Lemon stick#Baltimore lemon stick
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Lemon sticks are a type of stick candy.[https://books.google.com/books?id=nTZDAAAAIAAJ Up-to-date Candy Teacher] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408005048/http://books.google.com/books?id=nTZDAAAAIAAJ |date=2014-04-08 }} Page 65 Charles Apell 1921 They are similar to candy canes and peppermint sticks except lemon oil and acids are used for the flavoring. The coloring is typically a transuclent yellow body and white stripe.[https://books.google.com/books?id=WzMEAAAAYAAJ&dq=lemon+stick+candy&pg=PP13 Rigby's Reliable Candy Teacher]: With Complete and Modern Soda, Ice Cream and Sherbet Sections, Will O. Rigby, Fred Rigby, Rigby Publishing Company, 1920 They are not the same as a lemon peppermint stick, otherwise known as a Baltimore lemon stick.
Since 1942, Giambri's is one of the candy makers that produces them.[http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/baltimore-diner-blog/bal-gimabri20120503085102,0,6538247.photo#ixzz2zNxSAaZW The Philadelphia story about lemon sticks] May 3, 2012 The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore lemon stick
In Baltimore, Maryland, part of the culture of Baltimore is a summer rite of passage associated with the Baltimore Flower Mart where lemon sticks (also referred to as lemon peppermint sticks) are a treat in the form of a peppermint candy stick stuck in a lemon. Eaten together, they provide a sweet and sour taste sensation. The tradition may have come from France.
They are sold at the mid-spring Flower Mart held by the Women's Civic League.{{cite news |url= http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bs-fo-flower-mart-lemon-peppermint-20130430,0,7930983.story |title= Consider the lemon stick: The FlowerMart treat has become a Baltimore treasure |first= Richard |last= Gorelick |newspaper= The Baltimore Sun |date= May 3, 2013 |access-date= April 20, 2014 |archive-date= April 20, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140420063217/http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bs-fo-flower-mart-lemon-peppermint-20130430,0,7930983.story |url-status= dead }} These simple 'drinks' are made by cutting the top off a small lemon, cutting a hole into the flesh, and placing a soft peppermint stick into it. Sucking on the stick and squeezing the lemon produces a sweet, minty, lemony drink. While mostly sold at Flower Mart, throughout summer, people in Baltimore will make these treats at home or social gatherings.{{cite news |url= http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bs-fo-flower-mart-lemon-peppermint-20130430,0,7930983.story |title= Consider the lemon stick: The FlowerMart treat has become a Baltimore treasure |first= Richard |last= Gorelick |newspaper= The Baltimore Sun |date= May 3, 2013 |access-date= April 20, 2014 |archive-date= April 20, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140420063217/http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bs-fo-flower-mart-lemon-peppermint-20130430,0,7930983.story |url-status= dead }}{{cite web|title=Blast from the Past, Lemon Peppermint Stick|url=http://www.jillianskitchen.com/2011/05/06/lemon-peppermint-stick/|website=Jillian's Kitchen|accessdate=14 April 2015|date=May 6, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071526/http://www.jillianskitchen.com/2011/05/06/lemon-peppermint-stick/|archivedate=4 March 2016}}
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