[Sca-cooks] Candy question, mostly...

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Sugar's an interesting beast.  Any time I read about candy techniques
> I'm reminded of nothing so much as forge metallurgy.  The range of
> different effects you can get from one basic substance just by varying
> how hot you get it and how you let it cool afterwards is amazing.
>
> -Lorenz

Yeah- that's why my initial thought as far as making the fudge a bit harder,
is to let it cook a bit beyond the soft ball stage- but, just as with steel,
where different material content, such as iron, carbon, and inclusions may
change the characteristics of the final product, I thought I'd phrase my
question as I did to see if, perhaps, a bit more or less of sugar, cocoa,
butter, vanilla, or whatever might make a difference in the solidity of the
final candy.

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

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