melon-shaped maltose

"Candied melon sticks" means that king of people was asked to buy some sacrifice candy made of maltose, such as candied melon and Guandong sugar, on the 23rd of the past, which was intended to ask him to put in a good word when he ascended to the Jade Emperor, and to stick sugar on the kitchen god's mouth to prevent him from saying more. There is such a two-part allegorical saying in Beijing: "The kitchen god ascended to heaven-speak more good words". 23 candied melons are sticky. " On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, every household began to be busy. There is a saying every day that people who have entered the 23 rd year: 23 candied melons are sticky; 24 house sweeping day; 25 paste the window; Twenty-six stewed meat; Twenty-seven kill the rooster; Twenty-eight faces; Twenty-nine steamed buns; Stay up all night; Twist on the first day of the new year. Production method 1. The main ingredient is melon or watermelon, and the outer skin and pulp are scraped off. 2. Cut into 4 cm wide melon rings horizontally, and then cut into 35 kg melon strips with a length of 4 cm and a width of 1 cm after washing. 3. Take 5.5 kilograms of white sugar and 15 kilograms of clear water, heat and dissolve them into white sugar solution, and add a small amount of clear water to 3 kilograms of white sugar, heat and dissolve them, then put them in a container and grind them. Then 500 grams of lime and 20 kilograms of clean water are added to make lime water. Pour the cut melon sticks into lime water, sprinkle 150-200g lime powder on them, press the melon sticks with bamboo sticks or wooden boards to make them completely immersed for about 10 hours, until the melon sticks are completely calcified and have no soft hearts. If the soaking time is short, add some lime. 4. Pick up the melon sticks soaked in lime, rinse them with clear water to remove the ash, then use blisters, and change the water every 2 hours, usually 4 times. It is advisable to remove the ash, and don't be yellow. 5. Put the de-ashed and drained melon strips into boiling water, add sodium sulfite and alum to the water, constantly turn the melon strips with a strainer, cook for about 15 minutes, take them out for cooling, soak them in clear water, and fish them in a basket after completely cooling. 6. After the melon strips are drained, pour them into the prepared sugar solution, soak them for 8-12 hours, put the finely ground white sugar into the sugar solution, increase the concentration of the sugar solution to 40 degrees Baume, soak them for 8-12 hours, then heat and boil for 20 minutes, concentrate the sugar solution, and permeate into the melon strips. When the concentration of the sugar solution reaches 78-80%, they can be taken out of the pot and returned to sand. After the melon strips are taken out of the pot, when the sugar solution is completely stuck on the melon strips and the surface is slightly dry, they are scattered and cooled, and the melon strips are wrapped with a layer of sugar coating to form candied melon strips.
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