My mother always would tell me the story of when she was three years old and she got to help her mother make fudge. She was so excited because number one she would soon be getting some candy and being the youngest of three children spending time with just her and mom was extra special. Water was boiling, chocolate was melting, and it was time to use the beaters to mix everything together. My mother was so excited to be able to help. My Grandmother carefully poured the melted chocolate into the bowl and started to mix all the ingredients together with the beaters… Right as my mother with her beautiful long flowing hair peeked her face into the bowl to watch all the ingredients come together into fudge and then the beaters found her beautiful long flowing hair and proceeded to wind up her hair into the beaters. Don’t worry because my Grandmother was quick and able to turn off the beaters, unwind my mother’s hair and no one was injured in the making of the fudge. Yes, she still was able to finish the fudge, but when the rest of the family found out what had happened no one would eat the fudge. My Grandmothers famous words still echo in my head every time we are making fudge at the shop, “Jean, I always knew you would do great things with fudge someday.” Because of the beater mishap my Grandmother came up with a simple scaled down version of her fresh fudge recipe with only thee ingredients, takes only about 5 minutes, and no beaters needed.