tallpines
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Post by tallpines on Nov 25, 2019 14:08:01 GMT -5
Divinity or Sea Foam?
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Post by paulf on Nov 25, 2019 17:12:40 GMT -5
Never heard of sea foam before...looks like airy peanut brittle without the peanuts or the brittle. My mother-in-law made divinity for Christmas and I liked it a lot. She has been gone for many years and nobody else makes it. She made red and green, peppermint and wintergreen flavors. My vote is for divinity.
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Tim Horton
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Post by Tim Horton on Nov 25, 2019 18:57:50 GMT -5
Ummmmm..... Is there a difference ?? Not sure I've had either.... Or if so, never knew that was it...
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Post by bestofour on Nov 25, 2019 20:57:29 GMT -5
I don't like divinity and have never had sea foam.
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Post by carolyn on Nov 25, 2019 21:10:26 GMT -5
sea foam? isn't that some kind of engine cleaner?
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Post by pondgardener on Nov 25, 2019 22:58:14 GMT -5
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tallpines
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Post by tallpines on Nov 26, 2019 0:02:32 GMT -5
This link offered by pondgardener seems to describe what my family always called “Angel Food”. Comes with either a Milk Chocolate, or Dark Chocolate coating. Fleet Farm always has it in stock at Christmas time. They label it as Sponge Candy. Never made Divinity or SeaFoam but the elderly aunts in DH’s family always talked about it, so I though I might try to make some this year. Looking at the recipes it seems one of them is boiled corn syrup and white sugar added to the stiff egg whites, while the other uses less corn syrup and a blend of white and brown sugar. Seems like they are both in the same family as the Sponge Candy or Peanut Brittle. Another similar one is Meringue Kisses. Can you tell? I’m looking to get an early start on Christmas Baking! But then I should be realistic. The truth is .... if it gets baked now .... it will never last until Christmas! .
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Post by brownrexx on Nov 26, 2019 7:21:19 GMT -5
I have never had either one.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Nov 26, 2019 16:09:26 GMT -5
My grandmother-in-law used to make divinity some years ago, and hers is the only divinity I've ever had. It's too sweet for me. Looking at the sea foam recipe, I suspect that would be too sweet as well.
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Post by spike on Nov 26, 2019 18:02:37 GMT -5
Big NOPE on Divinity blech. Never heard of or had Sea Foam BUT in the Air Force a lot of the paint we had was sea foam green. Again blech.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Nov 27, 2019 5:54:31 GMT -5
I've never heard it called Sea Foam before! My mom always called it Angel Food, and usually a slab of it is made (it's SUPER) easy, then broken into bits and coated in chocolate. She makes it almost every year for Christmas. DH grew up in Buffalo, NY, and they call it Sponge Candy and it is a point of pride for the candymakers there. Overseas it is also called Honeycomb. Ritter chocolate company makes a fabulous candy bar that is chocolate with bits of honeycomb in it. No matter what you call it, obviously it's candy so it's sweet, but it's not as sweet as you would think. The cooking process tempers the sweet a bit. I have always loved divinity as well, but it's so fussy to make because if there is too much humidity it fails in a most spectacular way. Store bought divinity just tastes like sugar too me, but homemade can be really special. Still crazy sweet, a little goes a long way, but it's very good when it's nicely done. My vote is for both.
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Post by brownrexx on Nov 27, 2019 8:06:26 GMT -5
I had to Google it and Wikipedia says that Sea Foam is the same as Divinity except it is made with brown sugar. I would rather eat fudge if I am going to eat candy like that.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Nov 27, 2019 8:55:56 GMT -5
Just no. Too much concentrated sweetness for my taste. I will stick with baked goods.
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