In the 1970s, Mexican candy companies ... to a large settlement of Chinese immigrants). First, she salt-preserves slightly unripe ume plums (“You can also use Santa Rosa plums or apricots ...

"The linear decrease seems to be the general behavior for surface-driven phenomena like the mass-decrease through the surface of the candy in this case," he tells The Salt in an email. Sponsor ...

Ayako Iino grew up in Nagoya, Japan, the largest city in the Chūbu region. Like many kids, she watched her mom make umeboshi, a traditional salt-cured plum pickle (and alkalizing dietary staple that’s ...

Could salt water become the official state candy? A state assembly committee advanced a bill today that would designate it as such. (Alex Remnick/The Star-Ledger) ATLANTIC CITY — New Jersey is a ...

Washington state’s top-selling Halloween candy — by a large margin — is salt water taffy. Really. According to a survey by CandyStore.com, Washington’s three top candy sellers during the ...

Other versions do use salt and water, but they’re not notably salty, and certainly not watery. So how did the candy get that name? It’s not entirely clear, but according to Jersey Shore legend ...