SC - Re Food Allergies

[Donna J. White]

 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.
>							-- Dagonell

I made some candied ginger last year but I'm not sure which of the
sources the recipe I used came from. It was awful! It was hard and very
hot. I cooked it longer than the recipe called for to try and soften it
up some, but it still didn't make it soft and crystalized. And it sure
didn't taste like candy! I would also be interested to know how other
people make ginger candy.

Julleran