Jujube (confectionery)
Encyclopedia
Jujube or jube, is the name of several types of candy
, varying in description on a regional basis. The candies can vary in texture form being hard and resinous to something similar to firm loukoum or gummy candies.
In the United States
, Jujubes is the brand name of a particular type of candy, whereas in Canada
the word is generic, and describes any of many similar confections.
, gum
and corn syrup
based candy drops originally produced by the Heide Candy Company
. The product was sold to The Hershey Company
, and then to the current owner, Farley & Sathers. They are much stiffer than their relatives (e.g. Jujyfruits
).
Jujubes are a traditional western candy that first existed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The candy came to prominence in the mid-20th century. As with most candies of this era, although jujubes are sweet in taste and generally colorful, they do not have the strong and distinctive flavor of modern candies due to the expense of chemical flavorants
at the time. Jello
produced during the same time period also exhibits a similar lack of coordination between color and flavor
.
The manufacturer's website states that "Jujubes, known for their hard, break-glass quality texture, began production in 1920. Original flavors included lilac, violet, rose, spearmint, and lemon. Rose and spearmint have been changed to cherry and lime, as a result of flavor availability." Thus, the current flavor lineup is lemon (yellow), orange (orange), lime (green), cherry (red), and grape (purple).
s and wine gum
s could be considered varieties of jube, as would jelly babies
if not for their distinctive shape. Jellie tots are also shapeless blobs and could also be considered Joobs.
" candies.
They are also soft and squishy, with their texture due to starch, gelatin, and glucose syrup. Other ingredients include sugar and flavoring. Common flavors are orange, lime, lemon, cherry, black licorice and grape.
The name originates from a hard candy to which they bear a resemblance, though in appearance only.
jujubes are made using gelatin, sugar, water, flavoring and a variety of food colorings. The confection is most commonly cube shaped, chewy and about 3/4 of an inch thick and is covered with powdered sugar; it resembles a Turkish Delight
but does not contain any nut pieces. Jujubes are sold at many snack stalls and are known as "jub-jubs".
, jujubes are soft, semi-gooey and sugar coated. Rajinikanth is credited, though unverifiably, with the introduction of the word "ju-ju-bi" into contemporary Tamil
slang to mean "easy pickings".
In 1970s there was a candy brand called Moon Drops available in India. The Moon Drops candy was sugar-covered jujubes with a somewhat sour tasting soft-gooey, fruit-flavored core.
, jujubes are known as "puntini" and they come in many fruit flavors and colors.
In the episode, "The Stall
", of the television show Seinfeld
, Elaine asks where Jerry's girlfriend was at the movie theater where he states, "she choked on a Jujube."
In the sketch "Creative Possibilities," from Season 5 - Episode 17 of The Kids in the Hall
, the founder of 'Creative Possibilities' (Kevin McDonald
), a fictitious company made to promote imagination, offers a visiting loan collector (Dave Foley
) Jujubes in a teapot.
In the film Avatar, Col. Quaritch warns the newcomers to Pandora about the dangerous creatures lurking in the forest beyond the base perimeter fence, saying they all 'want to kill you and eat your eyes for Jujubes'. It might also refer to the actual fruit-bearing plant called a jujube
(Note: He stresses the E in Jujubes).
In the show Psych
, Shawn James Roday
mentions Jujubes a few times.
A quote from Winston Churchill
, Member of Parliament
, scene-stealing in the House of Commons: "I was only looking for a jujube."http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,814405,00.html
In the film Taxi Driver
, Travis asks the lady at the concession stand of the porno theater if they have Jujubes and states that they last long.
In the show "Drake & Josh
", Drake asks Josh to get him some Jujubes, but Josh's new friend Drew eats them all, claiming they are his favorite candy too. This leads to the discovery that Drew and Drake are almost the same person.
In the book Ulysses
by James Joyce
, Leopold Bloom envisions "His Majesty the King . . . sitting on his throne sucking red jujubes white."
(Joyce, James. "Ulysses". First Vintage Press Edition, 1986. Episode 8 (Lestrygonians), line 8.04, page 124)
In the Televison show "Pan Am
" they are a running joke in the episode "One Coin in a Fountain".
Candy
Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added...
, varying in description on a regional basis. The candies can vary in texture form being hard and resinous to something similar to firm loukoum or gummy candies.
In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Jujubes is the brand name of a particular type of candy, whereas in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
the word is generic, and describes any of many similar confections.
American
American jujubes are a type of starchStarch
Starch or amylum is a carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by all green plants as an energy store...
, gum
Natural gum
Natural gums are polysaccharides of natural origin, capable of causing a large viscosity increase in solution, even at small concentrations. In the food industry they are used as thickening agents, gelling agents, emulsifying agents, and stabilizers...
and corn syrup
Corn syrup
Corn syrup is a food syrup, which is made from the starch of maize and contains varying amounts of maltose and higher oligosaccharides, depending on the grade. Corn syrup is used in foods to soften texture, add volume, prevent crystallization of sugar, and enhance flavor...
based candy drops originally produced by the Heide Candy Company
Heide Candy Company
Heide Candy Company is a subsidiary of candy manufacturer Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc.-History:The Henry Heide Candy Company was founded in 1869 by Henry Heide, an immigrant from Obermarsberg, Westphalia, Germany....
