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You might be pleasantly surprised at a very low %. 1% is strong in vanilla, day one. I'm gonna try it again soon since it's been a minute. Hermit said it mellows.
Torta della Nonna = "Grandma's Pie" is a favorite dessert from Tuscany. It's kind of a cross between creamy lemon custard and cheesecake. It has crust like a tart, and it's traditionally topped with pine nuts, sometimes served with fresh berries.
2% FA Custard with 1% TFA Cheesecake Graham crust is a good start and tastes good right there.
2% FA Custard with Homevape Cheesecake, same thing without graham cracker
Custard has a little lemon, but I used 0.5% Lemon Sicily to make it a little stronger. Very nice.
Fresh berries were 0.25% Bilberry, which adds a nice contrast to the lemony-creamy-custard main flavor.
I added Apple Pie for crust, tiny bit so I wouldn't taste the apples. Bilberry helps cover them, too. Tasting really good right here!
Then for pine nuts. Closest to pine nuts would be Walnut. Who can guess what happened then? (answer below)
(Italian word of the day: mannaggia!! = dammit!!)
answer: walnut brought out the apple from Apple Pie. Now I have Grandma's Screwed Up Apple-Lemon-Berry Torta. And a whole big tankful, too.
2% FA Custard with 1% TFA Cheesecake Graham crust is a good start and tastes good right there.
2% FA Custard with Homevape Cheesecake, same thing without graham cracker
Custard has a little lemon, but I used 0.5% Lemon Sicily to make it a little stronger. Very nice.
Fresh berries were 0.25% Bilberry, which adds a nice contrast to the lemony-creamy-custard main flavor.
I added Apple Pie for crust, tiny bit so I wouldn't taste the apples. Bilberry helps cover them, too. Tasting really good right here!
Then for pine nuts. Closest to pine nuts would be Walnut. Who can guess what happened then? (answer below)
(Italian word of the day: mannaggia!! = dammit!!)
answer: walnut brought out the apple from Apple Pie. Now I have Grandma's Screwed Up Apple-Lemon-Berry Torta. And a whole big tankful, too.
I was surprised how well lemon covered apple when I tried a lemon meringue pie. Still wasnt perfect but not bad at all.
Love the word!!
Love the word!!
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Walnut strikes again!
You totally forgot the AP.
Toffee is just butterscotch that has been cooked longer/hotter. If you're trying to do that flavor without diacetyl or substitute diketone ingredients, you can use FA Butterscotch with TFA Brown Sugar Extra to get close. It won't be a fantastic standalone toffee flavor, but I've used that combo in candy recipes with pretty good results. I've never had that vendor liquid, so I don't know how well this idea will 'match' the toffee flavor in it, though. You might play around with just that part first. The next battle will be the graham cracker bit!
AP is in the homevape cheesecake.
Yep - also in TFA's Cheesecake Graham Crust.
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Team FA ! welcome to the club
Sheesh, I'm pages back still contemplating my FA rocky road vape (not there yet by a long stretch), and here y'all are 10 ideas later LOL
See, this is why I never end up coming up with any recipes. Just as I start to think someone posts something I must make - so now it's custard/pomegranate gelato!
See, this is why I never end up coming up with any recipes. Just as I start to think someone posts something I must make - so now it's custard/pomegranate gelato!
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hey @AmandaD totally unrelated to flavor art but that cotton is awesome. only been using it for a few hours but it seems to be a lot more clean tasting. didnt boil it or anything. sallys is right next to lowes and I had to go there so I stopped in sallys on the clock. lol. that was funny. construction dude in a bright orange vest going in sallys . ha. anyways pulled a piece out of the box in the truck, wicked it up and hit the road. at first I was worried. had that funky fresh cotton taste and thought it was going to be the same ol same ol. but the taste went away super fast. just a few toots. almost want to say it is making the cream just a bit creamier. going to boil some tonight and see if there is a difference. just wanted to say thanks for letting me know about it and let everyone else know. it Its rayon cellucotton . its at sally in a massive tissue box. kept thinking it was a joke and jack in the box was going to pop out and punch me in the nose.
Got the same look walking in there asking for beard balm. They don't carry that by the way.
Glad you like it - that rayon is amazing. There shouldn't be any taste at all - are you 100% sure it says '100% rayon' on the box, and not 100% cotton? They're both called Cellucotton and are in the same color box - so it's confusing!
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Im with you HIC. I just love cinnamon red hots.
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ya I made sure thank you
ya its super clean. it could have even been my hands lol. like I said I was at work and just ripped a piece off. now its great. I vape so much dirt and oil and grease all the time Im sure. Ive done worse things so vaping dirt is not that bad
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Haha, you got the 500' box? They sell smaller ones too! Think I seen 10'. You should watch the Pbusardo wicking testing, you'd be surprised how cotton did.
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hahaha ya they were out of the small ones. just had 500 and 1000 feet lol... should have got the 1000........
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so just re wicked it and you are right no taste at all right away. man this is sweet
Man, you could wick a freakin Texas smoker with that much.
Most of the rayon boxes are 500ft. The smaller ones that I saw were actually cotton!
