Star Rock

Star Rock

Star rock is a distinctive Scottish form of confectionery rock. It is also sometimes known as starry rock, or starrie.Robinson, Mairi " [http://books.google.com/books?id=3CGt3hf7N9kC&pg=PA664&lpg=PA664&dq=%22star+rock%22+kirriemuir&source=web&ots=jweYf1TS8a&sig=jaScOIi0WX6w5TbCUKn_EvkT8KA starrie] ", "The Concise Scots Dictionary". Accessed October 1 2007] It is traditionally hand-made in Kirriemuir, Angus.

Star rock is less hard and brittle than traditional seaside rock, bearing more resemblance to a particularly hard toffee. Each stick of rock has a diameter similar to a pencil, and it is about 4 inches (10 centimetres) in length. Sticks are not sold singly, but packaged in a paper-wrapped bundle. The rock is of swirling shades of gold which reflect its major ingredients: sugar, golden syrup, margarine and flavouring. It has been claimed that these swirls give the rock its name, because in cross-section they look like a star. Star Rock does not contain writing.

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