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Default English Lemon Curd Mystery

On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:30:24 +0300, Opinicus
> wrote:

> The mystery is the "When the sugar has dissoved" bit. Dissolved in
> what? No liquid has been added. A bowl in a pan in or over water
> doesn't get hot enough to melt suger. Am I missing something here or
> did David's editor slip up?


Sounds like you've never caramelized sugar (dry method). Given some
heat, it dissolves all by itself.


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