[Sca-cooks] Citron

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

OK, OK, i finally gave in and bought a Cthulhoid "Hand of Buddha" 
citron at the Berkeley Bowl yesterday. They smell so absolutely 
wonderful and look so positively Lovecraftian, i could no longer 
resist.

Now, what do i do with it, besides admire its aroma and wonder at its 
appearance? I assume there isn't much fruit inside and it's primarily 
rind.

I assume it's good to make into preserves, but, well, i actually 
rarely eat jam and do not care for jelly, unless there's something 
really special about it - i did buy one jar of lavender jelly and 
another of violet jelly...

I dislike fruitcakes made with icky things like maraschino cherries 
and other plasticky preserved fruit (they often include some kind of 
preserved citron, but it tastes nasty), but i do like fruitcakes made 
with dried fruits.

So, besides citron preserves made with sugar, what other 
possibilities are there?

Anahita