Spin-off: Molasses and other ingredients you don’t hear of much anymore

[barkley]

Please share the name of this magical soda because it doesn't look like I am going anywhere anytime soon & it would be fun, PM if you don't want a stampede to buy up all your soda, I won't spread the word

I love butter beer! Any chance to get the recipe please and which brand soda?

i'm not the butter beer fan (too sweet for my taste) but it tastes the same as universal's to me as well as the 2 in my household that would drink it constantly at universal if able-



soda-'flying cauldron butterscotch beer' (it's non alcoholic)

recipe-

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1 cup marshmallow creme
• 1 envelope Dream Whip Whipped Topping Mix
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon plus 1/4 teaspoon butter flavoring
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon caramel extract or flavoring (Watkins is best) we omit this due to soda flavoring
• 10 12- ounce cans cold A&W Cream Soda we tried it w/this, found our substitution is closer

You will also need:

• Immersion hand blender

Instructions

• Combine the marshmallow creme with the water in a medium bowl and microwave it on high for 30 seconds. If you don't want to use the microwave, use warm water from your tap. Stir until the marshmallow creme dissolves, then cool uncovered in the refrigerator for 1 hour, or until cold.
• Add the Dream Whip to the bowl and mix with an immersion hand blender for about 30 seconds. If you don't have a hand blender you can use an electric mixer, but only mix for about 15 seconds.
• Add the powdered sugar and salt and mix for another 30 seconds.
• Add the butter, vanilla and caramel flavorings and mix just until combined. Store covered in your refrigerator until needed.
• When you are ready to serve the drinks, pour a can of cream soda into a 12-ounce glass or mug. Be sure to leave about 1/2-inch of room at the top.
• Use the blender to mix the foam for 5 seconds, or until some large bubbles form in the topping. Spoon 3 to 4 tablespoons of topping onto each drink and serve.

 

[barkley]

oops, double post

 

[barkley]

creamed horseradish i can find easily-it's the full strength that's more elusive.

lamb-costco has the best prices and carries it year round vs just around easter like the other stores (it's on my list to get next week b/c we bbq it allot).


one thing i couldn't find without some store to store searching recently-salt pork.

 

[easyas123]

lamb-costco has the best prices and carries it year round vs just around easter like the other stores (it's on my list to get next week b/c we bbq it allot)

we eat lamb fairly often and Costco is my go to as well, although I can get ground lamb at my butcher and not my Costco-

 

[Chokky]

i'm not the butter beer fan (too sweet for my taste) but it tastes the same as universal's to me as well as the 2 in my household that would drink it constantly at universal if able-



soda-'flying cauldron butterscotch beer' (it's non alcoholic)

recipe-

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1 cup marshmallow creme
• 1 envelope Dream Whip Whipped Topping Mix
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon plus 1/4 teaspoon butter flavoring
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon caramel extract or flavoring (Watkins is best) we omit this due to soda flavoring
• 10 12- ounce cans cold A&W Cream Soda we tried it w/this, found our substitution is closer

You will also need:

• Immersion hand blender

Instructions

• Combine the marshmallow creme with the water in a medium bowl and microwave it on high for 30 seconds. If you don't want to use the microwave, use warm water from your tap. Stir until the marshmallow creme dissolves, then cool uncovered in the refrigerator for 1 hour, or until cold.
• Add the Dream Whip to the bowl and mix with an immersion hand blender for about 30 seconds. If you don't have a hand blender you can use an electric mixer, but only mix for about 15 seconds.
• Add the powdered sugar and salt and mix for another 30 seconds.
• Add the butter, vanilla and caramel flavorings and mix just until combined. Store covered in your refrigerator until needed.
• When you are ready to serve the drinks, pour a can of cream soda into a 12-ounce glass or mug. Be sure to leave about 1/2-inch of room at the top.
• Use the blender to mix the foam for 5 seconds, or until some large bubbles form in the topping. Spoon 3 to 4 tablespoons of topping onto each drink and serve.

Thank you!

 

[Figment of Speech]

I didn’t know molasses had an expiration date. I thought it was like honey and lasted for millennia.

Honey's the only kitchen product that literally doesn't expire if it's stored properly. That said, molasses should be good for quite a bit longer than its best-by date (like, five or ten more years isn't unusual). The smell and taste will start changing long before it actually goes bad, so those are better indicators than best-by dates that it's time to replace the jar. But eventually it can attract bacteria or develop mold. Fun, yeah?

However, if you're like me, and you live with (and love) an overshopper, best-by dates can be handy for knowing which foods to prioritize or move out (ideally to a food drive, if possible) when cabinet space starts to get scarce.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

^ I didn’t realize food banks will take out of date foods. I usually throw them out. (Now I feel bad.)

 

[barkley]

we eat lamb fairly often and Costco is my go to as well, although I can get ground lamb at my butcher and not my Costco-

we grind it ourselves (love my kitchenaide)

Thank you!

you're welcome!

