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Question:
Has anyone reading this ever successfully made taffy? After two tries, burned fingers, sore hands and only hard candy as a result, I think I need help. So... HELP?
Short List of Opinions that Make Me Unique:
1) I like the new Syfy branding for the SciFi channel. I actually understand the reasons for doing so, even if those reasons annoy me. Besides it's so much fun to say "SciFi is now SyFy". It's the small things.
2) Michael Jackson's death is of no importance to me and I found the constant news about it puzzling. For that matter, the rash of stories on "it's 10 year's since JFK Jr" died also puzzles me. Add to that the fact that almost every magazine has a dead celebraty on the cover as of late. I've seen Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Heath Ledger and now JFK Jr. I find it all very... incomprehensible.
3) I don't follow actors, I follow *characters*. There is no actor that I like well enough to watch in a movie that I'm not interested in.
4) I like Michael Bay films.
5) I prefer American television and cinema to British.
6) I don't like most sitcoms -- I especially don't like them if the comedy is at the expense of characterization or based upon the stupidity, boorishness or stereotypical behavior or restricts the ability of the character to change or grow. This is why I didn't fall in love with "Chuck" when it first came out... I felt the comedy came at the expense of characters rather than coming from the characters.
I better stop there or it won't be a short list.
Has anyone reading this ever successfully made taffy? After two tries, burned fingers, sore hands and only hard candy as a result, I think I need help. So... HELP?
Short List of Opinions that Make Me Unique:
1) I like the new Syfy branding for the SciFi channel. I actually understand the reasons for doing so, even if those reasons annoy me. Besides it's so much fun to say "SciFi is now SyFy". It's the small things.
2) Michael Jackson's death is of no importance to me and I found the constant news about it puzzling. For that matter, the rash of stories on "it's 10 year's since JFK Jr" died also puzzles me. Add to that the fact that almost every magazine has a dead celebraty on the cover as of late. I've seen Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Heath Ledger and now JFK Jr. I find it all very... incomprehensible.
3) I don't follow actors, I follow *characters*. There is no actor that I like well enough to watch in a movie that I'm not interested in.
4) I like Michael Bay films.
5) I prefer American television and cinema to British.
6) I don't like most sitcoms -- I especially don't like them if the comedy is at the expense of characterization or based upon the stupidity, boorishness or stereotypical behavior or restricts the ability of the character to change or grow. This is why I didn't fall in love with "Chuck" when it first came out... I felt the comedy came at the expense of characters rather than coming from the characters.
I better stop there or it won't be a short list.
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Date: 2009-07-16 06:08 pm (UTC)From:The first, most important bit is the temperature to which you cook your ingredients. You'll want it to be at least 250 degrees, but probably no more than 260. A good candy thermometer is key.
The second is to avoid working in a cold place while you pull the taffy. If you work in a space that's warm, possibly even on the edge of being somewhat uncomfortably warm, it'll give you more time before the taffy cools to pull and stretch it.
The biggest taffy pull I ever did was at church when I was a kid. The adults and older kids boiled the sugar, then we all waited around for it to cool down before we pulled it, and all the kids pulled. I remember it being really warm, but not hot or burning to the touch.
We pulled fast and long, pairing up to pull harder. We worked fast but weren't in a race or anything.
I also remember that it was really, really yummy when we were done.
Re: your list.
I totally agree with #2 and #6. I don't watch Big Bang Theory because of the stereotypes.
Good luck with the taffy!
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Date: 2009-07-18 04:57 am (UTC)From:About your list:
I can sympathize with your #2 and #6.
#3, well, that's just you. :]
#4 i have to comment.
#5 I'm not really sure.
#1 just made me smile :]
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Date: 2009-07-20 03:38 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2009-07-20 03:39 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2009-07-21 04:24 am (UTC)From:Yes. This.
I simply cannot STAND humor based on "isn't he/she just so DUMB?!?!?!" It's not funny to me!
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Date: 2009-07-21 11:29 am (UTC)From: