Juicing

Loadnabox · May 9, 2011

So I'm prepping for making Oskaarz subtle strawberry and trader Joes canceled their Sir Strawberry!

Looking around I can't find anything that's pure unadulterated strawberry (Everything has sugar and/or vitamins added to make a nutrition smoothie)

So I'm figuring it will be easier to make my own juice, buy a juicer and get extra strawberries when I hit the u-pick farm in another week. But I'm not sure how much extra I will need. Does anyone have a good resource for helping to determine approximately how much fruit you'll need to get X amount of juice?

TheAlchemist · May 9, 2011

No clue.

But I do love my vitamix...

Medsen Fey · May 9, 2011

As a rough rule of thumb, you can estimate 13 pounds of fruit will give you a gallon of juice.

Loadnabox · May 10, 2011

Thanks Medsen,

I found this juicer for $19.99 at goodwill woot for thrift store deals! Now for more strawberries

oh dear god I'm obsessed with mead now.

AToE · May 10, 2011

It's scary how fast it takes over your brain isn't it? It's almost like the stuff was a drug or something.

It does seem to come under control after a year or so though (still make lots of mead, just less than before, and less crazy about trying to ferment everything I could get my hands on!).

Loadnabox · May 10, 2011

My wife will be happy when I settle out some. Right now I still have at least three batches planned.

A Dandelion Mead (dry)
A marshmallow fluff show mead (dry)
Angel Food cake mead (dessert)

and if #2 goes well I plan on expanding it to using a meadowfoam to enhance the marshmallow flavor.

Right now my wife is just sick of hearing about mead

In the mean time I'm trying to figure out which one I should try next, I'm kinda split between the marshmallow fluff show mead and the angel food cake mead.

AToE · May 10, 2011

My girlfriend was soooo sick of me talking about mead, making mead, sick of how every time I was in the grocery store and saw a fruit I'd start talking baout making mead with it... until about 6 months in when she got to start drinking the stuff! Then she was all for it!

Loadnabox · May 10, 2011

AToE said:
My girlfriend was soooo sick of me talking about mead, making mead, sick of how every time I was in the grocery store and saw a fruit I'd start talking baout making mead with it... until about 6 months in when she got to start drinking the stuff! Then she was all for it!

I'm hoping a batch of strawberry mead will change my wife's opinion ;D

Medsen Fey · May 10, 2011

Little Wifey still doesn't like it because we don't have have space at the Fusel Shack to keep it out of her way.

I've toned down some, but I still can't walk past the produce section without thinking, "HEY, that might make something good...."

TheAlchemist · May 10, 2011

Loadnabox said:
A Dandelion Mead (dry)
A marshmallow fluff show mead (dry)
Angel Food cake mead (dessert)

In the mean time I'm trying to figure out which one I should try next, I'm kinda split between the marshmallow fluff show mead and the angel food cake mead.

Dandelions are In Season!

Loadnabox · May 10, 2011

TheAlchemist said:
Dandelions are In Season!

I've already got my dandelions picked, plucked and in the freezer

(Picking all those yellow petals sure took a long freaking time though)

AToE · May 10, 2011

Have you ever had dandelion honey? It's pretty unique stuff, I'm going to try a 1 gallon batch of traditional with it soon.

TheAlchemist · May 10, 2011

AToE said:
Have you ever had dandelion honey? It's pretty unique stuff, I'm going to try a 1 gallon batch of traditional with it soon.

You can get it as a varietal?

AToE · May 10, 2011

TheAlchemist said:
You can get it as a varietal?

Yup, I don't know if there are dandelion farms up here somewhere, or what, but we can get it (or that's what they claim it is anyways).

Chevette Girl · May 10, 2011

"Hey, I could ferment that!" (boy is my husband sick of hearing THAT)

I'd think dandelion honey would be from hives near a mown field or something, they do flower all summer as long as you chop everything else down periodically... cool!

AToE · May 11, 2011

The question I've always had about dandelion honey though, is why would anyone do that? Bees fly really far, so it'd have to be one bloody huge field too. Unless someone is farming dandelion greens? Other than that, my best bet is that "dandelion honey" isn't in fact really a varietal, but an urban honey where the beekeeper is pretty sure those are the main souce. It does seem to have pretty much the same flavour regardless of where I get it though, so that seems to support the mysterious dandelion farm theory. (Plus the one beekeeper I get it from also has hives in his suburban backyard, and he doesn't call that stuff dandelion honey, 2 totally different products for him)

THawk · May 11, 2011

aren't dandelions considered "weeds" or "pest plants"? so wouldn't having a dandelion farm be considered as a nuisance?

AToE · May 11, 2011

No, because they're also food.

Personally I find them much prettier than grass, grass is a waste of space unless it's wild or feeding something (if I owned my place I'd rip it all out and plant stuff I can eat).

THawk · May 11, 2011

AToE said:
No, because they're also food.

I know you can eat them. I've seen recipes for salads that call for dandelion leaves... But I've also seen ads for pesticides / weedkillers that also mention that the product will also kill dandelions...

AToE · May 11, 2011

THawk said:
I know you can eat them. I've seen recipes for salads that call for dandelion leaves... But I've also seen ads for pesticides / weedkillers that also mention that the product will also kill dandelions...

Sorry! Your post confused me a bit, the wording just made me unsure if you knew they were also food!

EDIT: Now I see where my problem was, I totally missed the winky face at the end! Oops...

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