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Another thing I can blame on my Mom... Holiday music isn't holiday music unless it leans a little heavy on the Perry Como and the Bing Crosby.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX1LOjXAZXE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA45TnJQxhU

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Does anybody out there have the skill to temper chocolate?

One of my treats are Martha Washingtons, which are basically nut/coconut cores that you dip in chocolate. I cheat, like many recipes suggest you do, and add paraffin to the chocolate to harden it, but i do know there is a way to properly temper melted chocolate so it hardens. I tried messing with it this time around, but didn't have a lot of luck, and ended up going back to the tried and true standby.

If anybody has a tried and true method to temper chocolate without additives, I'd love to learn from you. Maybe we can trade kitchen secrets. :-)