SC - I Challenge You to a Yule!

[L Herr-Gelatt and J R Gelatt]

In a message dated 97-11-12 11:33:47 EST, you write:

<< 
 > OOOOHHHH!!!!!  Brilliant flash...
 >
 > Wonder what would happen if I attempted candying those cinnamon sticks
 > I pull out of the vodka after soaking them for cordial?  At that
 > point, they ARE still cinnamony; but much less potent...
 >
 > Hmmmmmm.....
 >
 >         - kat
 
 i dry them out and reuse them for putting in the cannister of coffee,
 and in sugar as well
 
 margali
  >>
     Both ideas sound great to me, but I actually ran across a reference to
candied cinnamon sticks in Culpeper's Herbal while looking for something
else. It's brief, and none too clear, but says:
     "Lastly, amongst the Barks, Cinnamon, amongst the Flowers, Roses, and
Marigolds, amongst the fruits, Almonds, Cloves, Pinenuts, and Fistick-nuts,
are said to be preserved but with this difference, they are encrusted with
dry sugar, and are more called confects than preserves."
     This is written at the end of a short chapter on "Preserved Roots,
Stalks, Barks, Flowers, Fruits." However, most other items in the chapter
*are* boiled in a sugar syrup, sometimes after being steeped in several
changes of water. (Roots--including ginger, which started the thread, and
citrus peels) So I don't think it would be unreasonable to conclude that the
cinnamon sticks were boiled in syrup before coating with sugar, as we've all
asumed would be best! Of course, the other items listed with the cinnamon,
either *could* or, in the case of the flowers, probably *should* only be
coated with the sugar, so who knows? Oh, well, at least we have a reference
to go by now.................... ;-)

Ldy Diana
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