The Jones County news., 1922-12-26
CANDIED GRAPEFRUIT
PEEL MAKES CENTER
Also Serves as Substitute for
Citron in Baking,
Two Methods of Cooking Are Outlined,
One With Water Alone. the Other
With Lime Water--Place in
Air-Tieht Jars.


prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture)
Candied grapefruit peel makes an
excellent center for chocolates and also
serves rs q substitute for citron in bak-
ing, according to the United States De
pnrtment Of Agriculture Many firms
now use candied citrus products in
stead Of eitron in making mineemeat.
Wash the fruit and remove the peel,
leaving as little Of the white material
attached to the fx.xnnss>possble The
the fruit IS IN boiling water for
afew minK If peel from fruii from
which tlyy*dice has been pressed is 20
be Vsx1. the segment waits can be
clealKd away with a knife. Not All Of
ting peel from this class Of material
Gan be saved. but usually enough is
Aecovered to mike it pay. Cut the pee!
isto strips inches long by = inch
wide, into disks y inch wide or into
squares of the same size.
There are tNo methods Of cooking
the peel In one method water alone
is used; in the other preliminary
enfnl-rst----.w
stn1., certain conditions the hnishVu
nratur, has slightly Tough layer ~
~ surface. the remnant OF lhe ou,s'
,,,.eaee If the original peel ~
.,,h,ass enn be overcome by usihs
lime water. although as RUE res'u'. 'i.
almost AS good are obtained 10y VS.
,ra,er alone. Only the clear linle p
~ shonld he used for this puIpVae
,.,,er milk OF lime. Lime water coi'
aims only few tenths OF ! pe. ern
oeUua in solution and will mol hlu.
XII nee place the prepared peei
kettle and cover Il eiliel ".'" =.
u,;xture consisting Of two parts ~ ~
- ana one part Of clear lime W"'ei
M, ,.afer alone. Cover ana non y
,ats an hour. Pour off the hqu,'
AGAIN cover with water anu po.
s'sqe on honr. DO not use lime way
after the first cooking. Nepe'' in,
hoilinr with fresh water eaen - ~
untll a piece of the peel when ~ ~
'.na coeled has about the pittei a.. ~.
-, 4 desired in the finished pl"uu
~ s%' anal nroduct will be a itt'e =
M ine IN 'han the peel at this stage
Di''e' ,ha hitteraess disappears
SOM = aoolsing. Usually three ire
n,ents are sufficient when a ra,lel -
~ aayer is desired. FIVE OF s'A -
',ss - a@ uroduce a .mild-havoreu pc
- than that number give d ~
No. t v,,thout much grapefruit ha'
W. ~ desired flavor IS reaci
nr off the water and drain the p
he excess Of water. can os
nv gentle pressure
~ candy the peel prepare ?
NC eonal parts Of granuiatea ;.
,.asar and cover the peel VIII
81 pan vere slowly for an hour or So
~, M ,he peel TO remain in the
overnight or longer II conssn ,'
r,oalix. boil again until the STU
ean,es thick. stopping the cooNil'
~ neual end point Tor jelly mas
tba, Is when the substance l'''N'
sho.ts from the spoon or the tenn
,,,ra ~ candy thermometer Is
s,o aeorees +. The peel is SAT-
,orv eyen if cooking IS sloppeu =
= reaches this point oYefeq
,.nas to make tie peel hard
~, drain the sirup from The pe
aos,,Ietalv as possible. shaking r.
.,nv ID remove the last drops
rou me peel IN powdered sugar
arltlng any pieces tha' SsieN 'os
cool ana allow to remain N q
for several days TO dry out.