Sugar plum

Sugar plum

: "For the plant, see amelanchier canadensis."

A sugar plum is a piece of candy that is made of sugar and shaped in a small round or oval shape.

Sugar plums are widely associated with Christmas, through cultural phenomena such as the Sugar Plum Fairy in "The Nutcracker" (Composed by Tchaikovsky), as well as the line "Visions of sugar plums danced in their heads," from "A Visit from St. Nicholas," better known as "Twas the Night Before Christmas."

Sugar plums have also gained widespread recognition through the poem "The Sugar Plum Tree" by Eugene Field. The poem begins "Have you ever heard of the Sugar-Plum Tree? 'Tis a marvel of great renown!"

References

* Ward, Artimas. "The Grocer's Encyclopedia". New York: 1911. [http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/coldfusion/display.cfm?ID=ency&PageNum=617]
* The Sugar Plum Tree, by Eugene Field (from FirstScience). [http://www.firstscience.com/SITE/poems/field.asp]
*cite web
last = Cohen
first = Sharon
title = "Visions of Sugarplums"
publisher = "Gode Cookery"
date = 1998
url = http://www.godecookery.com/friends/frec74.htm
accessdate = 2008-02-25


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