"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 3/2/2013 9:51 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> My mom always used the method of putting the pan in a bowl of ice water.
>> Then beating the hell out of it.
>
> Now that's a technique that I've never heard of. Beating the hell out of
> your fudge mix would be great except that whenever I made fudge, it felt
> like the fudge was beating the hell out of me. Cooling the fudge while
> mixing constantly was quite tiring even for a younger me. These days, it
> might kill me.
>
> I never used an ice water bath but that would speed things up. It's not
> usually done because it might cool the mix down too fast and cause the
> premature formation of sugar crystals. OTOH, that wouldn't be a problem
> for you. You were lucky to have a mom that made fudge. Any kid would be.

Sure was! Nobody ever made fudge for me)

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