Grandmother's molasses taffy

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       Title: Grandmother's Molasses Taffy
  Categories: Candies, Ethnic
       Yield: 1 servings
  
       1 c  Molasses                            2 tb Butter
     1/2 c  Sugar, granulated                 1/4 ts Baking soda
     1/2 c  Brown sugar                         1 pn -Salt
     1/3 c  -Water                         
  
   Tire a la Melasse de Grand-Mere
   
   Quebec's sweet tooth is often satisfied by this old-fashioned candy made
   from molasses and sugar. This recipe belongs to Marguerite Legault, a
   member of Les Fermieres de Thuroso, a rural woman's group in the town on
   the Ottawa River.
   
    In a medium, heavy saucepan, combine molasses, granulated and brown sugars
   and water. Heat to boiling and stir to dissolve sugars. Let mixture boil,
   without stirring, until syrup reaches the hard ball stage (260F/125C) on a
   candy thermometer. Remove from heat, stir in butter, baking soda, and salt.
   Immediately pour onto a buttered marble slab or baking sheet.
     When cool enough to handle, butter hands and gather taffy into a ball.
   Pull taffy between hands and continually stretch and fold again until taffy
   turned lighter in colour (this can take from 5 to 15 minutes.)
     Stretch and twist taffy into a rope about 1 inch thick and cut into
   pieces using buttered scissors. Wrap each piece in waxed paper. MAKES:
   ABOUT 48 PIECES
   
   SOURCE: _A Taste of Quebec_ by Julian Armstrong
  
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