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![]() Enzymes in G' do their work only after you wait a half hour or more . Fully cooked ( 1 minute Nuke , a few minutes in pan ) Garlic absorbs acids . To me it tastes like a member of the "glutamate" chemistry , but w/o the MSG penalty . Onions need to be fully cooked additionally ..AFTER the moisture is gone , after it stops steaming . Vinegar is a waste product of wine making , use citric acid instead , it has a clean taste . Use on salads etc . Always boil sugar into syrup when cooking . Its hard to do . start with 1/2 water to 2 or 3 sugar and the water alone will convert sucrose to Glucose and fructose , the boiling is the 2nd step and drys it to a syrup , Heres where i have trouble using white sugar , but my light brown sugar boiled to a syrup works perfect . boil it to nix water , then carefully raise temp using a cheap Harbor Fright IR thermometer ( $28 ) to around 300 F , add a pinch salt and no need to hold temp here more than 5 minutes , slowly cool . When around 160 to 180 F , add water so it dont turn to rock candy . it seems to improve with frig time . It has a maltose flavor ( pancake syrup flavor ) . Its the fructose thats being converted to maltose . F' is very sweet and thats NOT what pancake syrup is about , its about flavor ! Maltose and butter or M' and cheese !!!! Butterscotch has M' .... |
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