J. wrote on Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:51:42 -0400:

> On 7/24/2010 8:55 PM, Christine Dabney wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:38:22 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd
>> > wrote:
>>
>> .
>>> Y'know, I was gonna ask Christine Dabney about that. I'm
>>> making some limoncello for the cook in and, insofar as the
>>> finished product has a couple of cups of simple syrup in it,
>>> can I freeze it without it blowing up all over the freezer?
>>
>> Yes, it should be kept in the freezer. If you make it
>> according to the recipe I followed, it will do just fine.

In principle, sugar depresses the freezing point of water but doing
experiments is difficult because water-sugar solutions do not freeze
quickly and form syrups. You can get water (ice) crystals from an
alcohol solution and that is how applejack is made.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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