Re: [london.food] Vodka jelly babies

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On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 03:31:00PM +0000, KAY WISTOW A15 wrote:
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> I thought vodka didn't freeze - hence using it as anti freeze in my
> windscreen washer bottle.  or am i being stupid?

It doesn't. But why would that stop it bonding with gelatin?

/joel
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> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 15:19:38 +0000
> Subject: Re: [london.food] Vodka jelly babies
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> On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 03:10:27PM +0000, Peter Sergeant said:
> > Aren't they covered in magic sugary dust? Drying them, then soaking them
> > isn't going to work well...
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> You could always just dust them again - it's only icing sugar.
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> A freind who did this injected individual jelly babies with vodka but
> that's quite laborious.
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> The alternative is to make vodka jelly. IIRC (and, unfortunately, the
> process of making vodka jellies is diametrically opposite to the ability
> to remember afterwards) use only 3/4 of the amount of liquid that is
> require don the packet and, of that, make half of it vodka (so if you
> normally need a liter than you'll need approx 750-800 ml of liquid of
> which 375-400ml will be water and 375-400ml will be vodka).
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> Then pour into little man shaped mould et voila.
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> However they'll be much more wobbly than Jelly Babies so perhaps the
> answer is to go to a catering store and try and find catering gelatin
> which, I belive, can be made much more solid. You'll need to flavour it
> though.
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• KAY WISTOW A15 15:31 on 23 Mar 2004
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  • Joel Bernstein 15:35 on 23 Mar 2004
    It doesn't. But why would that stop it bonding with gelatin?
  • Simon Wistow 15:58 on 23 Mar 2004
    That's why you don't replace too much of the water with vodka and
    • candace 16:14 on 23 Mar 2004
      grain alcohol.
  • David Cantrell 16:05 on 23 Mar 2004
    It does, although it freezes at *much* lower temperatures than water.
• Richard Tunnicliffe 16:01 on 23 Mar 2004
  Could you not just make up ordinary bouze jelly and dump a load of extra

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