Do you remember what was your first job?
I suddenly found myself thinking about this, and I think it's a quite interesting part of our lives. I still remember my first job... I was a Candy Maker...
My job consisted in shaping and doing candies out of huge masses of rock hard caramel.
These chunks of caramel weighted at the very least, over 67pounds or roughly 30kilos.
I had to lift them from the basement to the second floor where we had metal tables, then with a huge knife I had to cut the 67pounds caramel rock into smaller chunks. Then, those into even smaller ones, and with the heat of my hand mold them into candies.
I would have to add Pecans, Raisins, Chocolate, Pumpkin Seeds, whatever was needed.
I had to make over 1000 a day in a 9 hour shift. It was from 7am to 4pm.
Unfortunately I lasted a couple days because I had a stroke sometime later... not kidding.
EDIT: For anyone curious, the candy I made tasted exactly as the filling of a SNICKERS chocolate.
I'm curious to know your story
I suddenly found myself thinking about this, and I think it's a quite interesting part of our lives. I still remember my first job... I was a Candy Maker...
My job consisted in shaping and doing candies out of huge masses of rock hard caramel.
These chunks of caramel weighted at the very least, over 67pounds or roughly 30kilos.
I had to lift them from the basement to the second floor where we had metal tables, then with a huge knife I had to cut the 67pounds caramel rock into smaller chunks. Then, those into even smaller ones, and with the heat of my hand mold them into candies.
I would have to add Pecans, Raisins, Chocolate, Pumpkin Seeds, whatever was needed.
I had to make over 1000 a day in a 9 hour shift. It was from 7am to 4pm.
Unfortunately I lasted a couple days because I had a stroke sometime later... not kidding.
EDIT: For anyone curious, the candy I made tasted exactly as the filling of a SNICKERS chocolate.
I'm curious to know your story
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