You , my dear, are an inspiration! NO IDOLIZING. NO IDOLIZING. NO IDOLIZING. MUST NOT IDOLIZE! You are a mere woman. I think?!? But how can a mere woman make so many delicious concoctions so beautifully, so tastily, so inexpensively, while in the presence of two sweet and zippity-do-da girls, with a belly in the way of the stove and counter space the size of tom thumbs kitchen? While still remaining sane?!?!?
My 'sponge candy looks exactly like your nut rocha. It didn't turn out 'spongy' at all. So-it is funny, is it not-that I was not worried and mine flopped...and you were, and yours was perfecto? WHY?!?! WHHHHHHHHHHHY!?!??! :-)
Just barely in time is how I managed it, even though I had packed clothes and presents the day before, and I still had to take cookie dough with me to finish up in Nanticoke.
It was so good to visit with you guys on Saturday and Sunday both!
Rebecca, Firstly, PSHAW to your opening blither-blather. :)
Thanks to our neighbor's gift of a table, my "counter" space has increased two-fold! Even so, the kitchen was in shambles when I left it at two o'clock in the morning, and I didn't bother cleaning it until hours after the sun rose.
What recipe did you use for the sponge? Mine was actually called Honeycomb candy, and it called for only a few ingredients (dark corn syrup, sugar, vinegar, baking soda, chocolate). Even though it tastes good, it didn't look or taste like the "sponge" that I thought it would be. The center needed to be of a much finer consistency. Ah, well. Here's to next year's attempts.
Abby,
ReplyDeleteYour homemade candies look delicious! How did you manage all the candy-making and getting ready to leave for Nanti-choke?
Oh, did John get Scott's return email?
See you soon!
You , my dear, are an inspiration! NO IDOLIZING. NO IDOLIZING. NO IDOLIZING. MUST NOT IDOLIZE! You are a mere woman. I think?!? But how can a mere woman make so many delicious concoctions so beautifully, so tastily, so inexpensively, while in the presence of two sweet and zippity-do-da girls, with a belly in the way of the stove and counter space the size of tom thumbs kitchen? While still remaining sane?!?!?
ReplyDeleteMy 'sponge candy looks exactly like your nut rocha. It didn't turn out 'spongy' at all. So-it is funny, is it not-that I was not worried and mine flopped...and you were, and yours was perfecto? WHY?!?! WHHHHHHHHHHHY!?!??! :-)
Leah,
ReplyDeleteJust barely in time is how I managed it, even though I had packed clothes and presents the day before, and I still had to take cookie dough with me to finish up in Nanticoke.
It was so good to visit with you guys on Saturday and Sunday both!
Rebecca,
Firstly, PSHAW to your opening blither-blather. :)
Thanks to our neighbor's gift of a table, my "counter" space has increased two-fold! Even so, the kitchen was in shambles when I left it at two o'clock in the morning, and I didn't bother cleaning it until hours after the sun rose.
What recipe did you use for the sponge? Mine was actually called Honeycomb candy, and it called for only a few ingredients (dark corn syrup, sugar, vinegar, baking soda, chocolate). Even though it tastes good, it didn't look or taste like the "sponge" that I thought it would be. The center needed to be of a much finer consistency. Ah, well. Here's to next year's attempts.