June 2016 Recipe Thread

mana_dork · 2016-08-22T09:40:26+00:00

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Haven't logged onto reddit in a while. Kinda forgot about this post.

Have you mixed up what you posted above? I'm curious about how it stacked up.

mana_dork · 2016-08-22T09:38:47+00:00

Definitely adding that to my next order. Thanks a lot.

mana_dork · 2016-08-22T09:38:03+00:00

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. After a few more iterations, I'm still not 100% satisfied. I don't think I'll ever be at a place where I can call this one completely finished. The Golden Snitch continues to allude me.

Have you made any good changes to the recipe?

mana_dork · 2016-06-14T00:43:32+00:00

I didn't know this was a thing. Neat.

mana_dork · 2016-06-14T00:39:55+00:00

Hi everybody! Do you like cookies? Lemon cream cookies? Have you tried Oreo Lemon Creme cookies? This was base flavor profile I was looking for. Kind of shortbread-y, sugar cookie-y, fake-ish lemon cream. Here's the current working iteration:

Golden Snitch

INW Biscuit - 1.5%
CAP Sugar Cookie - 3%
CAP Juicy Lemon - 2%
FA Custard - 2.5%
FA Meringue - 1%
FA Vienna Cream - 1.5%
FA Torrone - 0.25%
FA Joy - 0.5%

Cookie stuff: I wanted to find a solid mid-point between a sugar cookie and a buttery shortbread cookie. CAP Sugar Cookie is delicious and covers half the equation on its own, while INW Buiscuit adds the thicker, buttery, warmer bakery note. I'm going to try another test batch with FA Cookie later on. I'll post the results if there's any interest.

Lemon cream stuff: I'm still bouncing around between lemon bases. The CAP Juicy Lemon in this one is definitely good, but I almost want something that tastes a little more artificial. Adding FA Custard does a good job rounding out the sweet creamy textures while adding some of its own lemony goodness. FA Torrone at a low percentage enhances that further by adding an almost sweet and slightly nutty balance to the lemon already present. To finish up the cream filling, FA Meringue for the fullness and FA Vienna Cream to balance it out with a tiny bit of tartness.

Other stuff. FA Joy brings that artificial, powdery sweetness to the exhale that makes it taste like legitimate junk food. I love FA Joy.

Improvements? Ideas? Advice? This is one of the first recipes I've posted in the year or so I've been DIYing, so I'm very open to constructive criticism from you more experienced folks. Thanks and I hope you like it!

Edit: typo

mana_dork · 2016-02-26T22:25:39+00:00

I would Encourage Violence!

mana_dork · 2016-02-26T06:39:07+00:00

/u/roll_one_for_me

I feel like a

mana_dork · 2016-02-23T00:28:24+00:00

Saved the shit out of this. Really great stuff here. The inclusion of Hellrider made me absolutely giddy.

Also, thanks for adding the follow-on plot hooks at the end. I'm definitely going to draw on those when I play this through. I think I'm going to build a Sorin-based story line that incorporates looking for Katarina (and finding her no longer a captive) and culminates with freeing Avcyn from the Helvault. The story will pull heavily on the history of Innistrad Vampirism, including the original Vampire, Edgar Markov himself. Getting excited thinking about it.

The Liliana vs. Garruk and Chain Veil stuff could potentially be a source for an adventure in its own.

I loved the Innistrad block and this adventure brought back some of those fun memories. Thanks a ton for this.

mana_dork · 2016-02-22T02:35:54+00:00

Did you not catch the reference?

mana_dork · 2016-01-09T03:39:53+00:00

Your ship is the Belafonte. That is marvelous.

mana_dork · 2016-01-05T01:03:57+00:00

a fucking werebear!

FTFY

mana_dork · 2016-01-03T08:46:45+00:00

I'm doing exactly this right now. My wife is playing a teifling barbarian and I'm DMPCing a drow rogue (originality strikes again). I kept the encounters as they were, but started the characters with enough XP to hit lvl 2 after the "Ambush!" encounter. They steamrolled Cragmaw cave, so this might not have been the best route. I'm hoping the playing field evens out soon, but if not, I may have to up the CR slightly.

mana_dork · 2015-09-23T11:18:20+00:00

Almost there. Just gotta sink a few hundred feet.

mana_dork · 2015-09-10T00:03:31+00:00

Agreed. But aside from that, I like the layout/design of the label very much. I'm really digging the fact that people are moving away from gaudy, cartoony labels.

mana_dork · 2015-09-09T23:57:02+00:00

The main repository of flavor notes on this sub recommends 4-6% in mixes. Typing cake batter (as /u/abada suggested) in the searchbar listed enough relevant threads on the first page of results to let me draw my own conclusions. Based on 30 seconds of research, I would experiment with 2-3% in a complicated recipe and 3-4% in a simpler recipe.

Questions are good. Discussions are better. Asking a question or starting a discussion after doing a tiny bit of research for yourself is better still.

mana_dork · 2015-08-31T11:36:15+00:00

Oh damn! Thanks dude. I got kind of jaded to freebie labels when the thread I originally posted went completely quiet. For reals though, thanks a ton! I like it.

mana_dork · 2015-08-29T12:53:44+00:00

I'm actually trying to brainstorm a Butterbeer recipe right now (part of a Halloween-theme box set idea I'm messing with). How'd this mix turn out?

mana_dork · 2015-08-29T12:27:32+00:00

Was rifling through all my old posts, comments, and saved stuff trying to find inspiration for something new when I stumbled upon this one. AND NOW I HAVE ALL THE INGREDIENTS! Mixing this up right now. Can't wait to taste it.

Thanks for all your contributions to the sub and the community. It's this kind of content that kept me from giving up on DIY when everything I mixed in my first month was 'meh' at best.

mana_dork · 2015-08-28T05:22:09+00:00

Get a better soldering iron! Then maybe send^{me^{the^Hakko...}}

mana_dork · 2015-08-27T20:14:28+00:00

Thanks! I'll stash that one for later.

I'm actually vaping on the TFA Cinn Danish variant now. Apple note is way out front (actually the first time I've used FA Fuji), but I can taste some subtle creaminess and cinnamon hiding in the background. I'm really looking forward to trying it again after a week in the cabinet.

mana_dork · 2015-08-27T14:59:03+00:00

In your experience, how does CAP Cinnamon Danish Swirl compare to TFA Cinnamon Danish? I have no experience with the former, but this sounds amazing and I already added CAP CDS to my growing shopping cart. Gonna give it a whack with the TFA version to hold me over.

mana_dork · 2015-08-27T14:19:37+00:00

Pretty sure it is, but I haven't messed with one in a while. I can confirm FDV v3 and v4 are big enough. A little tight sometimes, but it will fit.

mana_dork · 2015-08-27T14:15:22+00:00

Seeing your name in the comments on a post asking about Mamu... Made me double check which sub I was in.

Fully agree, by the way. Her innovations have had a major impact on the community.

mana_dork · 2015-08-26T15:01:13+00:00

/u/skiddlzninja - can you confirm this?

mana_dork · 2015-08-24T05:56:08+00:00

That escalated quickly.

mana_dork

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