Talk:Taffy (candy)
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[edit] Taffy vs Toffee
There are separate pages for taffy (candy) and toffee. I always thought this was a different spelling/pronunciation of the same thing, allowing for regional differences of recipe. Are there people who eat both "taffy" and "toffee" and can explain the difference? Currently bth articles "See also" to each other but don't explain what the difference is. jnestorius(talk) 20:40, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
I have eaten both taffy and toffee and they are definitely different. Toffee is much sweeter, whereas taffy is generally fruit-flavoured or similar. Taffy is not as sticky as soft toffee, but much softer than hard toffee. DJ Clayworth 23:50, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] AFD
I came to this article and found it had an uncompleted AFD nomination. While technically I should have completed the nomination and allowed it due process, the article looks perfectly fine to me and is clearly about a notable subject. I took the liberty of simply removing the notice. This is one case where Wikipedia:Ignore all rules applies. DJ Clayworth 23:50, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pulling Machine
I would like to see pictures or a whole article on taffey pulling machines, or simply confenction manipulating machines. I am interested because I have seen video of a front loading machine that streatched the confection and then cut into the middle of this ribbon to streatch it again, which seems impossible to do with a crank mechanism as the parts would collide. How is this accomplished.
Also to the Taffy/Toffey question, taffey is always chewey, toffey can be chewey or hard. Taffy is given light fruit flavors while Toffey is flavored with molassas and has carmalized sugars, the sugars in Taffy are not cooked to carmalization. I hope that helps, im sorry you missed out on this lesson in childhood, its a delicious one. 76.212.154.87 09:10, 9 August 2007 (UTC) Sandy
[edit] Taffy Pull Qua Event
Possibly this page could use some discussion of taffy pulls as events one hosts and invites people to. (Which these days is more of a historical thing, alas.) 74.10.73.253 (talk) 21:37, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
