Extract Warning!

This is a email my daughter in Arkansas sent me:

I used my homemade vanilla from you yesterday.  Boy - I could taste/smell the vodka in my snow ice cream!  I don't know if that's good or not.  But definite taste was there.

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Me:
 I imagine the difference was it wasn't cooked.
I think if you had cooked something the vodka would not have been there so much
try it on cookies, cakes or something cooked.


So funny!
You spiked the kids snow ice cream!!! LOL

love mama
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Daughter:

Yea - I made a funny daiquiri for the kids I guess...

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SOOOoooooooo.........!!!WARNING !!! 

IF you make home made extract using a alcohol base to extract the oils and flavor ...... Do not use it in a uncooked recipe unless you are of legal age!  LOL

Oh my goodness! Such a funny accident!

I bet you after she tasted it the kids didn't get any after all !  LOL

I am still chuckling.....


Ranchmama
(sober but apparently only because I use my homemade vanilla in COOKED recipes!)

Extract Fun

Here are eight different extracts I made the first one is 

Lemon on the left then 

Blackberry 

Raspberry 

Coffee 

Strawberry 

Blueberry 

Coconut 

Lime 

I started with the lemon and lime extract from a recipe I found on the net. After that I wanted to get a more exact formula so I used one cup fruit to 2 cups vodka so I would have a formula to work with in the future.

    I never did see how long to let the extracts brew. I read the longer they brew the better the extract. These extracts have been brewing for four months. I can't decide if brewing four months is too long or not. I do know that the smell is very very strong. Since I don't like to drink vodka I'm not about to taste it. LOL

   Now I need to figure out how much to use in the recipe. Since it seems so strong. Do I use a full measure or maybe a half measure.? So maybe next time I use it I'll use the full strength and go from there.

    See the little strainer in front? I didn't have a small tea strainer so when I went to the grocery store all they had was a strainer for you kitchen sink. Well, that seems to work really good I love it. It fits right in my jar or my glasses I'm using to pour the liquid in and I don't have a handle on the way! 

    Next I'm going to try alcohol extracts you know like rum an other flavors. 

Have fun ya'll

Ranchmama