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On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:26:06 -0500, Dan S.
> wrote:

>Dan S., if I was in the mood, I'd turn the lights down low and reply
>with soft music, but you'll have to accept this instead::
>> Dan S., if I was in the mood, I'd turn the lights down low and reply with
>> soft music, but you'll have to accept this instead::
>>> I'm making peach cake. I'm putting fresh peaches on top of peach yogurt
>>> icing for a garnish.
>>>
>>> My question is, is there a way to candy them other than par boiled, peeled
>>> and sugared? I have triple sec and peach nectar.

>>
>> Never mind. I parboiled, peeled, sliced, coated in a reduction of nectar and
>> triple sec, and cooled on a bed of sugar and covered w/ sugar. However,
>> there is a whole lot of reduction left.

>
>I just love talking to myself.


I'd have responded if I had any idea how to do what you were asking
about.

>The peaches sucked. You almost couldn't even taste the reduction. The
>peaches themselves were on the crisp side. I mean, they were peaches,
>you can't go too incredibly wrong, but not at all what I was looking
>for.


Peach cake, itself, sounds good.

Carol

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