[Sca-cooks] Sugar updates

[Mark S. Harris]

Ardenia replied to me with:
> The lavender...which I over heated to almost 300 and then added water
> to...is so far the only one to begin the crystalizing
> process...tonight's homework...to scrape the other two out of the jars,
> reheat and try again.

I'm not at all sure why you might be having a problem with this. I did 
do a quick search on "making rock candy" and turned up a large number 
of recipes. Most of these seem to call for 2 cups of sugar for each cup 
of water. Which is a bit higher than I would have expected. One did use 
a 2 1/2 to 1 ratio. Also those that gave a temperature said 240-250 
degrees F. They also seemed to give times of 3 to 5 days to let the 
crystals form.

Stefan
(I wonder if you can make sugar-free rock candy? :-) )
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