SC - period fruit candy update

[Jane M Tremaine]

I seemed to have missed the orginal post,would you repost or send to me
privatly.  This sounds to yummy to miss.

Jana

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> From: owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Jeff Heilveil
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 10:55 AM
> To: Bucatar-sef
> Subject: SC - period fruit candy update
>
>
> Salut!
> For those of you interested in the period fruit candy that I sent a
> redaction for earlier.... a modification for the plums.
>
> It turns out (no pun intended) that with the plums (and DEFINITELY THE
> APPLES) that it is far better (post straining and mashing) to cook the
> fruit mash down as much as possible and then transfer it to a sugared piee
> of wax paper on a cookie sheet.  Then let it dry in the oven (pilot light)
> for 24-36 hours.  At that point, resprinkle it with sugar, peel it up from
> the wax paper and put it in the dehydrator (sugar side down).  Sprinkle it
> with sugar, let it go over night, and then flip it in the morning.  It
> should be done by tonight, so I'd say let it go another 12 hours after
> flipping.
>
> The apples we tried putting the mash on a sugared, cold, cutting board and
> then transferring it to the dehydrator.  You don't her the nice sugar
> crust like we did with the plums.  Ideally, dry it in the sun, it should
> be amazing.  However, I live in a post-draintile swamp and cannot do so
> here...  too humid.
>
> Hope this helps someone.
>
> Cu drag,
> Bogdan
>
>
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