. The product was sold to The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company, known until April 2005 as the Hershey Foods Corporation and commonly called Hershey's, is the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America. Its headquarters are in Hershey, Pennsylvania, which is also home to Hershey's Chocolate World. It was founded by Milton S...
, and then to the current owner, Farley & Sathers. They are much stiffer than their relatives (e.g. Jujyfruits
Jujyfruits
Jujyfruits are a chewy, gumdrop-like starch-based candy manufactured in the United States by Heide Candy Company, a subsidiary of Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc.-Description:...
).
Jujubes are a traditional western candy that first existed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The candy came to prominence in the mid-20th century. As with most candies of this era, although jujubes are sweet in taste and generally colorful, they do not have the strong and distinctive flavor of modern candies due to the expense of chemical flavorants
Aroma compound
An aroma compound, also known as odorant, aroma, fragrance or flavor, is a chemical compound that has a smell or odor...
at the time. Jello
Jello
Jello may refer to:* Jello Shoecompany, an Austrian shoe retailer* Jell-O, a brand name for gelatin desserts* A genericized brand for gelatin desserts in general* Sphyraena jello the pickhandle barracuda-People:...
produced during the same time period also exhibits a similar lack of coordination between color and flavor
Flavor
Flavor or flavour is the sensory impression of a food or other substance, and is determined mainly by the chemical senses of taste and smell. The "trigeminal senses", which detect chemical irritants in the mouth and throat as well as temperature and texture, are also very important to the overall...
.
The manufacturer's website states that "Jujubes, known for their hard, break-glass quality texture, began production in 1920. Original flavors included lilac, violet, rose, spearmint, and lemon. Rose and spearmint have been changed to cherry and lime, as a result of flavor availability." Thus, the current flavor lineup is lemon (yellow), orange (orange), lime (green), cherry (red), and grape (purple).
How they are eaten
Due to the hard, dense, and resinous nature of Jujubes, the candies are often eaten as a type of hard candy - "sucked on" rather than chewed. Individual Jujubes can be allowed to gradually rehydrate in the mouth with gentle chewing. When frozen, they become brittle, and break when chewed on. It is due to their density that the 1996 Gummi Reviews published by NewTimes, Inc., stated that Jujubes are "a nearly inedible delicacy that has less in common with gummis than with those prehistoric amber droppings that were always trapping insects."Product changes over the years
The original Jujube consistency, as noted above, was hard as a rock or a fossilized bit of amber. Due to the sale of the manufacturing rights to two subsequent owners, the Jujube has changed to a chewy, loudly fruit flavored gummy that bears little resemblance to the subtly flavored, suckable original candy.Australian and New Zealand
Jubes are chewy gelatine-based sweets with some similarities to jelly-like confectionery common elsewhere. Traditionally, they are small, squishy, colorful blobs. They usually have a flat base, and are covered in a thick layer of sugar. They can be either hard or soft. Soft jubes are often half moon shaped. They are also commonly known as,'Jube Jubies, Jubies or just Joobs'. Both gumdropGumdrop
Gumdrops are a type of confectionery . They are usually brightly-colored gelatin- or pectin-based pieces, shaped like a truncated cone and coated in granulated sugar. This makes them very sweet....
s and wine gum
Wine gum
Wine gums are chewy, firm pastille-type sweets similar to gumdrops without the sugar coating. While generally manufactured from gelatin, at least one winegum, Swedish Fish, contains no gelatin; all have their own mixes containing various sweeteners, flavorings, and colorings...
s could be considered varieties of jube, as would jelly babies
Jelly baby
Jelly babies are a type of soft confectionery that look like little babies in a variety of colours. There are currently several brands of jelly babies, most predominantly Trebor Bassett , Rowntree , Norfolk Manor, and Haribo.Jelly babies were launched by Bassett's in 1918 in Sheffield...
if not for their distinctive shape. Jellie tots are also shapeless blobs and could also be considered Joobs.
Canadian
In Canada, jujubes or jubes are the name used for a particular type of "gummyGummy bears
A Gummi bear is a small, rubbery-textured confectionery, similar to a jelly baby in English-speaking countries. The candy is roughly long and shaped in the form of a bear...
" candies.
They are also soft and squishy, with their texture due to starch, gelatin, and glucose syrup. Other ingredients include sugar and flavoring. Common flavors are orange, lime, lemon, cherry, black licorice and grape.
The name originates from a hard candy to which they bear a resemblance, though in appearance only.
