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Default Orange rind vs. orange extract?

On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 00:36:27 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 09:31:58 -0400, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I can get dried orange zest at the Bulk Barn but I have never been
> >> impressed with it. Now that I don't have a gall bladder and can eat
> >> oranges, we have them on hand most of the time.

> >
> > I'd be candying my orange rinds if I had that kind of supply. As it
> > is, I freeze them and candy them when I get enough to make it
> > worthwhile.

>
> I have never had any luck with candying them. I just wind up with a sticky
> mess.


Sorry to hear it. I consider candied orange rinds to be one of those
no brainer type things to do. Maybe that dehydrator you own could
come in handy at the end - to dry it out enough to roll in sugar or
dip in chocolate.

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sf