unorthodox flavor sources?

[feivel]

anyone have any experiences using flavors found in grocery stores,
such as various extracts used in cooking, vanilla, almond etc
or lemon juice concentrate
or powdered soft drinks like crystal lite, kool-aid
or anything else

i dont really see any reason to use such things but i am curious

 

[Hoosier]

The Vinegar thread has a number of posts about using lemon juice concentrate.

I tried emulsions once. It went rather poorly. No taste and it killed a couple of atty's in real short order. I use the bottles they came in to store my premixed PG&VG, so it wasn't a total loss. (Well except for the fact I could have bought the bottles for less than the emulsions and atty's cost me.)

I have used clear imatation vanilla, but it is weak. Doesn't seem to hurt the equipment though.

 

[feivel]

interesting thread

also there is something called "sour salt" in groceries which is actually citric acid crystals, probably has a pH lowering effect like vinegar or lem juice