The evolution of professions in the past 60 years

• Source: Global Times
• [17:36 September 27 2009]
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No. 5: Sugar figure maker

 
Sugar figure makers used to go from street to street with shoulder poles, carrying a cupboard on each side. One of the cupboards held charcoal and was the maker’s seat, while the other was a charcoal stove with a spoon full of maltose in the center. The maker would spoon out a little maltose and nip the soft maltose. Then he would plunge a wheat straw into it, blowing gently while rubbing it into a creature, usually animals.