Butler Mobil gas station owners and relatives Michelle and Curtis Gregory as point of sale for Queen Mum's Royal English Toffee as well as other local purveyors.
Butler Mobil gas station owners and relatives Michelle and Curtis Gregory as point of sale for Queen Mum's Royal English Toffee as well as other local purveyors.
What is so English about toffee? While sweet treats abound in Britain, none is as prevalent as toothsome toffee. Candy, in general, came to prominence there with the abundance of sugar from its colonized Caribbean islands in the late 1800s, and the experimentation began.
Toffee is created by caramelizing (or inverting) sugar with butter and pouring it out to harden. Its popularity grew due to its simple list of ingredients and flawless balance of delectable sweet and buttery break—or as some said, “toff,� suggesting the name. Key to its production is the careful heating and cooling of sugar, butter, sometimes adding vanilla and salt, and from the early 1900s, almonds. This final evolution formed toffee’s traditional crunchy texture and buttery flavor, branding it as wholly English.
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