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/ Joe Parcell has been using the same simple hook to pull his cream candy for 20 years.
Traditional Appalachian pull candy sometimes called cream pull candy or Kentucky pull candy is known for two things: its buttery, melt-in-your mouth flavor and the painstaking process required to make the stuff.
The candy must include exact ratios of all the ingredients. It has to be cooked to an exact temperature for a precise amount of time.
Even the temperature outside must be perfect, lest the candy set up into a hard worthless mass.
This is why Joe Parcell of Winfield, West Virginia, won’t even attempt making candy unless the thermometer is below 50.