Ginger-Ale + Ginger Candy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 cup ginger, peeled,sliced
1 cup seltzer water (not sure of EXACT amount)
1 cup lime juice (to taste)

Preparation

Bring ginger, water, and sugar to a rolling boil.
Turn heat to low.
Let mixture simmer and reduce to a strong-tasting syrup.
Strain syrup from ginger slices.
Refrigerate syrup to thicken.
Mix 1 part syrup to 7 parts seltzer water (depending how strong you like it).
Add lime juice to taste.
Toss remaining ginger slices in sugar.
Place in warming oven and let dry.