Re: Scored some Vanilla

Wayne Boatwright wrote on 14 May 2006 in rec.food.cooking

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On Sun 14 May 2006 02:22:38p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it

zxcvbob?

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Dave Smith said:

Some friends from Texas were her for dinner last night and
remembered me talking about vanilla last year so they
brought me some. Gawd I hope it's good, not lie the last
Mexican Vanilla gave me, because if it is I am going to
take them up on their offer to ship more up, or bring more
up with them since they stay here for the summer. The best
deal I can get on vanilla here is $22 per half litre. The
stuff they brought is from a friend who gets it in Mexico
for $1.50 a litre. It's a hell of a deal if it's good.

Tone's vanilla extract is about $6.50 per pint at Sam's. It was over
$20 last year. I'm talking about real vanilla, not imitation. HTH

:-)

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Bob

I recently bought a pint bottle of Rodelle Pure Vanilla at Costco for
around $9.00. It seems to taste as good as Penzey's Single Strength
Vanilla at $27.95/pint.

There have been Past threads on Mexican Vanilla. Some pointing to the
fact that it can be NOT pure vanilla. The Mexican vanilla can be laced
with a dangerous compound, which escapes my memory at present...Tanka?,
tanko...or some such is it's name...

Care should be taken with mexican vanilla.

--
-Alan

Mr Libido Incognito said:

Wayne Boatwright wrote on 14 May 2006 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

On Sun 14 May 2006 02:22:38p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it

zxcvbob?

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Dave Smith wrote:

>Some friends from Texas were her for dinner last night and
>remembered me talking about vanilla last year so they
>brought me some. Gawd I hope it's good, not lie the last
>Mexican Vanilla gave me, because if it is I am going to
>take them up on their offer to ship more up, or bring more
>up with them since they stay here for the summer. The best
>deal I can get on vanilla here is $22 per half litre. The
>stuff they brought is from a friend who gets it in Mexico
>for $1.50 a litre. It's a hell of a deal if it's good.
>
>

Tone's vanilla extract is about $6.50 per pint at Sam's. It was over
$20 last year. I'm talking about real vanilla, not imitation. HTH

:-)

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Bob

I recently bought a pint bottle of Rodelle Pure Vanilla at Costco for
around $9.00. It seems to taste as good as Penzey's Single Strength
Vanilla at $27.95/pint.

There have been Past threads on Mexican Vanilla. Some pointing to the
fact that it can be NOT pure vanilla. The Mexican vanilla can be laced
with a dangerous compound, which escapes my memory at present...Tanka?,
tanko...or some such is it's name...

Care should be taken with mexican vanilla.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonka_bean

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Feeling brand new and I jumped up
Feeling my highs, and my lows
In my soul, and my goals
Just to stop smokin, and stop drinkin
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Just to get by, just to get by" -Talib Kweli

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Wayne Boatwright wrote on 14 May 2006 in rec.food.cooking

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On Sun 14 May 2006 02:22:38p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it

zxcvbob?

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Dave Smith wrote:
> Some friends from Texas were her for dinner last night and
> remembered me talking about vanilla last year so they
> brought me some. Gawd I hope it's good, not lie the last
> Mexican Vanilla gave me, because if it is I am going to
> take them up on their offer to ship more up, or bring more
> up with them since they stay here for the summer. The best
> deal I can get on vanilla here is $22 per half litre. The
> stuff they brought is from a friend who gets it in Mexico
> for $1.50 a litre. It's a hell of a deal if it's good.
>
>

Tone's vanilla extract is about $6.50 per pint at Sam's. It was over
$20 last year. I'm talking about real vanilla, not imitation. HTH

:-)

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Bob

I recently bought a pint bottle of Rodelle Pure Vanilla at Costco for
around $9.00. It seems to taste as good as Penzey's Single Strength
Vanilla at $27.95/pint.

There have been Past threads on Mexican Vanilla. Some pointing to the
fact that it can be NOT pure vanilla. The Mexican vanilla can be laced
with a dangerous compound, which escapes my memory at present...Tanka?,
tanko...or some such is it's name...

Care should be taken with mexican vanilla.

