Nougat what candy?

Nougat, nougat is pronounced gá, the vowel is g, the rhyme is a, the tone is the second tone.

Nougat, also known as meringue, is a semi-soft candy made of egg white, syrup, nuts, etc. by aerated processing, the profile can be seen more fine holes, loose structure, meticulous organization. Its English name is nougat, so the phonetic translation into "nougat", in fact, has nothing to do with cattle, but also translated as bird knot sugar, new knot sugar. There is also a highly aerated meringue, sugar body appearance, the organization is more gentle, the English name Marshmallow, translated as Marshmallow sugar or Mai Xi Mai Lu sugar, translated as cotton candy.

The history of nougat

Chinese Ming Dynasty scholar chariot (according to the Ming history of Zhengtong ten years of the test, the first in the Imperial Examination) in order to thank the Emperor Wenchang dream that makes it three yuan and first, in accordance with the dream made. Maltose, peanuts, rice and other manufacturing, and pinched into the shape of a cow, so it is called nougat, but later because it is not easy to pinch the sugar into the shape of a cow, and the production speed is slow, so it is directly cut into rectangular shape for sale. Later, foreign missionaries spread this candy to the West, and it became one of the most popular candies in foreign countries.