GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes Back
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackFudge or the shop? I'm withholding my judgement(Original post by *Corinna*)
haha interesting, I don't think I've tried it.
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackKnow the feeling. Good luck!(Original post by *Corinna*)
haha both. Tbh I am not a huge fudge fun.
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackI dunno, the fudge I had from Guernsey was eudaimonic!(Original post by sj27)
Seriously...if you like fudge, you'll have a hard time finding better. I reckon it's worth the train ride from London just for that!
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackHmm...(Original post by sj27)
Seriously...if you like fudge, you'll have a hard time finding better. I reckon it's worth the train ride from London just for that!
I've been really disappointed by fudge in England. Most of it isn't anything like South African fudge (apparently its all 'American' style). SA fudge was always hard and crumbly, where stuff here is quite soft. I definitely prefer crumbly fudge.
There's a 'fudge kitchen' on Kings Parade that everyone raves on about, but I went in there literally once in four years, because it just isn't my kind of thing.
Fitzbillies' rum truffles on the other hand...
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackI can't stand American fudge. If you are talking about the typical "homemade" style SA fudge - this is like that, in all sorts of incredible flavours. And she makes it right there in the shop!(Original post by Craghyrax)
Hmm...
I've been really disappointed by fudge in England. Most of it isn't anything like South African fudge (apparently its all 'American' style). SA fudge was always hard and crumbly, where stuff here is quite soft. I definitely prefer crumbly fudge.
Eta: I once bought fudge from a shop in Norwich that the locals raved about - can't remember the name - and wasn't particularly impressed with it.Last edited by sj27; 13-04-2012 at 18:43. -
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackSounds more like Scottish fudge then. That tends to be quite crumbly. Failing that you might want to try tablet. It seems like the closest thing to the fudge you are familiar with.(Original post by Craghyrax)
Hmm...
I've been really disappointed by fudge in England. Most of it isn't anything like South African fudge (apparently its all 'American' style). SA fudge was always hard and crumbly, where stuff here is quite soft. I definitely prefer crumbly fudge. -
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackOnly a man with John Adams as his avatar would use such a word!!!(Original post by Magnum Opus)
I dunno, the fudge I had from Guernsey was eudaimonic! -
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Yes, as far as I can tell tablet is identical(Original post by obi_adorno_kenobi)
Sounds more like Scottish fudge then. That tends to be quite crumbly. Failing that you might want to try tablet. It seems like the closest thing to the fudge you are familiar with.
But you don't see it around much. The best I've found in supermarkets is the 'Burnt Sugar' fudge.
Yes I did mean the home made stuff(Original post by sj27)
I can't stand American fudge. If you are talking about the typical "homemade" style SA fudge - this is like that, in all sorts of incredible flavours. And she makes it right there in the shop!
Eta: I once bought fudge from a shop in Norwich that the locals raved about - can't remember the name - and wasn't particularly impressed with it. And ok... I won't ask you to remember the shop then 
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackHmm, well I can get you a recipe from my gran. Failing that try Morrisons they tend to stock things like this since they are a Yorkshire company. Almost always find my haggis, potato farls, and other Scottish foods there. I could send you some from the sweet shop in town!(Original post by Craghyrax)
Yes, as far as I can tell tablet is identical But you don't see it around much. The best I've found in supermarkets is the 'Burnt Sugar' fudge.
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackHaha thanks. Perhaps I miscommunicated myself. I don't have any trouble finding this sort of fudge if I want to. Its usually in big supermarkets and Oxfam (I think Burnt Sugar is a fair trade/ethical label). I was just using this distinction to express scepticism towards sj27's praise for the Windsor fudge shop, because my first assumption was that it would be the kind of fudge I don't like, since every dedicated fudge shop I've encountered in England has done American fudge, not tablet.(Original post by obi_adorno_kenobi)
Hmm, well I can get you a recipe from my gran. Failing that try Morrisons they tend to stock things like this since they are a Yorkshire company. Almost always find my haggis, potato farls, and other Scottish foods there. I could send you some from the sweet shop in town!
Also I've tried making fudge many a time with many recipes, and always failed abysmally
I think its really hard without a sugar thermometer. Luckily my fiance does a very good job 
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes Backthanks(Original post by Craghyrax)
Know the feeling. Good luck!
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackOhhhhhhh. I see. Well I share your concerns about wet stucky substances maskerading as fudge(Original post by Craghyrax)
Haha thanks. Perhaps I miscommunicated myself. I don't have any trouble finding this sort of fudge if I want to. Its usually in big supermarkets and Oxfam (I think Burnt Sugar is a fair trade/ethical label). I was just using this distinction to express scepticism towards sj27's praise for the Windsor fudge shop, because my first assumption was that it would be the kind of fudge I don't like, since every dedicated fudge shop I've encountered in England has done American fudge, not tablet.
There's the old ball in a glass of cold water test but you're right, having a thermometer makes the process so much easier. My dad never bothered with one, I think after all those years of sugar craft he just went by instinct.Also I've tried making fudge many a time with many recipes, and always failed abysmally I think its really hard without a sugar thermometer. Luckily my fiance does a very good job
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes Backeudaimonic? What does this mean?? In ancient Greek it means being possessed by a good daimon/god (so being lucky etc)(Original post by Magnum Opus)
I dunno, the fudge I had from Guernsey was eudaimonic! -
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackYep. Well presumably if I had one success I could remember what I did and replicate it, but so far I've ended up with anything from a sludgy bowl of insufficiently melted sugar drowned in melted butter, to dark brown toffee so hard you needed a pick-axe to break it(Original post by obi_adorno_kenobi)
There's the old ball in a glass of cold water test but you're right, having a thermometer makes the process so much easier. My dad never bothered with one, I think after all those years of sugar craft he just went by instinct.
Really wound me up in my teens because I prided myself on my culinary abilities
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackThat'd be its literal meaning yeah, but philosophically it defines the highest virtue, the ultimate good, like so good it's supernaturally good (and thus impossible to actually attain in life, but what humans should strive for). So it's just like saying "this fudge is divine" obviously it's not literally a deity, but it has qualities which are just soo good.(Original post by *Corinna*)
eudaimonic? What does this mean?? In ancient Greek it means being possessed by a good daimon/god (so being lucky etc)
Trying to refine this concept to 4 lines and analogously about fudge isn't coming across well haha -
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackIs tablet that hard to get hold of? It's quite common up here - I guess that's probably a result of being so close to the border, perhaps. Our daily paper at home is the Scotsman
Thorntons sell it, I assume they sell the same stuff in all their shops... -
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Re: GOGSoc Episode V: The GOG Strikes BackI can make fudge, I dislike it though. Yes even the one in Windsor, yes even the one in Oxford which looks like its the same as the one in Windsor.
Do you know what's awesome? Pizza. There are people who don't like pizza. Seriously!?!1
But you don't see it around much. The best I've found in supermarkets is the 'Burnt Sugar' fudge.