--
-Alan

What type of 'care' are you speaking of? Boiling it? Or chosing another
vanilla from another place? Where are the beans grown that produce the best
vanilla? If you know. This is not a quiz or a challenge ;-)))

I unbottle the Costco vanilla and put it in a glass jar, so I don't know
where it is from; does anyone know?
Thanks,
Dee Dee

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Wayne Boatwright wrote on 14 May 2006 in rec.food.cooking

> On Sun 14 May 2006 02:22:38p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
zxcvbob?
>
> > Dave Smith wrote:
> >> Some friends from Texas were her for dinner last night and
> >> remembered me talking about vanilla last year so they
> >> brought me some. Gawd I hope it's good, not lie the last
> >> Mexican Vanilla gave me, because if it is I am going to
> >> take them up on their offer to ship more up, or bring more
> >> up with them since they stay here for the summer. The best
> >> deal I can get on vanilla here is $22 per half litre. The
> >> stuff they brought is from a friend who gets it in Mexico
> >> for $1.50 a litre. It's a hell of a deal if it's good.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Tone's vanilla extract is about $6.50 per pint at Sam's. It was over
> > $20 last year. I'm talking about real vanilla, not imitation. HTH
:-)
> >
> > Bob
> >
>
> I recently bought a pint bottle of Rodelle Pure Vanilla at Costco for
> around $9.00. It seems to taste as good as Penzey's Single Strength
> Vanilla at $27.95/pint.
>

There have been Past threads on Mexican Vanilla. Some pointing to the
fact that it can be NOT pure vanilla. The Mexican vanilla can be laced
with a dangerous compound, which escapes my memory at present...Tanka?,
tanko...or some such is it's name...

Care should be taken with mexican vanilla.

--
-Alan

What type of 'care' are you speaking of? Boiling it? Or chosing another
vanilla from another place? Where are the beans grown that produce the
best vanilla? If you know. This is not a quiz or a challenge ;-)))

And the answer is: Madagascar.

Depends on when you bought it. I don't think my local Costco had the
Madagascar vanilla until about 6 months ago. Before that they had
McCormick's vanilla.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

On Mon 15 May 2006 06:02:21a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Mr Libido
Incognito?

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Wayne Boatwright wrote on 14 May 2006 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

On Sun 14 May 2006 02:22:38p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
zxcvbob?

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Dave Smith wrote:
> Some friends from Texas were her for dinner last night and
> remembered me talking about vanilla last year so they
> brought me some. Gawd I hope it's good, not lie the last
> Mexican Vanilla gave me, because if it is I am going to
> take them up on their offer to ship more up, or bring more
> up with them since they stay here for the summer. The best
> deal I can get on vanilla here is $22 per half litre. The
> stuff they brought is from a friend who gets it in Mexico
> for $1.50 a litre. It's a hell of a deal if it's good.
>
>

Tone's vanilla extract is about $6.50 per pint at Sam's. It was over
$20 last year. I'm talking about real vanilla, not imitation. HTH

:-)

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Bob

I recently bought a pint bottle of Rodelle Pure Vanilla at Costco for
around $9.00. It seems to taste as good as Penzey's Single Strength
Vanilla at $27.95/pint.

There have been Past threads on Mexican Vanilla. Some pointing to the
fact that it can be NOT pure vanilla. The Mexican vanilla can be laced
with a dangerous compound, which escapes my memory at present...Tanka?,
tanko...or some such is it's name...

Care should be taken with mexican vanilla.

The Rodelle vanilla I bought is not Mexican vanilla, although they do also
make a mexican style vanilla. The toxic ingredient is coumarin. This web
site has information on both...

http://www.customblendinginc.com/retailproducts.htm

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"How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?"

