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For more than 100 years, the Xu family has been making sugared scallions. They’re hand-pulled white sugar candies filled with holes that make them look like scallion stems.
Here’s how the current family of five work together.

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This is the new episode of our series about established mom-and-pop eateries in China, candy edition. In the next episode, we visit a candy maker in Jiangxi who makes filled malt sugar candy that looks like a giant dumpling.

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00:00 Scallion candies
00:45 How the family works together
03:28 Crepe and tea make the best combo
04:12 Making candy unites the family

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Producer: Yoyo Chow
Videographer: Canrong Zhang
Editor and Mastering: César del Giudice

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