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Janet

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Janet B wrote
> My mother always said to never attempt a
> >>>meringue project when the weather was damp. Old Wives Tale? Don't
> >>>know. I just followed her advice, because . . . well, because.
> >>>Janet US
> >>
> >>I was told not to make fudge on wet days - I never have so can't say
> >>if it's true. Probably not so much now we live in such insulated,
> >>heated homes.

Scotland is usually damp and never arid, yet fudge, tablet and
meringue do well here. So it's just an old wives tale.

Like my mother's rubbish advice that I should never wash my hair
during a period, or I would be sure to catch a cold/be ill.

Janet UK