Right. When I was little, I used to make fudge. Simple recipe:
1lb sugar
4oz marg
Small tin evaporated milk.
It never, EVER failed. It produced a granular fudge, varying in firmness depending on how long I cooked it. Sometimes I cooked it to a weak tea colour. Sometimes I cooked it to a coffee colour. Sometimes, if I was careless, it ended up with burnt bits in it but it still tasted fine.
The point is, whatever I did, however long I cooked it for, it turned into granular fudge.
It never went wrong. At the risk of boring everyone, I can't stress this enough.
BUT NOW!!!!
It goes to toffee. Whether I cook it pale, or dark, or fast, or slow, it keeps turning to toffee!!! Sometimes, the middle goes granular and fudge-y and the edges go to toffee, but mainly, lately, it's been toffee all the way rather than the fudge I used to make.
What the hell is happening??? Same recipe. Same (admittedly varying) method. Completely different result.
IN FACT!! I've just remembered - when I used to cook it as a child, I actively TRIED to make toffee a few times because I loved toffee. Never worked. However long/short the cooking time, it always stayed resolutely fudge
I need Heston, don't I?
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HELP! FUDGE/TOFFEE! REPEATED DISASTER!!!
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CalamityKate · 11/02/2012 16:08
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