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Candies that contain milk or butter, or sticky materials, such as taffies, should always be poured on a buttered surface.
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Antiquities, "adds" The practice to which Pepys refers ... was very common at one time; and till very lately bakers made gingerbread Welshmen, called taffies, on St. David's day, which were made to represent a man skewered "(vol. i., pp. 60,61).]
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1667 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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Antiquities, "adds" The practice to which Pepys refers ... was very common at one time; and till very lately bakers made gingerbread Welshmen, called taffies, on St. David's day, which were made to represent a man skewered "(vol. i., pp. 60,61).]
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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Antiquities, "adds" The practice to which Pepys refers ... was very common at one time; and till very lately bakers made gingerbread Welshmen, called taffies, on St. David's day, which were made to represent a man skewered "(vol. i., pp. 60,61).]
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 51: March 1666-67 Samuel Pepys 1668
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To re-write the adage: all taffies may not be twerps but all twerps are Taffies. any offense is purely intentional, and please refer all writs to Anne Robinson c/o BBC London.
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Also bad, not surprisingly, caramels and taffies, because you chew them.
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"What flavor taffies are they going to use?" she said.
Brannon's Choice Browne, Richard W 2001
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-- Of all the taffies, that made with molasses is nearly always the favorite.
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-- Closely related to taffies so far as ingredients are concerned is candy known as butter scotch.
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For instance, molasses is used for some taffies, maple sirup for others, and brown sugar for others, and all of these offer an opportunity for variety.
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