Mattie ball's candied grapefruit peels

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

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Difficulty:

Easy

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Rind Of 2 Lg Or 3 Sm -2" strips
-Grapefruits, cut in 2 c Sugar

Place the rinds in a pot of cold water a few hours or overnight.
Bring the water to a boil for a few mins. Replace with fresh cold
water. Boil and cool the rinds as many times as needed, until they
lose their bitterness.

In a skillet, make a heavy syrup of the sugar and 1/2 C water. Drop
in the rinds and watch carefully until the sugar crystallizes. Remove
the rinds from the skillet.

When dry, sprinkle with additional sugar from a shaker.

Makes 3 cups.

Recipe By : An American Folklife Cookbook - ISBN 0-8052-3914-6

From: Dan Klepach Date: 05-15-95 (159) Fido:
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