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	hard-ball stage hard cider hard sauce hard wheat hard-ball stage Harvard beets Harvey Wallbanger Havarti cheese Definition: A test for sugar syrup desribing the point at which a drop of boiling syrup immersed in cold water forms a rigid ball. Though the ball is hard, it will still be somewhat pliable. On a candy thermometer, the hard-ball stage is between 250 degrees and 265 degrees F. --Copyright (c) 1995 by Barron's Educational Series, from The New Food Lover's Companion, Second Edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst
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