[Sca-cooks] Rock Candy
Etain1263 at aol.com
Etain1263 at aol.com
Tue Mar 22 07:21:34 PST 2005
In a message dated 3/22/2005 10:07:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
phlip at 99main.com writes:
> We were making Medieval rock candy?
>
yes, you were. The "secret" here is a supersaturated solution. You heat the
water..add as much sugar (and flavorings here, too) as it will hold (there
will be a small bit of undissolved sugar in the bottom of the pan). Pour off
the solution into a deep container (making sure none of the crystals on the
bottom get into your "working" solution). and suspend your string/swizzle
stick/anything into it. Now...partially cover it! It needs to evaporate, but you
don't need critters or molds, etc. getting into it. The longer it takes to
evaporate..the larger the crystals you will get. For rock candy...it doesn't
matter much! Little crystals all over the "base" are just as tasty! If you really
want it to go "fast"....dip your base string in the solution..then take it out
and dip it LIGHTLY into some granulated sugar. Then put it back into the
solution. It's sort of like culturing pearls.
Etain
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