[Sca-cooks] candied fruit and fruit peels

[Stefan li Rous]

Anahita asked:
> I really detest the commercially candied fruit i've had in America.
> How hard is it to make one's own?

Do you mean candied fruit or candied fruit peel? For the latter, it
looks like they dipped it many more times than we do. So in part, it
is probably a matter of how much effort do you wish to put in for how
good of a product. The technique is easy but it can be time consuming.

For many recipes and comments from when this has been discussed here
before check these files in the FOOD-SWEETS section:
candied-peel-msg  (35K)  6/28/01    Candied fruit peels. A late period treat.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-SWEETS/candied-peels-msg.html
candy-msg        (213K)  6/28/01    Period candy. Recipes. Candied fruit peels.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-SWEETS/candy-msg.html
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