human
How much does one of these kettles hold?
gpt
About six hundred pounds.
human
And you fill all of them every day?
gpt
Several times over, was the answer.
human
It takes a lot of this ground material for the different kinds; some of it has other ingredients mixed with it later, and some is beaten, flavored, and colored for the fillings of chocolates.
gpt
But who on earth eats so much candy?
human
I don't know, responded the boy wearily.
gpt
I'm sure I don't.
human
What?
gpt
I don't believe I'd touch a piece of candy for a hundred dollars, he continued.
human
I am sick of the sight of it. Candy from morning to night--candy, candy, candy! Candy everywhere! Nothing but candy.
gpt
Everybody here gets into the same state of mind, the lad went on.
human
When the green hands come they are crazy about the stuff for about a couple of days; then it is all over. You couldn't hire them to eat. Every few weeks the different employees are allowed to buy two pounds for themselves at the wholesale price, but you would be surprised to see how few of them do it. If they get it you can be pretty certain that it is to give away, for they'd never eat it themselves.
gpt
So, said he, reverting once more to the kettles and the thermometer,
human
Some of this beaten sugar will be colored pink, flavored with rose or wintergreen, and used for the centers of chocolate; some will have maple flavoring, some vanilla, some lemon. Nuts will be stirred into some of the rest of it. There is an almost endless number of ways in which it may be varied. Come over here and see them preparing the centers and getting them ready to cover with chocolate.