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On Mon, 15 May 2006 14:18:36 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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>> "Mr Libido Incognito" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote on 14 May 2006 in rec.food.cooking
>>>
>>>> On Sun 14 May 2006 02:22:38p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
>>> zxcvbob?
>>>>
>>>> > Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> >> Some friends from Texas were her for dinner last night and
>>>> >> remembered me talking about vanilla last year so they
>>>> >> brought me some. Gawd I hope it's good, not lie the last
>>>> >> Mexican Vanilla gave me, because if it is I am going to
>>>> >> take them up on their offer to ship more up, or bring more
>>>> >> up with them since they stay here for the summer. The best
>>>> >> deal I can get on vanilla here is $22 per half litre. The
>>>> >> stuff they brought is from a friend who gets it in Mexico
>>>> >> for $1.50 a litre. It's a hell of a deal if it's good.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Tone's vanilla extract is about $6.50 per pint at Sam's. It was
>>>> > over
>>>> > $20 last year. I'm talking about real vanilla, not imitation.
>>>> > HTH
>>> :-)
>>>> >
>>>> > Bob
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> I recently bought a pint bottle of Rodelle Pure Vanilla at Costco
>>>> for
>>>> around $9.00. It seems to taste as good as Penzey's Single Strength
>>>> Vanilla at $27.95/pint.
>>>>
>>>
>>> There have been Past threads on Mexican Vanilla. Some pointing to the
>>> fact that it can be NOT pure vanilla. The Mexican vanilla can be
>>> laced
>>> with a dangerous compound, which escapes my memory at
>>> present...Tanka?,
>>> tanko...or some such is it's name...
>>>
>>> Care should be taken with mexican vanilla.
>>>
>>> --
>>> -Alan
>>
>> What type of 'care' are you speaking of? Boiling it? Or chosing
>> another
>> vanilla from another place? Where are the beans grown that produce
>> the
>> best vanilla? If you know. This is not a quiz or a challenge ;-)))
>
>And the answer is: Madagascar.
>

Depends on when you bought it. I don't think my local Costco had the
Madagascar vanilla until about 6 months ago. Before that they had
McCormick's vanilla.
--
Susan N.

I think that might be what I bought, McCormick's, in September 2003. I
did write them an email; their answer was

"Pure Vanilla Extract just improves with age like a fine red wine. The
plastic
container is no problem."

Susan, I didn't ask them where it came from. Do you happen to know?
And the Answer is: Where is .......?

Thanks,
Dee Dee

Just looked at the container. It does not say where the vanilla beans
come from. I would guess that with a company the size of McCormick
they probably blend from several different countries.

I got a bottle of the Kirkland vanilla extract a couple of weeks ago
just because I have had the McCormick so long. I am looking forward
to comparing them. The Kirkland brand was $6.50 approximately. Back
to reasonable prices.
--
Susan N.

Not quite sure I understand, when you say

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I don't think my local Costco had the
Madagascar vanilla until about 6 months ago.

Do you mean that Costco now has a Kirkland Brand; 'had' McCormick brand, and
now has a Madagascar brand?
I'm going to be going to CT soon, so I'll have a chance to look for
'Madagascar' at Costco. But I'm still not sure if Madagascar is a different
brand, from what you say above, than McCormick or Kirkland.
Thanks, Susan.
Dee Dee

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Mr Libido Incognito said:

There have been Past threads on Mexican Vanilla. Some pointing to the
fact that it can be NOT pure vanilla. The Mexican vanilla can be laced
with a dangerous compound, which escapes my memory at present...Tanka?,
tanko...or some such is it's name...

Care should be taken with mexican vanilla.

It's coumarin that is the culprit in the fake stuff. However, unless
you are drinking it, you're not going to ingest enough to have a
problem. Since coumarin doesn't build up in your system, there really
isn't a problem. It's mostly a scare thing from the USDA AFAICT. The
fake stuff supposedly tastes better than the real thing, too. I would
use Mexican vanilla, not knowing its origins without fear. The most
vanilla I've ever used in a recipe is something like two or three
teaspoons for something that makes enough for 12-16 people. That's not
enough to hurt anyone.

Regards,
Ranee

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Ranee, my f-i-l takes coumadin (same as or from: coumarin), he is monitored
almost weekly, and he doesn't even take aspirin and is advised not to take
anything - not even Vitamin K -- because of it.

Vanilla is something that I'm sure that he or doctors are probably unaware
of that would or would not affect his blood. But one never knows what else
during the day has been in his consumption that a itsy bit might bring on a
problem.

I'm just chatting, thinking out loud --
No nothing really scientific about it one way or another.
Dee Dee

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I unbottle the Costco vanilla and put it in a glass jar, so I don't
know where it is from; does anyone know?
Thanks,
Dee Dee

<snip a lot for space>

Honest to Gawd I don't use extract that much. I'll mash vanilla beans up
for a recipe. I have a bottle I got from my boss' trip to Mexico but can
not recall the brand. I use the stuff so seldom. What is good is putting
some of it a carbonated coca cola 😉

Michael
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I unbottle the Costco vanilla and put it in a glass jar, so I don't
know where it is from; does anyone know?
Thanks,
Dee Dee

<snip a lot for space>

Honest to Gawd I don't use extract that much. I'll mash vanilla beans up
for a recipe. I have a bottle I got from my boss' trip to Mexico but can
not recall the brand. I use the stuff so seldom. What is good is putting
some of it a carbonated coca cola 😉

Michael

I don't drink colas, but here is what I remember as a kid using vanilla
(Before 1942.)

