On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:32:23 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2008-11-25, Boron Elgar > wrote:
>> We are not fond of glaceed fruit in this household, so making a
>> traditional panettone was out of the question.
>
>Have you had a traditional Italian panettone from Italy? I also despise
>candied fruit. It's like polyvinyl dayglo rubber, too me, but as far as I
>can tell, the only thing close in panettone is a few bits of citron and even
>then, it's not like that vulcanized candied fruit sold in US stores. The
>rest is nuts and raisins and dates. IOW, I like panettone because of it's
>scarcity of bad candied fruit. Maybe I misunderstand you.
>
>nb

Candied citrus peel is glaceed. Many versions of panettone call for
1-2 cups of candied fruit. I do not care for any sort of candied
fruit.

Boron