SOMETIMES FAILURE IS DUE TO THE WEATHER ONTHE DAY YOU MAKE CANDY. YEARS AGO I TRIED DIVINITY FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT ENDED UP LIKE TAFFY INSTEAD OF THE NICE LIGHT AND DRY DIVINITY. SINCE I FELT IT USED A GOOD BIT OF EXPENSE FOR THE INGREDIENTS, I WAS DETEREMINED TO USE IT ANYWAY AND JUST GIVE IN AND SAY IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD TAFFY. THE BEATERS WERE LITERALLY STUCK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWL. I COULD HARDLY GET THE BEATERS OUT OF THE BOWL. MY KIDS HAD FUN EATING THE WASTE AND THE CLEAN UP WAS A TASK. HOWEVER, I SAVED A GOOD BIT OF "TAFFY". I PUT INTO TINS WITH EACH PIECE WRAPPED IN WAXED PAPER AND PAPER BETWEEN LAYERS. FOR SOME REASON, WHEN I GOT THE TAFFY OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, IT ENDED UP BEING THE MOST DELICIOUS DIVINITY I EVER ATE. WHEN THINKING BACK ALL I COULD SAY IS THE MOISTURE MUST HAVE DRIED OUT. NO SIGN OF TAFFY.
SOMETIMES FAILURE IS DUE TO THE WEATHER ONTHE DAY YOU MAKE CANDY. YEARS AGO I TRIED DIVINITY FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT ENDED UP LIKE TAFFY INSTEAD OF THE NICE LIGHT AND DRY DIVINITY. SINCE I FELT IT USED A GOOD BIT OF EXPENSE FOR THE INGREDIENTS, I WAS DETEREMINED TO USE IT ANYWAY AND JUST GIVE IN AND SAY IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD TAFFY. THE BEATERS WERE LITERALLY STUCK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWL. I COULD HARDLY GET THE BEATERS OUT OF THE BOWL. MY KIDS HAD FUN EATING THE WASTE AND THE CLEAN UP WAS A TASK. HOWEVER, I SAVED A GOOD BIT OF "TAFFY". I PUT INTO TINS WITH EACH PIECE WRAPPED IN WAXED PAPER AND PAPER BETWEEN LAYERS. FOR SOME REASON, WHEN I GOT THE TAFFY OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, IT ENDED UP BEING THE MOST DELICIOUS DIVINITY I EVER ATE. WHEN THINKING BACK ALL I COULD SAY IS THE MOISTURE MUST HAVE DRIED OUT. NO SIGN OF TAFFY.