[Sca-cooks] Re: candied ginger

[Jules A Hojnowski]

hi!

thanks :)  I have neither book, so when you get a chance
I would love to see the recipe.

thank you!
Jules/Catalina

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>Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:49:10 -0700
>From: Susan Fox-Davis <selene at earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Candied ginger?
>To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
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>I use the recipe in THE JOY OF COOKING actually.  It's at home and I'm
>at work <sigh> but as I recally, you peel and slice the ginger and cook
>it in simple 1:1 sugar syrup for a long long time until transparent.
>  Remove from the syrup and dry on racks.  I like to make more sugar
>syrup than the ginger needs to cover, resulting in a lot of extra yummy
>ginger syrup.
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>Susan/Mistress Selene
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>jah at twcny.rr.com wrote:



>  > info
>  >as to how to candy ginger!
>>PLEASE!!!!!!
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>>thank you!
>>Jules/Mistress Catalina
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>Message: 3
>Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:53:20 -0600
>From: "Kathleen A. Roberts" <karobert at unm.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Candied ginger?
>To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
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>--On Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:49 AM -0700 Susan Fox-Davis
><selene at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>  I use the recipe in THE JOY OF COOKING actually.  >
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>i use the one in the Settlement Cookbook (same here... me at work, it at
>home) but it instructs you to blanche the ginger first (1 - 3 times) to get
>th bitterness out before you simmer in simple syrup.
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>cailte
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