I never could stand milk, and neither could my mother's brother, Uncle Bus.
But -- he would put sugar and vanilla in a glass of milk and drink it right
down. I'll bet it was the vanilla, not the sugar that he loved.
Dee Dee

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Randall?

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I unbottle the Costco vanilla and put it in a glass jar, so I don't
know where it is from; does anyone know?
Thanks,
Dee Dee

<snip a lot for space>

Honest to Gawd I don't use extract that much. I'll mash vanilla beans
up for a recipe. I have a bottle I got from my boss' trip to Mexico
but can not recall the brand. I use the stuff so seldom. What is good
is putting some of it a carbonated coca cola 😉

Michael

I don't drink colas, but here is what I remember as a kid using vanilla
(Before 1942.)

I never could stand milk, and neither could my mother's brother, Uncle
Bus. But -- he would put sugar and vanilla in a glass of milk and drink
it right down. I'll bet it was the vanilla, not the sugar that he loved.
Dee Dee

<smile>

Reminds me of what my dad would do back in the 1950s (before one had to
worry about raw eggs). He would make us a "special" drink...milk, a raw
egg, vanilla, and sugar, shaken in a cocktail shaker with some ice, then
strained into a glass. I loved the stuff. I've always hated drinking
straight milk (except for buttermilk).

--

Wayne Boatwright
_____________________________________________________________

"How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?"

Julia Child

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JoeSpareBedroom said:

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What type of 'care' are you speaking of? Boiling it? Or chosing
another
vanilla from another place? Where are the beans grown that produce the
best vanilla? If you know. This is not a quiz or a challenge ;-)))

And the answer is: Madagascar.

The best I ever had was from Grenada. I also had some great vanilla from
Dominican Republic.

Ah, my daughter is in the Dominican Republic for a week, she mentioned that
they had great vanilla and was going to bring some home for me. But I only
use it when I bake; like at Christmas, birthdays.

Anything else it can be used for?

Elaine

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>
> What type of 'care' are you speaking of? Boiling it? Or chosing
> another
> vanilla from another place? Where are the beans grown that produce
> the
> best vanilla? If you know. This is not a quiz or a challenge ;-)))

And the answer is: Madagascar.

The best I ever had was from Grenada. I also had some great vanilla from
Dominican Republic.

Ah, my daughter is in the Dominican Republic for a week, she mentioned
that they had great vanilla and was going to bring some home for me. But
I only use it when I bake; like at Christmas, birthdays.

Anything else it can be used for?

Elaine

255 search results here:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/find/results?search=vanilla&type=simple&threshold=6000&sort=0

You can sort by which part of the meal the recipes represent. Must be
designed by a lady, that site, because when you sort that way, it puts
desserts first in the results list. 🙂

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> I unbottle the Costco vanilla and put it in a glass jar, so I don't
> know where it is from; does anyone know?
> Thanks,
> Dee Dee

<snip a lot for space>

Honest to Gawd I don't use extract that much. I'll mash vanilla beans
up for a recipe. I have a bottle I got from my boss' trip to Mexico
but can not recall the brand. I use the stuff so seldom. What is good
is putting some of it a carbonated coca cola 😉

Michael

I don't drink colas, but here is what I remember as a kid using vanilla
(Before 1942.)

I never could stand milk, and neither could my mother's brother, Uncle
Bus. But -- he would put sugar and vanilla in a glass of milk and drink
it right down. I'll bet it was the vanilla, not the sugar that he loved.
Dee Dee

<smile>

Reminds me of what my dad would do back in the 1950s (before one had to
worry about raw eggs). He would make us a "special" drink...milk, a raw
egg, vanilla, and sugar, shaken in a cocktail shaker with some ice, then
strained into a glass. I loved the stuff. I've always hated drinking
straight milk (except for buttermilk).

--

Wayne Boatwright

I'll bet that Uncle Bus' drink sometimes had a raw egg in it, too. I can
remember him and my dad having a suckin' egg contest, so they weren't
adverse to raw eggs.
What snakes!
Dee Dee

In article <[email hidden]>,

Dee Randall said:

I'm going to be going to CT soon, so I'll have a chance to look for
'Madagascar' at Costco. But I'm still not sure if Madagascar is a different
brand, from what you say above, than McCormick or Kirkland.

