F – Fads and Fudge

Fads – Pet Rocks, mood rings, hula hoops; items that everyone that was anyone had to have. Fads are just something that we become convinced will make us better in some what if we have it. Too bad most fads just don’t last. If you spend your life keeping up with the fads you just find that you are always out of step, out of money and out of storage space.

Fudge – At one time in my life I was engaged to a Fudge Maker. Good fudge is made the traditional way; copper kettles for even heat distribution, marble tables cooling the fudge at a consistent rate, hand paddled to cool the fudges and breaking up the sugar crystals to make it smooth. How I wish I could be like fudge, consistent, even headed (cooled) and the crusty edges smoothed out.