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Will someone please speculate about how the foamy candy known as 'divinity' came to be so-called in the nominative rather than the adjectival form? This type of candy goes back at least as far as the American Revolution, and I wonder that people--at least that far back--would have named a candy so closely in alignment with the name of God. Now had such a candy been called simply Divine, there would have been not a jot of sacrilege, but Divinity outright? Hmmmm... I'm just wondering.
Thanks for any insight.
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No idea how the name came to be. I do know tht my son ate it every April Fool's Day when I made it using Ivory soap!
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that is so cruel!  my Mom used to make it(and fudge) every Christmas. hers was the best. she hasn't been able to make it for several years, owing I guess, to a new stove and strange Iowa air pressure... 
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Gurgle, gurgle. That's reminding me that I must have lunch. Maybe I'll have a chocolate bar. May I please have some fudge?
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lunch? it's almost 5 PM! 
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Just got back...I do tend to "lose time" while playing on this here machine! I'll have dinner a bit later...with dessert, of course.
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Divinity: (from the net)"Although recipes for various nougat and sweet meringue-type confections (with and without nuts and fruit) can be traced to ancient Turkish and 17th century European and roots, food historians generally agree that Divinity (aka Divinity fudge, Divinity candy) is an early 20th century American invention. Why? One of the primary ingedients in early Divinity recipes is corn syrup, a product actively marketed to (& embraced by) American consumers as a sugar substitute at that time. Corn syrup was affordable (economical), practical (shelf-stable), and adapted well to most traditional recipes. Karo brand corn syrup, introduced by the Corn Products Refining Company in 1902, was/is perhaps the most famous. It is no coincidence that early Karo cooking brochures contain recipes for Divinity. Food historians have yet to determine the first person to call this delicious confection "Divinity. " The general concensus about the name? The finished product tasted "divine." A survey of American cookbooks confirms recipes for Divinity (candy, fudge, rolls) were "standard items" from the 1930s to present. Some people connect Divinity with southern roots. This is not confirmed by our cooking texts which are published all over the country. Perhaps Divinity with pecans is a Southern twist on a national favorite?" And so see Wordwind, in this case the appellation "Divinty", might simply mean "devine".
Sometimes I think, Wordwind, rarely, that Occam's Razor actually cuts.
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Feeling a bit bold today, Amemeba?
Thanks for the research.
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my Mom always used walnuts.
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"Feeling a bit bold today, Amemeba?" said Wordwind. "Now what exactly, Wordwind, did you mean by that?" answered AMEMEBA 
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