Random DIY mixing and More

[FranC]

Good morning everybody

Good morning to you Kat.

 

[FranC]

Greetings, mixers, I hope all is well with you and yours

I did get some new testers mixed these past few days,

Cobweb Afternoon • Cookie Butter, Cookie Dough, Creme Brulee Cookie, Sugar Pie, Vanilla Cream Extra, Vanilla Custard. All Wonder Flavours.

Dazed and Infused • Creme de Menthe, Omega Chocolate, White Chocolate, Wafer Crunch.

Call of the Wild • Banana Cream, Blueberry Wild, Sugar Cookie, Sweet Cream, Vanilla Custard.

Oath • Banana Cream, Blueberry Sweet, Custard, Lemon Lime, Lemon Pound Cake, Ripe Cherry, Sweet Cream.

Greetings glooop. I just love those names.

 

[FranC]

Something that might be worth a try for bakery type mixes could be to use a little Cap Sugar Cookie in lieu of sweetener. Some folks find Sugar Cookie to be a pretty sweet flavor.

Sugar Cookie is way too sweet for me.

 

[gloopdegurp]

Greetings glooop. I just love those names.

Howdy, Fran

 

[gloopdegurp]

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Just in case any of you might need anything there.

 

[FranC]

Just back from the Dollar store with dd and the boys. I wanted gift bags and a few small items.

 

[DavidOck]

Another good idea, thanks.
I have honeysuckle tfa, which I can't remember using, Would that work?

Imo, no. Honeysuckle, while on the sweet side, has it's own flavor, and would make a big change to the mix.

 

[hittman]

I have a question: For my last few mixes I tried using cap sweetener, if the recipe called for sweetener. I don't really like it in my mixes, all I taste is sweet, I used to use marshmallow in place of sweetener, for my taste that was better.
Now for my question, if a recipe calls for sweetener, do you just leave it out or substitute with something else?
Side note: I mix for a few other people and they like the sweetener in their mixes, so this is a matter of my taste.

For me it depends on the other flavors in the recipe. If I feel like there’s enough sweet flavors in the recipe then I just leave it out. Otherwise I’ll use 1 drop per 10ml of the Cap if I feel it’s needed.

 

[dennism]

The pistachio ice cream recipe, that I mixed called for 1% sweetener, much too sweet for me, has been dumped.

 

[gloopdegurp]

Another good idea, thanks.
I have honeysuckle tfa, which I can't remember using, Would that work?

From my limited experience and browsing the notes at ELR again, I would agree with David that Honeysuckle probably wouldn't be a good choice unless a bit of floral wouldn't hurt the mix.

I looked at the notes for FA Pear again and at 1-2% it might add some sweetness as well as juiciness and would probably be covered up by other fruits in a mix, unless very lightly flavored. I'm not sure how other pears might work out in this capacity.
I'm also not sure how it would fare in non-fruit mixes although I did see a note that mentioned using it with creams. Can not confirm from experience.

 

[Zazie]

Just finished cutting it and waiting for French fries to cook. It did come out good. Nice smoke ring and of course I sampled the end piece.

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Just send that up to me, okay?

 

[Zazie]

Some folks find Sugar Cookie to be a pretty sweet flavor.

@FranC sure does.

 

[Zazie]

Sugar Cookie is way too sweet for me.

Ha! I hadn't read this when I posted.

 

[FranC]

Ha! I hadn't read this when I posted.

Good memory

 

[DavidOck]

The pistachio ice cream recipe, that I mixed called for 1% sweetener, much too sweet for me, has been dumped.

Is it worth a remix without sweetener?

 

[Kat56]

The guessers were wrong again...we weren't supposed to have 90's today...sigh...

 

[Kat56]

Greetings glooop. I just love those names.

Me too

 

[FranC]

The guessers were wrong again...we weren't supposed to have 90's today...sigh...

We have 70 with the weather sayning 72

 

[Kat56]

We have 70 with the weather sayning 72

Supposed to cool off after today now. Hopefully that happens

 

[FranC]

Our 10 day forecast is all 70's. The 60's have disappeared for now.