Wow that recipe sounds good and almost as old as mine LOL! Mines an old Irish recipe for Yellowman aka honeycomb Used to be served at the fair with dulse which was eaten like pototo chips (crisps), which is a type of seaweed they used to dry on their rooves in the sun... The strange things my granny used to tell me LOL!

1 1/2C golden or corn syrup
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 TBS (heaped) Butter
1 Tsp Baking Soda.

In a large saucepan slowly melt together all the ingredients except the baking soda. Do not stir. Boil until a drop hardens in cold water (240 F 190 C on a sugar thermometer) stir in baking soda, the toffee will imediately foam up as the vinegar releases the gas from the baking soda. Pour out onto a greased slab and while just cool enough to handle fold the edges toward the centre and pull repeatedly until the hole is a pale yellow colour. Allow to cool and harden in a greased tin and break into chunks with a toffee hammer or anything else that comes to hand...

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Cailin