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It is only Oct and yes the fireworks have started
I love bonfire nite...well I like the toffee
but we will now have this until Xmas

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They have started here also it's none stop some nights , don't know how they can afford :shock: :o , don't mention toffee I love it.

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What!!!????
Toffee!!!???
What's toffee got to do with Bonfire Night???
Is that something they do up 't north? :?
Annie you eat toffee as well?
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Love toffee Rob , we have one called Bonfire Toffee and it's yummy. :P

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Rob wrote:What!!!????
Toffee!!!???
What's toffee got to do with Bonfire Night???
Is that something they do up 't north? :?
Annie you eat toffee as well?


Bonfire toffee is brilliant! We always had it and I am an east Midlands girl.
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Rob wrote:What!!!????
Toffee!!!???
What's toffee got to do with Bonfire Night???
Is that something they do up 't north? :?
Annie you eat toffee as well?


Yeah Toffee is the best thing about bonfire nite
I have to suck it though....no teeth

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this is the one i make should put it in for cooking topic

http://britishfood.about.com/od/festive ... parkin.htm


it's got to have the black treacle and golden syurp in to be proper bonfire toffee :grin:
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:o Well you live and learn!! Bonfire Toffee!!
Alas i cannot eat toffe cos i'm in the same boat as Northern Lassie!!
No teeth!! :cry:
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I've never heard of bonfire toffee :?
Fireworks always go off round here. Theres two big hotels, Judges and Crathorne Hall near us and the wedding parties have fireworks. I did hear more over the weekend though, amongst the noise coming from Yarm Fair! :roll: Thats gone today for another year :)
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Lots of this weekends fireworks have been for Divali - Hindu New Year's Eve Sat and New Year's Day today - Festival of Light I think - hence the fireworks
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Original Bonfire Toffee
Ingredients
300g / 12oz Demerarar sugar
100g / 4oz butter
2 level tablespoons of golden syrup
1 level tablespoon of black treacle
4 tablespoons of water

Method
(1) Put all the ingredients into a pan.

(1) Heat slowly, stirring until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves.

(1) Bring to the boil. Cover the pan, and boil gently for 2 minutes.

(1) Uncover the pan, and continue to boil for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

(1) Test by dropping a little of the mixture into a cup of cold water. It should seperate into brittle threads.

(1) Pour into a buttered 15cm / 6in square tin, and leave to set.

(1) Turn out on a board, and break up with a small hammer.

Makes about 500g / 1LB of Toffee.
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butter makes it soft i best when brittle :lol:
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peterd wrote:butter makes it soft i best when brittle :lol:


I always thought butter wouldn't melt in your mouth Peterd!
You are best when you are brittle are you Peterd?

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peterd wrote:butter makes it soft i best when brittle :lol:


Is that a euphenism?
Meaning your at your best when you're brittle? You mean when you're " vulnernable " don't you?
Well that' s ok Peterd,i've been in touch with my feminine side for years and years.
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Rob wrote:
peterd wrote:butter makes it soft i best when brittle :lol:


Is that a euphenism?
Meaning your at your best when you're brittle? You mean when you're " vulnernable " don't you?
Well that' s ok Peterd,i've been in touch with my feminine side for years and years.


Ah bless Rob.... :grin:

I think you are rite Rob....Pd has a tuff shell but gooey in the middle
like a little marshmallow
:lol:
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