Homemade image candy (cut rock candy) No special equipment or ingredients needed
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Date: 2022-01-14
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casadega2010
My background is in glass making and this looks very similar to murrine. Glass and sugar have a lot of similarities in how they can be blown/sculptured. We use tile nippers to get a good flat shape. Before I got my MFA in Glass, I worked for an artist in KY who had to have really flat, equally sized murrine for his work (look him up! Stephen Rolfe Powell, the technique itself is very traditional italian and I've worked with people who would make amazingly detailed image murrine. I know there are a ton of videos on here about that technique. Also, if you get interested in glass blowing AND beer brewing, you have Pretentious Brewing and glass Co. near you in Knoxville! Matt Cummings who runs it make beer glasses in the studio specifically shaped for different beers and they started brewing as well. Maybe how glass affects your beverage tasting is a potential video for another day? So yes, try tile nippers for evently spaced, flat image candy! It'll hopefully cut like murrine.
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My background is in glass making and this looks very similar to murrine. Glass and sugar have a lot of similarities in how they can be blown/sculptured. We use tile nippers to get a good flat shape. Before I got my MFA in Glass, I worked for an artist in KY who had to have really flat, equally sized murrine for his work (look him up! Stephen Rolfe Powell, the technique itself is very traditional italian and I've worked with people who would make amazingly detailed image murrine. I know there are a ton of videos on here about that technique. Also, if you get interested in glass blowing AND beer brewing, you have Pretentious Brewing and glass Co. near you in Knoxville! Matt Cummings who runs it make beer glasses in the studio specifically shaped for different beers and they started brewing as well. Maybe how glass affects your beverage tasting is a potential video for another day? So yes, try tile nippers for evently spaced, flat image candy! It'll hopefully cut like murrine.
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Kareongames
i have made some homemade candy myself at home aswell, i have learned several tips from this but i have some for you too, you can pour out the candy on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper so that you have less whaste, you just need to carefully unstick the corners of the candy and fold them in during the cooling process, you can use the parchment paper in the microwave heating as well (thanks for this tip as well as the false readings resulting in candy that sticks to my teeth) oh, also, its waaayyy easier to own a non stick pot or a pan, you dont need to worry by the candy crystalizing at all (just to be sure i add a smidge of oil just to be sure, also you can use reduced homemade syrup as a different taste as well as colouring
still, this video has come really handy because 5 days ago i started my own candy making hobby and each day i made a tiny batch of candy just as a snack
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i have made some homemade candy myself at home aswell, i have learned several tips from this but i have some for you too, you can pour out the candy on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper so that you have less whaste, you just need to carefully unstick the corners of the candy and fold them in during the cooling process, you can use the parchment paper in the microwave heating as well (thanks for this tip as well as the false readings resulting in candy that sticks to my teeth) oh, also, its waaayyy easier to own a non stick pot or a pan, you dont need to worry by the candy crystalizing at all (just to be sure i add a smidge of oil just to be sure, also you can use reduced homemade syrup as a different taste as well as colouring
still, this video has come really handy because 5 days ago i started my own candy making hobby and each day i made a tiny batch of candy just as a snack
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Carnillon
Huh, you can't buy citric acid in grocery shops in the US? That's so interesting to me. In Poland you can buy citric acid in most supermarkets right next to baking soda. Both are most often used for cleaning (i think. I use soda for baking quite often, but I also bake mostly using English language recipes. Citric acid is irreplaceable for descaling kettles!
Edit: to clarify, both soda and citric acid sold in stores are food grade
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Huh, you can't buy citric acid in grocery shops in the US? That's so interesting to me. In Poland you can buy citric acid in most supermarkets right next to baking soda. Both are most often used for cleaning (i think. I use soda for baking quite often, but I also bake mostly using English language recipes. Citric acid is irreplaceable for descaling kettles!
Edit: to clarify, both soda and citric acid sold in stores are food grade
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Very
if you design according to your skill level the results will look better. for example, you could probably do multicolor stripes pretty easily, maybe make a rainbow or other colors that contrast nicely and just lay them over each other and roll. This is what I do when I crochet a blanket--I only know a few basic stitches, so my design mainly comes from the colors and stripe patterns, but it still looks good.
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if you design according to your skill level the results will look better. for example, you could probably do multicolor stripes pretty easily, maybe make a rainbow or other colors that contrast nicely and just lay them over each other and roll. This is what I do when I crochet a blanket--I only know a few basic stitches, so my design mainly comes from the colors and stripe patterns, but it still looks good.
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Jon
Oh a hint I learned from watching a lot of videos about this. you don't need a knife to cut the candies. Apparently it's more about the impact and the shearing forces than any cutting so a boardscraper works just as well with much lower risk of cutting oneself. then again you may have already tried this and it didn't work for you.
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Oh a hint I learned from watching a lot of videos about this. you don't need a knife to cut the candies. Apparently it's more about the impact and the shearing forces than any cutting so a boardscraper works just as well with much lower risk of cutting oneself. then again you may have already tried this and it didn't work for you.
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Not
Mint is one of those things that you can buy food-grade oil for pretty easily. It's a great alternative flavoring for those that aren't confident in reducing juice without burning it. It's also great in rock candy, which is easy enough to make to be a great project to do with kids.
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Mint is one of those things that you can buy food-grade oil for pretty easily. It's a great alternative flavoring for those that aren't confident in reducing juice without burning it. It's also great in rock candy, which is easy enough to make to be a great project to do with kids.
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Christian
I dont even know if you read comments but im very curious about one thing. Whats your opinion on browing mince meat on a sheet tray under the broiler to get alot of mince meat for something like Bolognese crispy at one time?
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I dont even know if you read comments but im very curious about one thing. Whats your opinion on browing mince meat on a sheet tray under the broiler to get alot of mince meat for something like Bolognese crispy at one time?
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aragusea
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I agree, I tried making those Dalgona Candies from squid game one time, and I accidentally touched the tip of my nose with a stick I used to stir the syrup. The tip of my nose was burnt for around 2 months.
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I agree, I tried making those Dalgona Candies from squid game one time, and I accidentally touched the tip of my nose with a stick I used to stir the syrup. The tip of my nose was burnt for around 2 months.
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food
I saw someone doing this at home and they used disposable cotton gloves with the plastic ones and they didn't have any problem with getting burnt. Just thought that might be something to try. Great video! :)
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I saw someone doing this at home and they used disposable cotton gloves with the plastic ones and they didn't have any problem with getting burnt. Just thought that might be something to try. Great video! :)
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Alfrebaut
I've never made my own candy because back in the day Alton Brown used to call the molten sugar syrup culinary napalm. This seems more manageable, but still not enough to make me want to try it myself.
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I've never made my own candy because back in the day Alton Brown used to call the molten sugar syrup culinary napalm. This seems more manageable, but still not enough to make me want to try it myself.
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