# I had this thought... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-this-thought/355469 "2006-05-04T23:24:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-this-thought/355469/21 "2006-05-05T23:29:35Z")
When my brother and I were kids, he had the notion he was going to make a burnt sugar cake. I still don’t know what that is. He figured you had to start by putting some sugar in a pan on the stove. We did that, and then we got distracted. We went off to do something else. By the time we got back to the kitchen, it was full of smoke, and we were in trouble. Kids are supposed to be allowed to make some stupid mistakes, but Dad didn’t see it that way. We learned a valuable lesson that day, but I don’t remember what it was. Oh, yeah, now I remember. We learned that Dad was a worse asshole than we thought. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-this-thought/355469/22 "2006-05-06T00:12:17Z")
> [@Cagey Drifter](#): > > the taffy starting to stick to everything like my hands and clothes, and there’s no way to get it off the iron because it’s so damn hot, but it’s still sticking to the surface of it, getting hotter and hotter, and stickier and stickier, as I stand by helpless, watching the sugar caramelize and that putrid burning odor come belching out. meanwhile, melted taffy is flowing onto the floor, getting embedded in the carpet. and there’s no turning back. I bet Hannibal Lecter things about stuff like this. A lot. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-this-thought/355469/23 "2006-05-06T00:44:09Z")
> [@Cagey Drifter](#): > > at first, i thought about how satisfying it would be to feel that hard, firm lump of taffy melt under the scorching heat of the iron. I could feel, in my mind, the mass easing into a soft liquid under the steam. but then i thought about how gooey and sticky it would be, oozing out all over the place, and how hard it’s going to be to clean up, and then the taffy starting to stick to everything like my hands and clothes, and there’s no way to get it off the iron because it’s so damn hot, but it’s still sticking to the surface of it, getting hotter and hotter, and stickier and stickier, as I stand by helpless, watching the sugar caramelize and that putrid burning odor come belching out. meanwhile, melted taffy is flowing onto the floor, getting embedded in the carpet. and there’s no turning back. Wow. It’s like Steven King dropped some bad acid and decided to write a cookbook. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-this-thought/355469/24 "2006-05-06T01:43:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I bet Hannibal Lecter things about stuff like this. > > A lot. I think I had a dream last night with Hannibal Lecter in it. Well, not Hannibal Lecter but some guy who made me think of Hannibal Lecter. I kept expecting him to do something creepy but he never did. On to melted taffy: I made Rice Crispy Treats last week. This thread made me wonder what it would be like if you used melted saltwater taffy instead of marshmallows. Could use an iron with it but I suspect a stove would be better. However, wouldn’t iron-melted marshmallows be lovely? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-this-thought/355469/25 "2006-05-06T01:51:59Z")
How would Hannibal Lecter make s’mores? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-this-thought/355469/26 "2006-05-06T05:13:14Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > How would Hannibal Lecter make s’mores? With some fava beans and a nice chianti? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-this-thought/355469/27 "2006-05-06T05:20:11Z")
Too easy. Think grislier. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-this-thought/355469/28 "2006-05-06T12:27:10Z")
Does anybody else hang saltwater taffy on their Christmas tree or hide it at Easter? I don’t remember ever getting it for Halloween. Just apples with razor blades inside. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-this-thought/355469/29 "2006-05-06T13:18:51Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > Too easy. Think grislier. Ummm, with some fava beans and a nice chianti while watching the **Dukes of Hazzard** movie? I can’t see it getting much grislier than that. Either that or with some fava beans and a nice chianti and a dead bear. Get it? _Grizzly_ bear? Sigh, guess I’ll keep the day job after all!! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-this-thought/355469/30 "2006-05-06T17:35:18Z")
You could try pan-frying it, in honored SDMB tradition. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-this-thought/355469.md?page=1)