Oh Fudge, Piggies and Pals! It's a Food History, Hot Fudge Tuesday! 🐹 🤎 🤎 🤎 🍬 🍬 🍬 🥕

Fudge, Double Fudge, and the Fudge Factor!

Does your piggy have the Fudge-Factor? A bit of chocolately coloured cavy charisma?

Or, have you ever indulged in candy shop fudge, or even made your own by whipping together chocolate, butter, sugar, and milke, heating the mixture to the soft-ball stage, then beating it as it cools to produce a smooth, creamy chewier texture!

The word "fudge" however, long predates the confection! Since at least the seventeenth century, "fudge" has been used as slang for nonsense, humbug, or outright fabrication!

American-style fudge became widely popular in the late nineteenth century, with recipes spreading rapidly through women's colleges such as Vassar during the 1880s. Later, a rich, pourable version became the essential topping for the ubiquitous mid-century hot fudge sundae.

The word "fudge" also enjoyed a second life as a family-friendly substitute for stronger expletives. "Oh, fudge!"

And of course, there is the expression "the fudge factor." Engineers, scientists, and mathematicians began using the term in the 1920s and 1930s for a small adjustment added to a calculation to make theory better match reality!

Reality isn't all its cracked up to be anyway ....

Wheek! Wheek!