my hokey pokey is all gooey (and no...I shouldn't be posting under health...)

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what did I do wrong? It's pretty tasty but very gooey.

Whats hokey pokey? Is this a jokey?

I'm going to try this out today.

Have you tried putting your right leg in, right leg out, in out in out and shaking it all about?

Was this Nigella's recipe? I tried it too, and mine was very gooey. Not at all like hers looked. Perhaps it's the length of time it's on the heat?

ok mi. despite the fact that I am constantly telling the girls not to jig around when there's hot food about I'll give it a go. I'll just have to make sure they don;t see.

oh we're making this today....

Gah! Knew it looked too fecking easy.

Another ecipe I have for cnder toffee says you have to dip it in water (in, out, in then out. the shake it all about.)

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cinder toffee 9hokey pokey bollocky tossy whatever) is just sugar, bicarb, syrup butter I think.

This is the only recipe for cinder toffee I've ever known to work.

Just attempted some and although it looked right andbehaved right, it tasted strongly of burtn sugar
Ho hum, backto the chopping board

thanks for posting that Mrs Tweedy. I might give it another go. It's very irritating of Nigella to do something without mentioning crucial things like if you don;t cook it for long enough it won't work. I don't mind her giving the impression that it's easy - it clearly is - but I do mind her giving she gives the distinct impression that it doesn;t really matter how long/to what temp you cook it for - when it does. means I waste a load of golden syrup (although it did still get consumed .

She says something about def NOT stirring when on the heat too.

no stirring here...only shaking - just like N.

LOL at first half of this post.

wondered if it was a MN euphemism i'd missed out on....
curiosity is going to beat me now and hunt for nigellas recipe to see what you are on about and whether i would have a gooey one too

BEWARE! BEWARE! I pulled out half a filling sampling my last batch

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