I had to google St. Catherine and taffy and I'm now wondering if my Mom would remember anything about it. My Grampa was French (father) and French Canadian (mother) on both sides of his family.

Michelle

Here is a link that might be useful: St. Catherine's Day Taffy - La Tire Ste-Catherine

Wow! Where did you get the little wrappers?

Interesting custom. I haqven't made taffy since Girl Scounts. That was a LONG time ago!

You cut waxed paper to use as wrappers. My daughter recently joined a group of high school kids to wrap approximately 800 of those little suckers to distribute to school children.

I love making "tire". made some last year with my kids (5yrs, 4 yrs and 2) and had a blast

Can you share your recipe? mine turns out much darker. Do you use molasses?

Hope you check back because it looks perfect.

I didn't use molasses, my mom always made it with corn syrup and that's how I do it.Here's the recipe:

2 1/2 cups of white sugar
1 1/2 cup of corn syrup
4 teaspoon of vinegar
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of evaporated milk

This is the first time I put milk in my taffy and I really like it.

Wow, you brought back great memories. My mom's of French Canadian descent and she used to make what she called "Tire de Soeur" with us during February vacations from school. She did it once with my kids when they were younger, and they remember it as one of their most fun times with Memere.

I will try to find her recipe. I seem to recall the distinct aroma of molasses when I think of hers.

Thanks so much for the recipe. That must be why it was so blond. I'll try it with the kids, they will love it.

PS I miss my "Memere"