On Mon 07 Jan 2008 08:37:22a, Dee.Dee told us...

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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>> On Mon 07 Jan 2008 06:56:36a, Giusi told us...
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>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > ha scritto nel messaggio
>>> 3.184...
>>>> On Mon 07 Jan 2008 05:34:08a, Dee.Dee told us...
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>>>>> "Dee.Dee" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <sf> wrote in message
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>>>>>>> On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 18:31:12 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
>>>>>>> wrote: OK, I was getting mixed up. You don't want to know how to
>>>>>>> candy whatever it is... you want to know what it is that you're
>>>>>>> buying (like candied citron) when you make panettone?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK. Did a little digging....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's just semantics. What you're buying is the peel, not the
flesh,
>>>>>>> when you buy candied citrus. Candied cherries and pineapple are
>>>>>>> flesh, of course.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here's a candied citrus recipe anyway. It's easy to make, so save
>>>>>>> your peels in the freezer and make a batch when you have enough to
>>>>>>> make it worthwhile.
>>>>>>>
http://www.cookingdebauchery.com/coo...6/03/candied_c
>>>>>>> it rus_.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again, sf.
>>>>> I understand that the grapefruit peels will be large, but will the
>>>>> orange or lemon peels pick up size?
>>>>>
>>>>> So -- the little fruit squares one buys in the little boxes are
>>>>> usually peels? IOW 'candied peels'?
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, I hope this is so! ;-))
>>>>> Dee Dee
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Absolutely. There was a day when one could often find whole lemon,
>>>> orange, and citron peels, beautifully candied and ready to be cut in
>>>> any size you wanted. Haven't seen that in at last 30 years.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Wayne Boatwright
>>>
>>> That I can get, and something enormous called cedro. I used to know
>>> what it was, don't recall, but it's so big that it is sold by the half.
>>> Candied peel hasn't been a problem, it's the fruit that disappeared. I
>>> had some of the best dried fruit of my life this year. I was a date
and
>>> fig hater, now I am a convert.
>>>
>>
>> Unless you order it from a specialty company, it's very difficult to get
>> any kind of candied peel in the US except around the holiday baking
time.
>> Getting whole pieces is practically impossible. General availability of
>> these items seems far more widespread in the UK and Europe.
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright
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>
> Cedro is citron, AFAIK. This is what I want for pannetone. I think I'm
> going to have to order it from Italy. If I can find it.
> My problem is that I don't want anything sulphured -- even harder.
> Dee Dee
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>

Most dried fruit is sulphured, but I wasn't aware that candied peel was.
But whatta I know. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright

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