I can't find the photos I want to include!! Yesterday afternoon was Candy Making Day with Jim, Herb, Caitlin and Grandpa. Cynthia, Mckenna and I enjoyed being together, then it was nap time. While Mckenna slept 3 of us dipped 144 Buckeyes that Cynthia made at home. The fudge, toffee, peanut brittle and divinity were made in due time. All delicious--the peanut brittle maybe should have boiled a little longer. After a Chili Supper, the sweets were divided and went home with the cooks. Jim will share with the school bus drivers at their party Monday. I will fill the Christmas Tree plate for a tea I'm having on Tuesday for Linda Thompson who is home from CA. Some candies will probably find their way into Herb's lunch box.
How did this tradition begin? The second Christmas we were married we lived in Tacoma, WA.
A couple weeks before Christmas Grandpa asked "When are you going to make candy?" I answered, "Never, my Mother never did!" So he said he'd make it and I should write his Mother to get the recipes. We have a photo of him and Cynthia licking the divinity spoons that first candy making day. And it has continued ever since to everyone's sweet tooth enjoyment. I buy the ingredients then sit in the other room while the candy cooks are busy. When the call "Divinity's ready" comes we all gather round and drop spoonsful of the sweet, hot stuff onto waxed paper. Sometime before Christmas Don's family will come for their candy making day.
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