of them did MAKE them too - such as Ferguson's of "Edinburgh Rock" fame > and > many others too they made. But most Confectioners really only sold the > sweets as we called them. Their shops were a child's idea of 'Paradise'!! > Jessie in B.C. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean Coker" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 8:41 PM > Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Confectioners > > > I have confectioners in my family tree too (as do some of you who were > recently posting) - > I'm assuming they made candy. > But does anyone have any information on what the confectioners did - > different kinds of candy? chocolates? etc. > and what their shops would have been like? > > Jean Coker > Jacksonville, Florida > Researching AULDs, ROLLANDs, MURIEs, and DALGLIESHs > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There is often some confusion between modern day sweets and confectionery and the traditional craft of baker and confectioner. By definition, confectionery is anything that is made by mixing things up, so historically a confection can be medicine, jam, preserves, sweetmeats or even a fancy frock. The confectioner was responsible for the fancy end of the baker's trade - your cream cakes, cream horns, eclairs, german biscuits, meringues and vanilla slices. Hence 'confectioner's custard' which is used for filling cakes and pastries. But most people these days probably think of 'confectionery' simply as sweeties - commercially made tablet, toffee and boilings for example. So if you have a 'baker and confectioner' or a 'confectioner' living at home with a baker parent, you are probably looking at someone who created tea time treats. Confectioner in the sweetie sense also seems to have referred originally to an artisan making and selling sweetmeats on the same premises. Edinburgh did have quite a few of these businesses - eg Casey's down in St Mary Street. And there was a shop somewhere near St Patricks Square - Jeannie Veitch's? But since these things are made in bulk and have a long shelf life it is easy to see how 'confectionery' could become the business of a sweet shop with branded products in jars and boxes - or a sideline for a shop selling newspapers and ciggies. Judy On 12 Nov 2006, at 04:41, Jean Coker wrote: > I have confectioners in my family tree too (as do some of you who > were recently posting) - > I'm assuming they made candy. > But does anyone have any information on what the confectioners did > - different kinds of candy? chocolates? etc. > and what their shops would have been like? snip