"Sheldon Martin" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 14:03:44 -0800 (PST), "
> > wrote:
>
>>On Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 11:28:40 PM UTC-6, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>
>>> This the REAL fudge recipe I've been using lately. Its a PITA
>>> stirring, but turns out awesome shit. Next time (my 5th) I'll
>>> trying using the kitchenaid mixer.
>>>
>>> https://www.hersheys.com/kitchens/en...coa-fudge.html
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>
>>This is the fudge my mother always made and the recipe was on the side of
>>the can, do they still put on the can? Anyway, I can remember her cooking
>>it
>>and cooking it and cooking it and we kids thought it would never reach the
>>softball stage as we did not have a candy thermometer. Even without the
>>candy thermometer, she knew exactly when to start beating it so it would
>>be *just right* to pour into a large oval platter to finish setting up.
>>
>>It just wasn't Christmas without a covered candy dish full of fudge
>>squares.
>
> My favorite fudge was a Welches Fudge bar... I don't think they are
> sold anymore. When I was very young my uncle sold them at his grocery
> store in the southern Catskills, Woodridge, and I'd steal lots of
> them, at five years old I couldn't resist that chocolately goodness,
> of course his son Robby, my cousin couldn't resist either. We'd both
> pig out on candy from the store. One day we both pigged out on
> butter, we each ate an entire 1/4 pound stick of butter and boy did we
> get sick.
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I never liked candy bars very much but I did like that one. It was the only
candy bar I bought, until they stopped making them. It was also cheaper. 5
cents for that. Most other bars were 10 cents.