SC - ?OOP Taffy

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- -Poster: Jean Holtom <Snowfire at mail/snet.net>

Is taffy the same thing as toffee?  Also how do you make it chewy vs brittle?
 
Elysant
BTW Taffy is also the nickname for a Welsh person - like myself!!! ;-)

>More or less. It suffers from metal fatigue, in a way. Most taffies
>should be hard enough to break cleanly when flexed quickly or snapped,
>but will bend if flexed slowly, if you know what I mean. Its crystal
>structure, or the lack thereof, is derived from the same stretching of
>the hot sugar you see in some period recipes. Gen-yoo-wine Atlantic City
>Salt Water Taffy seems to be a bit softer than other varieties, but also
>usually comes wrapped individually in small pieces, so flexing is a
>problem anyway.
 
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