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Show Salted Nuts Are Favored Candied rauinj, prunea, apricota, dates and currants make fine fillers for Christmas box corners. Prepare them by mixing: two cups of gran-ulatra gran-ulatra sugar, one cup of water and one teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Boil the ingredients in-gredients together four minutes, then add two cups of fruit. Cook slowly until a fine thread forms when some of the syrup is poured from a spoon. Pour into a shallow pan and, when slightly cool, sprinkle sprin-kle with confectioner's sugar. You will need salted nuts for dividing lines or corner fillers in boxes. Sprinkle a cup of blanched nuts in a thin layer over a shallow pan. Add one tablespoon of olive oil or butter. Bake alowly and stir , frequently with a fork until the nuts are evenly browned. (About 20 minutes.) Then sprinkle half a teaspoonful of salt over thera and pour the nuts, while warm, onto a cloth. Wipe off surplus salt and fat. Store them in air-tight jars. If they need refreshing la:er, heat them five minutes in a mod- ; erate oven. To blanch nuts, cover a cupful with boiling water. Put a lid over them and, after five minutes, remove re-move the brown skins with your fingers. Then dry them five minutes min-utes or so in a slow oven. |