Turtles; Horse's Neck

[A. Vine]

Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>
>    The book SCIENTIFIC BAR-TENDING (1884) that I cited for "Manhattan" was
> written by Joseph W. Gibson, but his name did not appear on the cover.
>
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> TURTLES
>
> "I can't see me loving nobody but you."
> --TURTLES, "Happy Together."
>
>    From the TRIED AND TRUE COOK BOOK (First Methodist Church, Gonzales,
> Texas, 1961), pg. 114:
>
>      _TURTLES_
> 4 1/2 Cups sugar
> 1 Stick butter (less 1 in.)
> 1 Large can evaporated milk
> 1 Pound pecans
> 2 Pkgs. chocolate chips
> 1 Jar Mashmallow Creme
>      Boil 7 minutes the sugar, butter and milk, stirring constantly.  Pour
> into mixture of pecans, chocolate chips and Marshmallow Creme.  Drop on foil
> paper to cool.  Makes 3 dozen.

FYI, sticks of butter in Texas (and Connecticut) are longer and thinner than
those in California.  The butter manufacturers state the reason as "regional
preference".