Crystals started to grow out of the drying minerals, similar to how sugar crystals grow when you make rock candy.

干燥的矿物开始长出晶体，就像制作冰糖时长出糖晶体一样。

Another kind of candy, called rock candy, was easier to make.

另一种叫做冰糖的糖果更容易制作。

But rock candies of the time were made from cane sugar processed by slaves.

但当时的冰糖是由奴隶加工的蔗糖制成的。

It was as hard as rock candy and as tasteless as sawdust and after one bite Scarlett hastily handed it back amid roars of laughter.

卷了像冰糖一样坚硬，像锯木屑屑似的毫无味道，所以思嘉咬了一口就在士兵们的哄笑声中还给了他们。.