[Sca-cooks] Succet/Sucket Candy? (was Re: Candied ginger?)

[Olwen the Odd]

>>Oh, and I forgot to say what I do with that reserved syrup.  I heat it up 
>>and strain it thru a cloth then heat it up more adding corn syrup and make 
>>succet candy.  If I have pinenuts around I sometimes add that to part of 
>>the batch.
>
>Please tell me more about this succet candy!  This is something I'm just 
>getting started trying to find out about.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Martha

Depending on where you are from, or rather, where your folks are from, 
succet means different things.  In period a succet was referring to candied 
peel.  In modern times a succet can mean anything from a lollypop to any 
hard candy.  The basic recipe for hard candy is water, sugar and corn syrup 
or karo.  Simmer till when you drop some into a glass of cool water and it 
forms balls or strings that stiffen.  Then you can either spoon it into 
candy molds (you have to have the ones for hot stuff) or you can pour it out 
onto a clean marble surface or you can put it into a micorwavable pan or 
bowl, or however you like.  Just make sure the kids and cats aren't around 
cuz it sure is hot.
Olwen

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