IRISH YELLOWMAN

Did you treat your Mary-Ann to some dulse and yellowman,
At the Auld Lammas Fair in Ballycastle-o?
(Traditional Irish rhyme)

I can describe myself as a perfect gourmand who loves all related with the Irish world. These two reasons were what made me to think about "yellowman". But obviously, you wonder..., what's that?
Yellowman is a typical Irish candy that you can find in Northern Ireland.
If you want to taste that you should go to the famous “Auld’ Lammas Fair” in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim at the end of August. This is the Ireland’s oldest market fair, and it is also famous for its “yellowman”.

The yellowman is a golden in colour and brittle typical Irish toffee. To make that you need 450g golden syrup (corn syrup), 400g brown sugar (Demerara), 20g butter, 2 tbsp. white wine vinegar and 1heaped tbsp. of bicarbonate of soda.
To cook it: mix the syrup, sugar, butter and vinegar together in a large saucepan. Bring it to the boil and boil until a drop hardens in cold water, carefully stir in the soda. This mixture will foam up when the soda goes in. Pour out on to a lightly greased slab, when cool enough to handle, work the edges into the centre. Wait until the mixture turns to a pale yellow colour. When cold, break it with a clean hammer.

By Esperanza Reyes