Pralines - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. white sugar
1 tsp. soda
pinch of salt
1 c. buttermilk
2 1/2 c. chopped nuts
2 Tbsp. butter
2/3 c. large nuts

Preparation

Combine sugar, soda, salt and buttermilk.
Bring to a boil. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
When dark streaks start to appear, remove from heat and add chopped nuts and butter. Replace on heat for about 5 minutes again, stirring constantly, until it turns quite dark and is soft-ball consistency.
Remove from heat and allow to stand about 4 minutes.
Add large nuts. Beat until fairly stiff and drop on buttered pan.