Fudge. F Dash Dash Dash. The Grand-Daddy of All Swear Words.

My buddy Lee has an awesome fudge recipe. He sent this recipe to my email address with the above title which is from the movie "A Christmas Story", the one with the kid who has everyone tell him he'll shoot his eye out if he gets the ridiculously-long-named Red Rider bee bee gun. Also, I always wondered if they used contacts or movie tricks to make that one bully kid's eyes yellow in that movie. I thought yellow eyes would be pretty cool until I found out most people with yellow eyes either have jaundice or liver problems or both.

I have been on a no-sugar kick lately and haven't had large quantities of sugar in a long time. I allow myself, generally, one treat per week. I usually save it till Sunday because that is when my student ward has what I affectionately call "eat-a-cookie, take-a-lookie" or "snack and mack." Officially I think its name is "munch and mingle." I like mine better though. This is where we all get together in one of the apartments and eat the delicious desserts provided by the hosts. usually I eat a brownie or a cookie and then socialize for a while soaking up the energy of happy people around me. However, this time it was my apartments turn to host the shin-dig. What did I make? You guessed it! I made the fudge from Lee's recipe. It is great fudge but a small piece goes a long way, and 14 or 15 small pieces makes you want to throw up when you wake up in the morning...that is if you ever get off your sugar high long enough to get to sleep before the sun comes up. I unfortunately made the mistake of eating too much fudge when I had not eaten any significant amounts of sugar for a couple months. After dry-heaving out of my car door for about five minutes this morning before leaving for work I am not sure I will ever be able to look at the fudge the same way again.

P.S. does anyone know where I can buy one of those leg-lamps from that movie? :)