Candy Making

And that fresh taste - while the candy was still warm?

Oh so tasty.

Don't get me wrong, you can buy some pretty good store candy - but it just never tastes as good as candy you make yourself.

And, when you make candy yourself, you can use a spoon and scrape the mixing pan clean. Yum...

Why MostResolutions Fail – and How to Make Sure They Succeed
Phyllis Staff
dbc It takes more than willpower to make resolutions succeed. A psychologist examines the reason most fail and offers tips to make resolutions work.

Recent surveys show that most New Year's resolutions hit the dumpster before February. Survey respondents blame stress, lack of motivation, lack of time, and a failure of willpower for their poor results.

But it is really just a lack of willpower that causes resolutions to fail?

No, says psychologist Phyllis Staff. It takes more than motivation and willpower to carry out resolutions -- whether they're made at the new year or not. Most resolutions fail because support systems were not in place at the start.

Much human behavior,” says Dr. Staff, “runs on autopilot. It's an efficient tool that keeps people from having to examine every action they take. For example, they know how to drive a car. And, every once in a while, they arrive safely at their destination without being aware of what they did to get there. They've been running on autopilot.

Resolutions are simply behaviors not yet programmed into human autopilots. Until they are, people need a support system to make sure that they keep on practicing the new behavior.

She offers a few tips to keep resolutions alive until new behaviors run on autopilot:

1. Write down resolutions (goals) and the specific results carrying them out will bring.

Writing down goals helps firm up commitment.

2. Set daily and weekly mini-goals, and write them down as well.

Every evening, write down results such as goals accomplished and the feelings associated with those accomplishments. Do that for weekly goals, too.

3. Create support rituals.

For example, if exercising five times each week is the goal, run through a mental checklist the night before to make sure that equipment and clothing are together in a special place. They'll be ready to go first thing in the morning.

4. Find a support buddy who is also working toward a goal.

Set up regular meetings to review each other's progress. Be generous with compliments and suggestions. Bury criticism in the backyard, and leave it there.

5. Keep rewards small and frequent.

The most effective rewards are small and frequent, nothing more than a mental pat on the back or attagirl. Large (and distant) rewards distract from the pleasure of achieving goals.

6. Ignore failure.

Self-criticism and making excuses for failure to achieve a goal do more harm than good.

7. Be on the lookout for stealthy saboteurs.

Saboteurs often lurk behind the mask of kindness. Maybe a spouse keeps the candy bowl loaded and overflowing. Maybe watching TV has developed a couch potato. Maybe the real cause is self-sabotage.

Root out sabotage. Often, simply being aware of the sabotage will defuse it.

8. Work on only one goal at a time.

Practice it until it becomes a habit before tackling another. After six weeks or so, the new behavior will become habitual.

With a little planning and regular attention, this can be the year those great resolutions become reality.

One of my favorite candy recipes for cold weather is peanut brittle.

PEANUT BRITTLE
1 pound (2 cups) sugar
1 teaspoonful lemon extract
1/2 pint (1 cup) golden syrup
1 gill (1/2 cup) water
2 heaping teaspoonfuls baking soda
1/2 lb. (2 cups) shelled peanuts
1 lb. (2 cups) sugar
1 oz. (2 tablespoonfuls) butter
1 teaspoonful glucose
Cook the syrup, sugar, water, and glucose until it commences to thicken and bubble; then add the butter and peanuts and stir constantly until the nuts begin to brown. Remove from the fire, beat in the lemon extract and the soda, and stir through quickly until it foams up.
Pour out on a well-greased slab and roll out very thin. Then break into pieces.
Wonderful...

From the big book of Bon Bon Recipes.

Candy Recipes

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