deejStuff is HERE! (Part Two!)

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That's actually why I don't use the drops method. Way in the beginning, I went to play with measurements. Measuring PG from 2 different eye-droppers (same size) gave me 22 drops / mL for one, 35 drops / mL on the other.

That right there told me drops weren't gonna cut it for me.

I think the harder you push the smaller the drop you will get. I always thought giving a recipe by drops was not a good way to do it. Need to act like a mad scientist and use pipettes and stuff and measure the actual volume, presumably by ml.
 

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Good morning Deej and Deejsters,

So, if you realy want to have 365 flavors in the forseeable future, it will be hard to do with a one off here and there. How about a totally new line? I'm speaking, of course, of a BAKERY line.

I know this industry fairly well, and IMHO there are only two vendors that really do bakery flavors well, about 4 that do them ok, and the rest (that even try them) do them pretty poorly.

It could be a large line with sub-catagories for muffins, cookies, pies, cakes, cinnamon rolls, breads (banana-nut bread, monkey bread, etc.)

One good aspect would be that once you got a base recipe down (say for cookie), it would the just be a matter for experiments a little with ratios to turn that into chocolate chip cookies, butterscotch cookies, peanut butter cookies, etc.

The down side is that getting the base flavors down would be difficult. Doing a good cookie flavor is more that just adding some Flavor Art cookie flavoring to the unflavored mix, and doing a good Apple pie flavor is more than just adding some of Capela's Apple pie flavoring. GOOD bakery flavors tend to be pretty complex recipes, as you probably experienced making your snickerdoodle. Also, there is more variation in flavor companies base flavors for bakery flavors than their other lines. For example, Flavor Art's apple pie tastes mostly of crust with a hint of apple, TPA's apple pie tastes mostly of red delicious apples with a hint of crust, and Natual Flavorings apple pie tases mostly like granny smith apples.

Sorry, I hope it doesn't sound like I'm giving kitty a tutorial on mixing, there is more mixing knowledge and expertice in kitty's left paw than in my whole universe. This is more for the benefit of the deejsters.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents. I sure would like to try your cinnamon rolls with orange frosting. Pillsbury makes them. Find them in the refrigarated section next to the canned biscuits.


I promise, no more suggestions for at least 48 hours.

Ed
 

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Good morning Deej and Deejsters,

So, if you realy want to have 365 flavors in the forseeable future, it will be hard to do with a one off here and there. How about a totally new line? I'm speaking, of course, of a BAKERY line.

Popcorn first!!!!!!!

And that's not nagging, Deej. I'm not in dire need of more Caramel Popcorn yet. I just want to make sure you have your priorities correctly set whenever you do have time for experiments.
 
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Anyway, that's my 2 cents. I sure would like to try your cinnamon rolls with orange frosting. Pillsbury makes them. Find them in the refrigarated section next to the canned biscuits.

He took the suggestion right out of my mouth!!! I was searching for FireKitty this morning (as I do every time kitty moves these days lol), while craving those exact rolls with orange frosting (they are only allowed in the house once a year or so because I will eat the whole darn pan before Iron Monkey gets a shot at them), and realized that there was no cinnamon roll or variation there of on the menu... I have another vendor's cinnamon roll, and while it's good, deejstuff has become the gold standard by which everything else is judged, and I know FireKitty can mix something that will make my taste buds leap, my scale breathe a sigh of relief, and cause me to do a happy dance on said scale while vaping a decadent brew that tastes like gooey delicious Orange frosted cinnamon rolls straight from the oven!

No pressure though :blink:
 

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Popcorn first!!!!!!!

And that's not nagging, Deej. I'm not in dire need of more Caramel Popcorn yet. I just want to make sure you have your priorities correctly set whenever you do have time for experiments.

I second this suggestion too!!!

That would be nummy yummy - and I volunteer to be one of your guinea pigs while testing recipes. It'll be a hardship to have to sample all of the variations, but I'll do it for the FireKitty... ;)

There are other vendors who make some good juices, but you really do set the bar high as far as quality and exquisite depth of flavor...

Deej does it better!!!
 

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I'm toying with 2 popcorns... a basic caramel popcorn, and a caramel popcorn with nut clusters...

oh... and this just popped into my fevered brain... toffee popcorn... whaddya think?

I think yes, yes, a thousand times yes!!!

And maybe a variation with a drizzle of chocolate - actually the Oba Oba (by description) sounds like it could be delicious with a popcorn base!

I'm hungry now.... ask FireKitty to get to work in the lab so this monkey doesn't blow her diet ;)
 

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My main problem is finding a good flour & yeast flavor for breads, rolls and cakes. I've got a couple candidates that I've identified, and I've brought them in. Right now, time is the missing ingredient.

Also recall that I'm steadfast against using diacetyl in my professional offerings. That knocks out some of the flavorings that I'd really like to use.

And please don't forget that there are flavors that I want to introduce that I haven't been talking about.

I have NO doubt about hitting 365+ flavors of vape...
 

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Hey cm,

yeah, i love those orange frosted cinnamon rolls so much everytime i eat one my lips try to kiss my tongue.

ed

Don't tell anyone, but my lips have been known to lick the knife used to spread the frosting, the little cup it comes in, the plate, and anywhere else the gooey goodness may have landed. Minds out of gutters please :p
 

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I think yes, yes, a thousand times yes!!!

And maybe a variation with a drizzle of chocolate - actually the Oba Oba (by description) sounds like it could be delicious with a popcorn base!

I'm hungry now.... ask FireKitty to get to work in the lab so this monkey doesn't blow her diet ;)

Yes, Dear. Right away, Dear.

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Don't tell anyone, but my lips have been known to lick the knife used to spread the frosting, the little cup it comes in, the plate, and anywhere else the gooey goodness may have landed. Minds out of gutters please :p

but... but... my mind LOVES the gutter!
 

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I'm toying with 2 popcorns... a basic caramel popcorn, and a caramel popcorn with nut clusters...

oh... and this just popped into my fevered brain... toffee popcorn... whaddya think?

Toffee was mentioned as one of the flavors either Poppycock or Fiddle Faddle comes in (I forget which.) And the nuts that seem the most common among purveyors of gourmet popcorn are peanuts, pecans and cashews. (And, yes, I know peanuts aren't nuts -- they are legumes.)
 
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