How we went from $42,000 to $6,500 and lived to tell about it!

[Farmfresh]

Welcome Freeholder!

 

[Beekissed]

Kathleen, glad you have come to the forum! I found your post quite interesting and hope you can post more about your experiences off grid and with homesteading.

 

[FarmerChick]

 

[okiegirl1]

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the key to making great creamy homemade fudge is not to stir it.

.... now back to our programing.....

 

[FarmerChick]

not to stir it, I thought you had to stir like crazy til it was done????

Hmm....

doesn't it burn or something to the bottom????

haven't made it in ages...cause it was never good..LOL

 

[okiegirl1]

no, you add your ingredients and let it melt on med, and cook until it reaches 230 degrees. you can stir a little, but don't scrape the sides of the pot, but when it gets to a soft ball stage, you take it off the heat and let cool to luke warm. This is where you don't stir at all. the sugar crystals form on the sides and if you stir you'll end up with grainy fudge. after it cools to luke warm, add your butter and vanilla and stir the devil out of it until it isn't shiny any more. takes about 5 - 10 minutes and a very sore arm.

works like a charm, very creamy, no grainys!

 

[FarmerChick]

thanks okie

that is exactly what I get, tons of grainy in the fudge and I hate that texture actually...nasty

very interesting and I wrote all that done and will try some again!

 

[GoddessDanu]

'Thank you oakie!

I was going to make fudge tomorrow and am glad I saw read your post first.

 

[miss_thenorth]

I made so much fudge over the holidays, I don't want to think about it. It was delicious though.

Now, how did this have anything to do with living on $6,500?

 

[okiegirl1]

I made so much fudge over the holidays, I don't want to think about it. It was delicious though.

Now, how did this have anything to do with living on $6,500?

I DON'T KNOW!!!!

Maybe, you could make awsome fudge and sell it to supplement your $6500 a year!