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Default "Candied" Fruits

scott123 > wrote:

: W. Baker Wrote:
: > Would any of the sugr alcohols
: > make such "danied" fruits or fruit peels plssible? The discussion
: > had
: > started over candied ginger, something I do miss:-(

: Maltitol can be subbed 1 for 1 with sugar in your Mother's dishes. It
: will also work for crystallized ginger. It can be laxating, though.
: Erythritol isn't laxating and will crystallize but it has a strong
: cooling effect so the ginger will have a mintyness to it. Polydextrose
: will get thick and syrupy, just a like a sugar syrup will, but it won't
: crystallize.


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: scott123

Thanks for the information. I will pass it on, but I don't think I am
likely to try it. I woudl hae to use the erythritol, as I fear that
Malatol causes me severe distress. Might try it with the crab aples or
kumquats, s they are ot "candied" just syrupy and raslucent.

Wendy