SC - SC: Candied Ginger

[Terry Nutter]

I've had candied ginger twice at an SCA event.  Both times it looked like
dark brown crystals.  I've also seen candied ginger in the exotic foods aisle
of my supermarket although I've never bought it and it also looks like dark 
brown crystals.  I recently tried making candied orange peels, nutmegs and 
ginger.  I used the recipe from _Delights for Ladies_ by Sir Hugh Plat in 
Cariadoc's cookbook.  Everything came out tasting as I expected it, but the 
ginger looks like dried ginger root, not dark brown crystals.  I'm not
really surprized at this as the orange peels look like dried orange peels
and the nutmegs look like glossy nutmegs.  Why does the stuff at the super-
market look so different?  And was the stuff I ate at SCA events only
commercial candy rather than homemade?  Or is some way of making it come out
as crystals.  Frankly, it's easier to get someone to try a dark crystal than
bite into something that looks like a ginger root.
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