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Default English Lemon Curd Mystery

On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:21:26 -0700, "Pico Rico" >
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> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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.
> >

>
> in your example, it doesn't dissolve, it melts.
>


In the end, it's a liquid.


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