Guyanese
In GuyanaGuyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
jujubes are made using gelatin, sugar, water, flavoring and a variety of food colorings. The confection is most commonly cube shaped, chewy and about 3/4 of an inch thick and is covered with powdered sugar; it resembles a Turkish Delight
Turkish Delight
Turkish delight or lokum is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. Premium varieties consist largely of chopped dates, pistachios and hazelnuts or walnuts bound by the gel; the cheapest are mostly gel, generally flavored with rosewater, mastic, or lemon...
but does not contain any nut pieces. Jujubes are sold at many snack stalls and are known as "jub-jubs".
Indian
In IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, jujubes are soft, semi-gooey and sugar coated. Rajinikanth is credited, though unverifiably, with the introduction of the word "ju-ju-bi" into contemporary Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
slang to mean "easy pickings".
In 1970s there was a candy brand called Moon Drops available in India. The Moon Drops candy was sugar-covered jujubes with a somewhat sour tasting soft-gooey, fruit-flavored core.
Italian
In ItalyItaly
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, jujubes are known as "puntini" and they come in many fruit flavors and colors.
Popular culture
In the cartoon Ed Edd n Eddy, Jimmy bribes Rolf with Jujubes.In the episode, "The Stall
The Stall
"The Stall" is the seventy-sixth episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. It is the twelfth episode of the fifth season, and first aired on January 6, 1994.-Plot:...
", of the television show Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
, Elaine asks where Jerry's girlfriend was at the movie theater where he states, "she choked on a Jujube."
In the sketch "Creative Possibilities," from Season 5 - Episode 17 of The Kids in the Hall
The Kids in the Hall
The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy group formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson. Their eponymous television show ran from 1988 to 1994 on CBC in Canada, and 1989 to 1995 on CBS and HBO in the United States...
, the founder of 'Creative Possibilities' (Kevin McDonald
Kevin McDonald
Kevin Hamilton McDonald is a Canadian comedian and actor, known as a member of the Canadian sketch comedy group The Kids in the Hall.-Early life:...
), a fictitious company made to promote imagination, offers a visiting loan collector (Dave Foley
Dave Foley
David Scott "Dave" Foley is a Canadian comedian, writer, director, and producer best known for his work in The Kids in the Hall, NewsRadio, A Bug's Life, and Celebrity Poker Showdown...
) Jujubes in a teapot.
In the film Avatar, Col. Quaritch warns the newcomers to Pandora about the dangerous creatures lurking in the forest beyond the base perimeter fence, saying they all 'want to kill you and eat your eyes for Jujubes'. It might also refer to the actual fruit-bearing plant called a jujube
Jujube
Ziziphus zizyphus , commonly called jujube , red date, Chinese date, Korean date, or Indian date is a species of Ziziphus in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, used primarily as a fruiting shade tree.-Distribution:Its precise natural distribution is uncertain due to extensive cultivation,...
(Note: He stresses the E in Jujubes).
In the show Psych
Psych
Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...
, Shawn James Roday
James Roday
James Roday is an American actor and screenwriter. He currently stars on the USA Network series Psych as hyper-observant consultant detective and fake psychic Shawn Spencer.-Personal life:...
mentions Jujubes a few times.
A quote from Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
, Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
, scene-stealing in the House of Commons: "I was only looking for a jujube."http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,814405,00.html
In the film Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver is a 1976 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. The film is set in New York City, soon after the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro and features Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, and Cybill Shepherd. The film was nominated for four Academy...
, Travis asks the lady at the concession stand of the porno theater if they have Jujubes and states that they last long.
In the show "Drake & Josh
Drake & Josh
Drake & Josh is an American sitcom that premiered on the Nickelodeon television network on January 11, 2004, which follows the lives of two stepbrothers. It stars Drake Bell and Josh Peck as stepbrothers Drake Parker and Josh Nichols, respectively. Both actors had played roles in The Amanda Show,...
", Drake asks Josh to get him some Jujubes, but Josh's new friend Drew eats them all, claiming they are his favorite candy too. This leads to the discovery that Drew and Drake are almost the same person.
In the book Ulysses
Ulysses (novel)
Ulysses is a novel by the Irish author James Joyce. It was first serialised in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, in Paris. One of the most important works of Modernist literature,...
by James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
, Leopold Bloom envisions "His Majesty the King . . . sitting on his throne sucking red jujubes white."
(Joyce, James. "Ulysses". First Vintage Press Edition, 1986. Episode 8 (Lestrygonians), line 8.04, page 124)
In the Televison show "Pan Am
Pan Am (TV series)
Pan Am is an American period drama television series created by writer Jack Orman. Named for the iconic Pan American World Airways, the series focuses on the pilots and stewardesses of the airline as it operated in the early 1960s at the beginning of the commercial jet age.Sony licensed the rights...
" they are a running joke in the episode "One Coin in a Fountain".
External links
- http://www.marblehead.net/amy/jujube/
- http://guyanaoutpost.com/recipes/recipes-j.shtml#Ju-Jubes
- http://www.farleysandsathers.com/About/WhoWeAre.asp?BrandID=5