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Cotton candy

Cotton candy is a soft candy, loose and porous, with certain elasticity and toughness. It's a very traditional Chinese snack. The making process is pouring the sugar into cotton candy machine to make ​​out of sugar wire, and then wrap sugar wire around the stick. You always can find the candy sales man in South China area.

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