I've seen that before, but I've never tried it because it's British. Figured it involved boiled beef or something. lol!
Here's what they say about it:
"quick and easy way to make traditional British custard on the fly. This is the original thickening agent of custard invented by Alfred Bird in 1837 because his wife was allergic to eggs. Mix two tablespoons of powder with sugar and milk until it becomes a paste; then add two cups of nearly boiling milk and heat to a boil. "
Ingredients are basically just cornflour, salt, annato for coloring and 'flavoring'. So it sounds like it's mostly a thickener to take the place of the eggs. Being a British product, I'd guess that 'flavoring' is vanilla?
In that case, Italians would call it Panna Cotta. They use geletin or sometimes cornstarch as thickener, plus the sugar and milk. Well, they use cream, but close enough. To translate that into FA, that's Fresh Cream and Meringue. But you'd want some vanilla, maybe almond, caramel, or other flavors in there, I'm sure.
If you get your mom's recipe, I'll help translate it into a vape!
You can get 40 foot boxes of rayon, I think it was texas beauty supply or something like that. I bought 3 because I didn't want a singe gigantic box sitting around lol.
Hey, here we go... This site discusses how to replace Birds Custard Powder in a recipe: http://www.livestrong.com/article/486405-how-to-replace-custard-powder/
it says: "Substitute cornstarch equally for custard powder when it is called for as an ingredient..."
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"Substitute vanilla or chocolate pudding mix if you can't find custard powder and you want to make a pudding, filling or sauce."
So you'd probably start with Fresh Cream, Meringue, Vanilla Classic....and I think after trying that you'd want to add some FA Custard and/or Vienna Cream, just enough to make it richer. After reading about that powder, I wouldn't be surprised if part of the 'flavoring' in it is artificial egg flavor, which Custard and Vienna Cream would both add.
Above and beyond. again. TY @HeadInClouds
OMG, Birds Custard! I grew up on that stuff LOL Then I learned how to make it the real way, but occasionally I still get a craving for Birds and have to run to the English Shop here! And it is most definitely an artificial flavor - and it's awful when the powder goes stale!
It's definitely artificial but it's Still my favorite custard. Add a little fruit. Mmmmm.
In our house it was used for the top layer of trifle too.
In our house it was used for the top layer of trifle too.
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What was the product number on the box? 44043 or 44060?
You can always use some as a sweat band on hot days.
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So, just got some GREAT news! Bull City is going be an official carrier of VT nic! Now there's no reason not to try it!
Of course, what suits you best will be based upon your flavor preferences, but my most used FA flavors are Vanilla Classic, Caramel, Cookie, Nut Mix, Fresh Cream, Tiramisu, Apple Pie and Coconut.
I was never very into fruity vapes, but FA changed my mind on that. All the fruits I've tried are wonderful! I've been very surprised by how good they are.
Creams, I'd just get 'em all. Seriously. Vanilla Classic, Fresh Cream, Vienna Cream, Irish Cream, Vanilla Bourbon, I'll even add Coconut to this part because it's so creamy and versatile. Catalan Cream. It gets used in a lot of recipes by most people.
wllmc recently said it'd be easier to tell you what we don't like. A MUCH shorter list. That's very true. For me to sit here and type out what and why I'd recommend..... you could get tired of reading it all, lol.
I'll recommend you go to the flavor reviews section, look at all the flavor reviews posted by HeadInClouds. You'll drool and fall in love. HIC has a gfit for creating liquids and flavoring descriptions.
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I think I have almost every non tobacco with the exception of cardamom and blackberry...Oh, and Fuji...I need fuji!!!
I don't have the blackberry. HIC's new review of that one has me wanting it, of course. The cardamom smells wonderful. That should be enough for someone to add to cart, right?
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Michael1 over at the "other place" said VZ Gourmet Blackberry was the best out of all he'd tried, just a FYI.
But I've only tried the MBV Blackberry so far, and I dumped it down the drain, as it was way to bitter/nasty.
I do love FA Bilberry though so I may have to try FA Blackberry too.
But I've only tried the MBV Blackberry so far, and I dumped it down the drain, as it was way to bitter/nasty.
I do love FA Bilberry though so I may have to try FA Blackberry too.
On my phone so not sure how to point back to it. HIC made 2 posts in reference to it last night. Even if what he suggested isn't birds, it sounds tasty.
Will you guys ease up PLEASE! There aren't enough hours in the day to vape all the good recipes I have learned from you all. All my tanks are full and many just sit waiting for their turn. And I must have a dozen other recipes waiting to be made. Jeesh
Yooper, make smaller samples, vape more, repeat.
Will you guys ease up PLEASE! There aren't enough hours in the day to vape all the good recipes I have learned from you all. All my tanks are full and many just sit waiting for their turn. And I must have a dozen other recipes waiting to be made. Jeesh
Lol, I hear you, I'm still working on testing a dozen + recipes I've made over the past few months.
Some have been dumped, some were just ok.
Trying to clear out the old before making much new.
Like Rocket said, I've just started making 5ml batches, so I don't have so much to vape, or dump.