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and weigh. Cut this peel into strips 1/4 to 1/2 inches wide; or cut
into small shapes. Place in a saucepan of water and for each
quart of peel taken add 3 pints or more of cold water. Boil 10
minutes and pour off the water. Repeat three times or until as
much of the bitter flavor is removed as is desired. Dry the peel
between folds of cloth, pressing gently.
 For each pound of peel used add 11/2 lbs. of sugar to 6 ozs. of
 water. Bring to a boil and cook until the sugar is dissolved.
 Add the prepared peel and boil until the syrup is absorbed.
 Remove immediately from the fire and roll the fruit in granulated
 or powdered sugar.
 Finishing Point: Cooking continued too long and evaporation
 carried too far will cause the product to be hard and unattractive.
 The point at which the product shall be finished may be deter-
 mined by rolling a piece of fruit when it has become transparent,
 in granulated sugar. If after a few minutes the fruit stiffens
 enough to retain its shape it is sufficiently cooked. A strip of
 peel is preferred to the small shapes in making this test.

 Grapefruit Peel No. 2.
 1 lb. grapefruit peel 1/4 pt. clear corn syrup
 1% lbs. sugar 1% pt. water
 Proceed as in Method No. 1. It is more difficult to reach
 crystallization by this method, slower cooking being required,
 but due to the glucose in the corn syrup the finished product
 remains soft much longer than when prepared by Method No. 1.

 Grapefruit Peel No. 3.
 Wash the fruit and remove the peel, leaving as little of the
white material attached to the fruit as possible. The peel can
be more readily detached if the fruit is dipped in boiling water
for a few minutes. If peel is to be used from fruit from which
the juice has been pressed, the segment walls can be easily
removed with the fingers. The peel is cut into strips 2 inches
long by 1/4 inch wide, into disks 1/2 inch wide or into squares of
the same size, as preferred.
 Two methods of cooking can be followed, one using water alone,
the other giving a preliminary treatment with lime water. Under
certain conditions, the finished product has a slightly tough layer
at the surface which was the outer surface of the original peel.
This tendency can be overcome by the use of the lime water
method, but usually results are almost as good where water alone
is used. In using lime water, use only the clear water, do not