This post made me get my grandmother's old cookbook out and look at the different fudge recipes I've never tried--including raisin fudge, carrot fudge and prune fudge.
Touristy places in the UK also have fudge, it it’s a little bit different. So not really an “American” thing, but probably regional, and those regions are probably mostly white.
Opera fudge is where it's at. All other fudge is crap. (Lol)
But I never realized people associated it so specifically. I grew with people making regular fudge for holidays, at all kinds of sales, at the local candy stores, and all the Mennonite stands. It just..was another candy option.
I can't think of a specific local fudge shop, but yes, fudge exists in the Bronx. I mean, it's not "a thing" in the way that pizza or pastrami sandwiches are, you can't pick some up in every neighborhood deli the way you can a black and white cookie, but yeah, if you look for it you can definitely get fudge in the Bronx. It kind of blows my mind that people think a fairly basic American food can't be found in NYC.
I love fudge but only the fresh kind from the shore. I have never ever had homemade or regular store bought fudge that tastes any good. To me it is a coastal-touristy thing.
My mom makes fudge at Christmas and I eat so much of it.
I feel like Laura's changed their recipe or something, because it doesn't taste the same.
Eastern Canadian here to say it’s a Christmas/craft fair thing here.
And I make a mean chocolate fudge... (and I’m only a little old)
It's a tourist town thing in western Canada. I'm pretty sure Banff is made exclusively of fudge, Roger's chocolate and designer shops. I say no to maple fudge, though. Too sweet for me!
I associate it mostly with Christmas. I don't think it's a regional thing--more like an age thing, maybe? At any rate, I rarely it eat these days. Too sugary and it gives me major heartburn.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
I feel like I only see fudge in kitschy vacation destinations, like on the east coast. It’s not something I grew up eating, nor have I ever made it. I don’t really care for fudge.
I love good fudge. Not that shit that is all mixed up to make rocky road fudge or mint chocolate fudge. Plain old milky chocolate fudge is fucking amazing to me. But I am a white person.
My gran always made it at Christmas - I loved hers (now my mum’s) it isn’t mushy like the stuff you can find at the shore, it sort crumbles and melts. Looking at a few recipes- it looks like it is a version of Scottish tablet vs fudge
I can't think of a specific local fudge shop, but yes, fudge exists in the Bronx. I mean, it's not "a thing" in the way that pizza or pastrami sandwiches are, you can't pick some up in every neighborhood deli the way you can a black and white cookie, but yeah, if you look for it you can definitely get fudge in the Bronx. It kind of blows my mind that people think a fairly basic American food can't be found in NYC.
I mean, the whole basis for this thread is kind of ridiculous. ONE guy from a city of 8 million people had never had fudge. You can’t draw any conclusions from that!
But I quoted you mainly because you mention black and white cookies. Those things are awesome.
I can't think of a specific local fudge shop, but yes, fudge exists in the Bronx. I mean, it's not "a thing" in the way that pizza or pastrami sandwiches are, you can't pick some up in every neighborhood deli the way you can a black and white cookie, but yeah, if you look for it you can definitely get fudge in the Bronx. It kind of blows my mind that people think a fairly basic American food can't be found in NYC.
I mean, the whole basis for this thread is kind of ridiculous. ONE guy from a city of 8 million people had never had fudge. You can’t draw any conclusions from that!
But I quoted you mainly because you mention black and white cookies. Those things are awesome.
LOL, yes. This reminds me of years ago on MM someone who lives in Iowa asked for ideas of what to serve her friends at a small party and she mentioned they didn't like guacamole. So someone else extrapolated that because these 5 or 6 people didn't like guacamole that no one in the entire Midwest eats guacamole and started a thread asking what people eat in the Midwest because apparently, aside from guacamole what is there? It was rather bizarre.