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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

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

Annie

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?

Love toffee Rob , we have one called Bonfire Toffee and it's yummy.

Annie

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.

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

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

Well you live and learn!! Bonfire Toffee!!
Alas i cannot eat toffe cos i'm in the same boat as Northern Lassie!!
No teeth!!

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! Thats gone today for another year
Jo

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

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.

butter makes it soft i best when brittle

peterd wrote:butter makes it soft i best when brittle

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

peterd wrote:butter makes it soft i best when brittle

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.

Rob wrote:

peterd wrote:butter makes it soft i best when brittle

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....

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