Scott O. Smith Photoblog

I was contacted over the weekend again by NowPublic.com to use the above photo for a story on National Taffy Day.

Interesting facts to add to your useless knowledge bank about taffy:

• Salt water taffy was “invented” in Atlantic City in 1883.
• Modern technology allows confectioners to produce 1,000 pieces of taffy a minute.
  • In one hour enough pieces of taffy are made to cover one third of the length of
    Atlantic City (about 1.3 miles).
  • In one day enough pieces of taffy are made to cover about 2/3 of the width of
    New Jersey (about 46 miles)
• The three most popular taffy flavors sold by Sweet Candy Company are
  peppermint, cinnamon and chocolate.
• America celebrates National Taffy Day May 23rd.

Canon XTi * Canon EF-24-105mm f/4.0L lens * ISO 200 * 1/50 second * f/4