The Tale of Fudge Akers It was a chilly evening in 1740 when Miles Akers went searching for firewood. More inclined to cerebral pursuits than the ways of the woods, Miles soon found himself hopelessly lost. Though able to forage for bits of nourishment in the wild, Miles was soon in a weakened state, probably Georgia, when he slipped into unconsciousness. Nobody knows exactly who took care of Miles and nursed him back to health. In fact, the precise location where Miles landed has remained a family secret since that fateful day in 1740. And for good reason: Miles Akers had inadvertantly stumbled upon what's now know as Fudge Akers. This secluded tract was, and still is, the only known location where the rare fudglings grow. Thought by some to be a myth, and others to be long extinct, fudglings have been reknown since antiquity as the ultimate source of fudge. Down through the ages, the fruit of the fudglings was praised. To Homer, it was "the chocolate fleece." Who could forget the image of Nero fiddling around with fudge while Rome burned. Shakespeare often referred to the "delicacy beyond earthly imagination." And Marie Antoinette's "let them eat fudge" is permanently entrenched in the vernacular. But for Miles it wasn't just a matter of picking the fudgling buds and waiting for the world to beat a path to his door. First of all, Miles didn't even know where he was! Secondly, cultivation, nurturing and processing were tricky. Though more than sufficient to sustain our founder, perfection of the delicacy was still generations away. By 1776, Quincy Akers had developed the system of hybrids that led to vanilla fudglings. He also pioneered the development of early mechanized planting devices that were the ancestor of our modern fudgitators. It was 1868 when Colonel Beauregard Akers first placed chopped Georgia pecans on the mounds of pre-emergent fudglings. As the tender shoot sprouted, the nuts would disperse evenly throughout the mature fudge buds. It was also the Colonel that introduced the first copper processing kettles, identical to those we use today. In the 1940's, fudge bonds supported the war effort in a time of limited production. The 50's saw the plantation flourish under the guidance of Davey Akers, who developed the radar jamming equipment that cloaks the Fudge Akers location to this moment. By the early 80's, Mike Akers was employing the latest fudgriculture techniques to insure that fudglings are properly ripened and harvested at the peak of their flavor and creamy smoothness. Far better at finding his way around than Miles, Mike ventures far beyond the plantation, distributing the fruit of the fudgling to every corner of the continent. Now, with the help of the internet, the wonders of Fudge Akers can be experienced by people all across the planet! In years to come, we may perfect the harvest and production of Fudge Akers. But until we do, we hope you'll forgive an occasional stem or leaf in one of our packages. It's not perfect yet, but it's the best fudge grown on earth!
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