Merry Christmas! 2015 - Page 4

Clodfobble · 12-28-2015, 09:57 PM

Love the fruit leather sail! It looks homemade...?

Beestie · 12-28-2015, 10:15 PM

I wouldn't make it out the harbor before I ate half of it

Clodfobble · 12-28-2015, 11:28 PM

Could you ask them pretty please on my behalf for their recipe? I make rollups but they don't turn out nearly so nice...

Griff · 12-29-2015, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Could you ask them pretty please on my behalf for their recipe? I make rollups but they don't turn out nearly so nice...

Lil G runs a very experimental kitchen but its basically:
Three cups fruit, 2-3 tablespoons sugar (handful), splash of lemon juice (protects the color) blend the shit out of it, pour into a pan lined with plastic wrap or a silpat, spread thin, put in low temp oven 170/180 for maybe 5 hours but check it often. bendy not squishy.

This one was strawberry/blueberry and a little orange marmalade.

Griff · 12-29-2015, 09:21 AM

Hi Jack!

DanaC · 12-29-2015, 03:09 AM

Hi Jack!

tw · 12-29-2015, 09:18 AM

Shouting HI JACK will get you thrown off the plane.

fargon · 12-29-2015, 09:22 AM

HI JACK!!!

Clodfobble · 12-29-2015, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Lil G runs a very experimental kitchen but its basically:
Three cups fruit, 2-3 tablespoons sugar (handful), splash of lemon juice (protects the color) blend the shit out of it, pour into a pan lined with plastic wrap or a silpat, spread thin, put in low temp oven 170/180 for maybe 5 hours but check it often. bendy not squishy.

Bummer, I was hoping for some secret technique I must be missing. I do all that, but I can't seem to get the dryness level right yet. They're either flakey and papery, or too gooey to hold together. Which I know means I need to spread it less thin and/or cook it longer, but for some reason I haven't found the perfect combination that I can replicate every time yet. Ah well, I'll just keep at it.

Griff · 12-29-2015, 09:44 AM

The moisture can be tricky so they stay away from apples. Blueberries strawberries mango peaches raspberries blackberries have all had good results. The edges tend to be flaky if the middle is perfect.

Beestie · 12-30-2015, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Bummer, I was hoping for some secret technique I must be missing.

Just guessing that maybe adding some pectin might help it along.

Clodfobble · 12-29-2015, 10:29 AM

Wait, because apples are juicy? What about pears, bad too, I bet? All of mine are a berry mixed with a base of apple/pear/lemon because it sweetens and eases the flavor concentration of whatever berry I'm using. Maybe I'll try just pure peaches or something, see how that goes...

Griff · 12-29-2015, 10:33 AM

I wish I had a scientific answer but they don't seem to breakdown properly.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-29-2015, 11:46 AM

Maybe one of those dehydrators, that are used to make jerky, would be easier to control than the oven?

Sundae · 12-30-2015, 10:05 AM

Sorry this is all so belated.
I took my laptop to London, but of course I couldn't get the free WiFi connection. I swear hotels just put it on their websites to sucker you in!

A Merry Christmas (and more appropriately now) a Happy New Year to you all!

Christmas Day:
Ant & Dec dropped by to wish us a Merry Christmas
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Dad loved his comedy Father Christmas/ Elton John glasses
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And Mum LOVED her hand-knitted hat from Limey.
She told me she's been wearing it since she got home.
THANK YOU.
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Her hair started to fall out on Boxing Day. By the time she got home, she was leaving a trail of hair everywhere. She had it shaved today, all the better for her wig to fit (and not to eat hair every time she leaned over a meal)

More to follow in different threads.

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Could you ask them pretty please on my behalf for their recipe? I make rollups but they don't turn out nearly so nice... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-29-2015, 09:21 AM	#5
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12-29-2015, 09:44 AM	#10
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The moisture can be tricky so they stay away from apples. Blueberries strawberries mango peaches raspberries blackberries have all had good results. The edges tend to be flaky if the middle is perfect. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-29-2015, 10:29 AM	#12
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Wait, because apples are juicy? What about pears, bad too, I bet? All of mine are a berry mixed with a base of apple/pear/lemon because it sweetens and eases the flavor concentration of whatever berry I'm using. Maybe I'll try just pure peaches or something, see how that goes... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-29-2015, 10:33 AM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I wish I had a scientific answer but they don't seem to breakdown properly. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-29-2015, 11:46 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe one of those dehydrators, that are used to make jerky, would be easier to control than the oven? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-30-2015, 10:05 AM	#15
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Sorry this is all so belated. I took my laptop to London, but of course I couldn't get the free WiFi connection. I swear hotels just put it on their websites to sucker you in! A Merry Christmas (and more appropriately now) a Happy New Year to you all! Christmas Day: Ant & Dec dropped by to wish us a Merry Christmas Dad loved his comedy Father Christmas/ Elton John glasses And Mum LOVED her hand-knitted hat from Limey. She told me she's been wearing it since she got home. THANK YOU. Her hair started to fall out on Boxing Day. By the time she got home, she was leaving a trail of hair everywhere. She had it shaved today, all the better for her wig to fit (and not to eat hair every time she leaned over a meal) More to follow in different threads. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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