Today I Learned

[BigV]

Originally Posted by busterb

You cannot fill the coffee maker with water twice.

Not true, you can fill the coffee maker with water twice, thrice, and more, but the pot will only hold the first one.

[Aliantha]

Well I don't know much about it, but my friends make it by mixing sugar, vodka and lemons. It's a bit cloudy, but not too much really. Clearer than most store bought I've seen.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by classicman

Totally screwed that up - lol See how upset I am. - Take two:

Today I learned that sugar is not soluble in ALCOHOL - AT ALL.
This is making my limoncello recipe changes very difficult to address.



I have been making limoncello from an old recipe for some time now. I am trying to make it clearer (less opague is that correct?)
Now what do I do? Methinks I will further decrease the sugar.
What do you all think - Does it being cloudy alter your opinion of it at all?
I've actually inquired with a local distillery and ... who knows.
I'd love to get some feedback

The word you're looking for is limpid.

[Aliantha]

What about liquifying the sugar before you mix? If you heat sugar, as if you're making toffee, and bring it to the boil but stop the heat before it starts to change colour, then let it cool, that might work. You only need a tiny bit of water to get it started.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by BigV

The word you're looking for is limpid.

translucent

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

What about liquifying the sugar before you mix? If you heat sugar, as if you're making toffee, and bring it to the boil but stop the heat before it starts to change colour, then let it cool, that might work. You only need a tiny bit of water to get it started.

Correct - sort of.
That would allow me to dissolve MORE sugar in the same amount of water. However that won't change its solubility in the grain alcohol (190 proof, 95%) Also, when I cool the limoncello this will make it MORE cloudy, not less.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Use Sweet and Low.

I learned the WW II Underwater Demolition Teams (Frogmen), wore, "trunks with an inflatable belt, canvas shoes and a mask, he said. No neoprene or oxygen tanks for these underwater soldiers of the Pacific. Even the fins didn’t come until later"
No fins.

[classicman]

Now there is an interesting alternative ... Damn you Bruce, that would mean starting all over with the recipe.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Then you end up with twice as much. Is that bad?

I think Splenda would taste better.

[classicman]

Hmm ... I am still mulling that over.
I would NOT end up with twice as much, I'd just have less sugar in it. I'm not altering the quantity of the liquids.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You have a batch you're not happy with, so you start over with a different method and end up with another batch. Now you have two batches, twice as much.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Everyone knows James Bond drinks Vodka Martinis, shaken not stirred.
Today I learned, In, "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service",(11th book), Bond drinks: Pouilly-Fuissé white wine, Taittinger champagne, Mouton Rothschild ’53 claret, calvados, Krug champagne, 3 bourbon & waters, 4 vodka & tonics, 2 double brandy & ginger ales, 2 whisky & sodas, 3 double vodka martinis, 2double bourbons on the rocks, at least 1 neat whisky, a flask of Enzian schnapps, Marsala wine, the better part of a bottle of fiery Algerian wine, 2 more Scotch whiskies, half a pint of I.W. Harper bourbon, a Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whisky & water, on the rocks, a bottle of Riquewihr wine, 4 steins of Franziskaner beer, and a double Steinhäger gin.

In the whole book series, Bond drinks 19 Vodka Martinis, but 37 bourbons, 21 Scotches and 35 sakes.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by DanaC

So that's what 'Netflix and Chill' means. I thought it actually meant ...chill out in front of the tv.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

It doesn't??

Originally Posted by DanaC

Apparently it's millenial speak for 'wanna come over and get funky on the sofa?'

Yeah, that phrase has been around for a while, now.



Do try to keep up.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Everyone knows James Bond drinks Vodka Martinis, shaken not stirred.
Today I learned, In, "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service",(11th book), Bond drinks: Pouilly-Fuissé white wine, Taittinger champagne, Mouton Rothschild ’53 claret, calvados, Krug champagne, 3 bourbon & waters, 4 vodka & tonics, 2 double brandy & ginger ales, 2 whisky & sodas, 3 double vodka martinis, 2double bourbons on the rocks, at least 1 neat whisky, a flask of Enzian schnapps, Marsala wine, the better part of a bottle of fiery Algerian wine, 2 more Scotch whiskies, half a pint of I.W. Harper bourbon, a Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whisky & water, on the rocks, a bottle of Riquewihr wine, 4 steins of Franziskaner beer, and a double Steinhäger gin.

In the whole book series, Bond drinks 19 Vodka Martinis, but 37 bourbons, 21 Scotches and 35 sakes.

That's interesting.

[classicman]

XOB - You need to come by and give the latest batch a test drive.
Its pretty damn good, if I do say so myself.