Talk:Coconut Candy/@comment-64.81.53.223-20100428001850

in response to cold water being used, it's used to test the appropriate stage which the sugar is to be cooked, you can also use a candy thermometor, sugar cooks through 6 stages: 1) soft ball, 2) hard ball, 3) thread, 4) soft crack, 5) hard crack, 6) caramel.