Little Susie Homebreaker

Taffy Pull!

I'm going to pull taffy this Halloween. I've invited some crazy cooks over to help me... apparently you have to pull, pull, and pull— until you collapse— that's when you know it's ready.

The taffy link I've posted is from the wonderful Exploratorium in San Francisco, a "kids" science museum that adults go crazy over. It's actually called "a museum of art, science, and human perception." Yes!

We're throwing a candy-making cabal. It all started last year when I had the grand idea that we should make chocolate razor blades, as a spoof on trick-or-treat hysteria. But I could not figure out how to make the "blades" thin enough!

This year, I'm just going to get down to the basics. I want to use some old-school candy recipes that I used to make with my mom when I was a kid— see below. My fondest memories of my mom are from when we made candy together, and then ate it all in one sitting watching "Get Smart" on our black-and-white Zenith.

The first is the Fudge recipe that we found on the back page of Ian Fleming's book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Yes, it's James Bond fudge!  I've translated all the British measurements for you:

Eat Me Now Ask Me How

I've rarely felt so aroused and hungry at the same time.

You can see all the positions of yumminess at a site created by ardent, philosphical, drug-geek hedonists. What lovely people.

However, they give no clue who the artist is.

Apparently, you can buy the eight-bar set at a snooty chocolate web boutique, although they warn you:

Although tastefully done, the illustrations on these bars are quite graphic and adventurous in nature, including nudity, and are not for everybody.

Well, I wouldn't want anything less!

thanks to monsieur brown for the tip.