Rock (confectionery)
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In the United Kingdom, there is a kind of confectionery called seaside rock or, more usually, rock, which is often made and sold at tourist (usually seaside) resorts. Rock is manufactured as tubular sticks, generally about 1/2 inch (12mm) in diameter and 12 inches (300mm) long. These cylinders usually have a pattern embedded throughout the length, which is often the name of the resort where the rock was sold. Thus it is often called Brighton rock or Blackpool rock or Margate rock etcetera. It is usually made so that the name can be read on one end of the stick and remains legible even when pieces are bitten off. As the character Ida says in Graham Greene's novel Brighton Rock, "It's like those sticks of rock: bite it all the way down, you'll still read Brighton."
Rock is a different product than American rock candy; it more closely resembles a harder candy cane. The word "candy" is not usually used for confectionery in the UK.
Rock is also available in Ireland, although to a lesser extent.
External link
- Seaside rock - classic confection (http://www.laterlife.com/laterlife-seaside-rock.htm)