fineexampl said:My LUNGS were burning from the vapor on this batch. Good god, i was choking, coughing, etc. Cleared my sinuses nicely!
That just means you doing things absolutely right.
fineexampl said:My LUNGS were burning from the vapor on this batch. Good god, i was choking, coughing, etc. Cleared my sinuses nicely!
fineexampl said:I'm posting a follow-up, as i don't recall if i posted about it initially. Today at work i'm trying out a project i began a month ago i suppose. It began with my homemade Stevia extract, which, by and large, was a failure. I'll have to redo it, but there was something good to come out of it which i'll explain here.
I have made, a liquid stevia-bhut jolokia extract, or to be more accurate, a kind of liquer. I soaked stevia leaves in everclear and strained it off. I put some into some medicine dropper bottles i bought from sciplus.com. Into this bottle i put 2 slices of fresh bhut jolokia and let it soak. I had no clue what i was going to do with this, but i had a few ideas.
This morning i figured i'd bust it out at work. I put 8 drops into my coffee. WOW! Is this stuff great! The Everclear will preserve this and keep the nasties away. I'm thinking for at least one cup i'll have to use an entire dropper full.
I never thought if using Stevia as a rub, oddly enough. Now that you bring it to my attention, i know what we'll be having for dinner this week. Maybe make some mojito chicken with stevia and lime and a splash of booze? I have about 3-4oz of dried leaves left.Txclosetgrower said:I grew quite a bit of stevia a year or so ago, and instead of making extract I just powdered the dried leaves. I use the powder in dry rubs, and it's fantastic. Especially like a sweet chili rub for some chicken, zomg. If you have any leaves left try it.
Never tried making an extract, I found a powdered one I like too much. It costs like 13 bucks for 1.3 oz, but I use it daily for tea/coffee and i'm still working on the bottle i bought back in july.
fineexampl said:I never thought if using Stevia as a rub, oddly enough. Now that you bring it to my attention, i know what we'll be having for dinner this week. Maybe make some mojito chicken with stevia and lime and a splash of booze? I have about 3-4oz of dried leaves left.
i also bought the stevia powder, but i didn't care for it. i did like the stevia drops. i use it in cooking and coffee and tea. it's pretty versatile and relatively neutral.
It's VERY strong. In this one recipe i only used 12oz of concentrate to fill 11 bottles. My plan was to make the sauce and add the chiles afterward. Looks great, and i'll be trying some today when we go to Harold's for my birthday lunch thing. No idea what i'll have it on, but who knows. I'm just excited to try batch #5 before i let it loose on the world. I should probably come up with a price, but i'm thinking $10 works. Until i start growing my own shit, the stuff is expensive.AlabamaJack said:sounds delicious fine...will be curious how the concentrate worked for making a sauce since I am planning on doing that this coming winter...
Well plum or cinnamon would do nicely for Christmas. Cranberry maybe?Txclosetgrower said:Haha I know man but that stuff looks good. That pumpkin sauce looks awesome. I like the idea of seasonal sauces, like how they do beer. Pumpkin would be halloween/thanksgiving. What would a christmas sauce be?