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sugar that survived a furnace and came back as glass you can chew
means A hard or chewy confection made by boiling sugar (often with butter and sometimes molasses or treacle) until it caramelizes and sets.
from An English word from the early 1800s, recorded first as 'taffy' and soon respelled 'toffee' — the two are essentially the same sweet under different spellings. Where 'taffy' itself comes from is genuinely uncertain; etymologists shrug and call it origin unknown, with no convincing root behind it.
- hard crack
- requires heating sugar past 300°F to set brittle
- name origin
- likely from Creole 'tafia,' a cheap rum
- dental enemy
- notorious for yanking out fillings and crowns
- vs caramel
- toffee cooks hotter, so it snaps instead of stretches
- english roots
- first recorded in early 1800s northern England
for instance
everton fc — english football club founded 1878, nicknamed 'the toffees' after local everton toffee house sweets
moffett's toffee — british confectionery brand established 1850s, still produced in halifax, yorkshire