Madagascar is the country of origin.

Regards,
Ranee

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elaine said:

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The best I ever had was from Grenada. I also had some great vanilla from
Dominican Republic.

Ah, my daughter is in the Dominican Republic for a week, she mentioned that
they had great vanilla and was going to bring some home for me. But I only
use it when I bake; like at Christmas, birthdays.

Anything else it can be used for?

When I had the Dominican vanilla I was making a lot of Creme Caramel and it was
great in that.

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> "Dee Randall" <[email hidden]>
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>
>> I unbottle the Costco vanilla and put it in a glass jar, so I don't
>> know where it is from; does anyone know?
>> Thanks,
>> Dee Dee
>
> <snip a lot for space>
>
> Honest to Gawd I don't use extract that much. I'll mash vanilla
> beans up for a recipe. I have a bottle I got from my boss' trip to
> Mexico but can not recall the brand. I use the stuff so seldom. What
> is good is putting some of it a carbonated coca cola 😉
>
> Michael

I don't drink colas, but here is what I remember as a kid using
vanilla (Before 1942.)

I never could stand milk, and neither could my mother's brother, Uncle
Bus. But -- he would put sugar and vanilla in a glass of milk and
drink it right down. I'll bet it was the vanilla, not the sugar that
he loved. Dee Dee

<smile>

Reminds me of what my dad would do back in the 1950s (before one had to
worry about raw eggs). He would make us a "special" drink...milk, a
raw egg, vanilla, and sugar, shaken in a cocktail shaker with some ice,
then strained into a glass. I loved the stuff. I've always hated
drinking straight milk (except for buttermilk).

--

Wayne Boatwright

I'll bet that Uncle Bus' drink sometimes had a raw egg in it, too. I can
remember him and my dad having a suckin' egg contest, so they weren't
adverse to raw eggs.
What snakes!
Dee Dee

:-))

--

Wayne Boatwright
_____________________________________________________________

"How can a nation be great if it's bread taste like Kleenex?"

Julia Child

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Dee Randall said:

I'm going to be going to CT soon, so I'll have a chance to look for
'Madagascar' at Costco. But I'm still not sure if Madagascar is a
different
brand, from what you say above, than McCormick or Kirkland.

Madagascar is the country of origin.

Regards,
Ranee

Thanks, Ranee. Maybe others don't know that, so it's good that you
clarified it from my sentence.
I've watched on food network: Floyd in Madagascar. I don't know if he was
uncorked or not, though. He is in his cups a lot, it seems.
Dee Dee

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elaine said:

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The best I ever had was from Grenada. I also had some great vanilla
from
Dominican Republic.

Ah, my daughter is in the Dominican Republic for a week, she mentioned
that
they had great vanilla and was going to bring some home for me. But I
only
use it when I bake; like at Christmas, birthdays.

Anything else it can be used for?

When I had the Dominican vanilla I was making a lot of Creme Caramel and
it was
great in that.

Damn, I hate Creme Caramel. Probaby one of the few desserts I dislike. But
thanks anyway.

E.

elaine said:

Ah, my daughter is in the Dominican Republic for a week, she mentioned that
they had great vanilla and was going to bring some home for me. But I only
use it when I bake; like at Christmas, birthdays.

Anything else it can be used for?

Hi

Making Hershey's fudge is my favorite use for vanilla - If you use a
cast iron skillet and get it hot enough the fudge melts in your mouth.

OOH! and! you can add smooth creamy peanut butter after it has reached
it's temp...
let it cool off for a minute, soon as you put a nice size tablespoon of
creamy peanut butter in it... it starts to get hard and really thick
so be ready to work it in

what do I know! I just like to gom

2/3 c. Hershey's cocoa - WOOO HOOO! CHOCOLATE
3 c. sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. butter
1 tsp. vanilla - ding ding

Thoroughly combine dry ingredients in a heavy 4 quart saucepan; stir in
milk. Bring to a bubbly boil on medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil
without stirring to 234 degrees (soft ball stage). Bulb of candy
thermometer should not rest on bottom of saucepan. Remove from heat add
butter and vanilla. Do not stir. Cool at room temperature to 110
degrees. Beat until fudge thickens and loses some of its gloss. Quickly
spread in a lightly buttered 8 or 9 inch square pan. Cool. 3 dozen
squares.