A great pasta dish for any occasion:
Melt the butter in a fairly large heavy-bottomed casserole, stir in the sugar and remove the saucepan from the kitchen stove.
Pour in the water, vinegar and syrup, stir at a low temperature until the sugar is dissolved. The mixture must not make under any circumstances.
Add the prepared vermicelli.
Put the sugar thermometer in the caseroll.
Allow the sugar solution to bubble, making steadily for 15 to 20 minutes until the sugar thermometer reads 152 degrees.
Pour the toffee into the greased mold and cool. As soon as you can handle it, rub your hands lightly with butter. Using two forks, fish a few vermicelli out of the mold and use both hands to quickly roll them up into small, bite-sized pasta nests. Continue in this manner.
Place all pasta nests on a greased tray or plate and set.
Wrap each individual pasta hair toffee in plastic wrap or possibly aluminum foil or possibly cellophane to prevent them from sticking together.