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Saturday, February 14, 2004
Welcome to the Confessional Confectional Bless me, Fannie Farmer, for I have thinned...or mismeasured. It has been years since my last confession. Here are my sins:
On a few occasions, I have had impure (imitation) vanilla flavorings in my cupboard.
From time to time, I have held lust in my heart...for Williams-Sonoma.
And finally, try as I might, I have failed to make fudge. [Pauses while Beavis and Butthead laugh.]
I have tried on several occasions to make this simple Marshmallow Fluff chocolate concoction, and I always seem to screw it up somehow. I miss a recipe step, an ingredient or read them in the wrong order. The fudge becomes too thin and too soft, and granules of sugar can be felt on the tognue...it, it just won't set properly.
Also, I must confess that while I've tried, failed and felt guilt over my ineptness (despite being a pretty good cook) at creating this chocolate treat, which my husband adores, I -- a confirmed chocoholic in the eyes of Godiva and the whole world -- am not all that disappointed because...well, Godiva, forgive me -- I don't really like homemade chocolate fudge! There I've said it.
For these and for all of my culinary sins--not letting a cake cool enough before trying to remove it from the pan, adding cornstarch directly to a sauce to thicken it without making a slurry first, and for sometimes using rounded not level teaspoons, I am truly sorry. I ask for penance and absolution.