^ I didn’t realize food banks will take out of date foods. I usually throw them out. (Now I feel bad.)

our locals sure won't. if they did i would have a wealth to donate of breakfast cereals and individual bags of chips, cookies and other items ideal for kid's lunches (i've been hard pressed to find that any of these products are even slightly staled 6 months to a year from the best by date if in unopened bags so we are still noshing on the initial pandemic snack foods we stocked up on.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

we grind it ourselves (love my kitchenaide)


you're welcome!



our locals sure won't. if they did i would have a wealth to donate of breakfast cereals and individual bags of chips, cookies and other items ideal for kid's lunches (i've been hard pressed to find that any of these products are even slightly staled 6 months to a year from the best by date if in unopened bags so we are still noshing on the initial pandemic snack foods we stocked up on.

Yes, somehow I think here it’s not allowed, either.

 

[leebee]

I always have molasses on hand, and I make homemade baked beans about 4 times a year. I also use it in gingerbread, some Chinese dishes (I make a wicked black bean beef that calls for molasses), etc. When we were kids we used to mix it into our milk instead of chocolate syrup.

 

[easyas123]

we grind it ourselves (love my kitchenaide)

We process a lot of meat...not sure why, but for some reason I never ground up lamb. It's just been one of those things I've got - like scrapple - but not made.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

I have that jar on my shelf. I bought it recently to try in a few recipes (and to let my spouse use it in his beer making). I don't hate it as much as I did as a child, but I haven't grown to like it as much as I have real maple syrup (as a kid, I hated both with a passion, but now love maple syrup, although I have that sparingly, too)...

Same.

That’s what’s in Mary Janes - molasses taffy and peanut butter. Yum! (I know from previous candy threads here that many absolutely hate them! )

 

[PollyannaMom]

^ I didn’t realize food banks will take out of date foods. I usually throw them out. (Now I feel bad.)

The one I used to volunteer for would take things up to six months past the "best by" date.

Apparently, there's a difference between fresh things like milk that have an sell by date, and packaged things like chips that have a best by date.

 

[NotUrsula]

I think that in some cases, food banks will take "expired" (as in past the best-by date) from corporate donors but not from individuals.

That makes a certain amount of sense if you think about it; stores know exactly where that inventory was in terms of temperature and such, and exactly how long they had been in possession of it. Most of us don't scan our pantry contents in and out.

 

[tvguy]

I think that in some cases, food banks will take "expired" (as in past the best-by date) from corporate donors but not from individuals.

That makes a certain amount of sense if you think about it; stores know exactly where that inventory was in terms of temperature and such, and exactly how long they had been in possession of it. Most of us don't scan our pantry contents in and out.

Well, then there is the school of thought that expiration dates do little but to waste food that is still wholesome.
https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/19/health/sell-by-dates-waste-food/index.html

 

[Silver saucer]

one thing i couldn't find without some store to store searching recently-salt pork.

This is what I was thinking. My mom used to use salt pork in her cabbage rolls years ago. I can't remember her using it for anything else though. I don't know that Ive seen it anywhere recently. Now I will have to look.

 

[DisLiss]

We have molasses in our house at all times. The only think I can think of that I keep on hand, but have to shop for specially, is anise oil. Not the extract or seeds, but the oil.

 

[bcla]

Growing up poor in the 1920s, my mother was given a spoonful of blackstrap molasses regularly. It contained vitamins and minerals, and she always credited it for helping keep her and her siblings healthy.

What is molasses?

Where I grew up, going back to colonial days, molasses was plentiful, and used in commodities such as rum and baked goods, among other things, so we still see remnants of that locally today (such as in the B&M products like baked beans and brown bread).

It dawned on me, though (in the things local to your area thread), that maybe people aren’t as familiar with molasses as they used to be.

Some products containing molasses:

candy (Mary Jane’s, molasses sponges)
baked goods (brown bread, shoofly pie, gingerbread)
baked beans
BBQ sauce

Does anyone still use it? What about other ingredients you don’t see much of anymore?

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For those who enjoy history:

The Great Molasses Flood in Boston Kills 21

Traditional molasses syrup isn't that commonly used, but real brown sugar contains a less concentrated form of molasses. However, some are made with a caramel coloring (really just heated sugar) that just gives a brown color.

 

[bcla]

Saltpeter I've managed to find at a Amish/Mennonite grocery store in Dover, De.

Can't it be used to make traditional black gunpowder?

 

[bcla]

Does anyone really use vegetable shortening any more? I guess the biggest brand would be Crisco. I'm sure it's still available, but I'd think it's not as popular as it once was when Proctor & Gamble hawked Crisco. It was probably doing well when "vegetable fats" were the in thing, but eventually the questionable nature of hydrogenated oils came to light.

I was at a donut shop once when I saw boxes of shortening lined up next to the fryer. I even saw an employee slice up a chunk before dropping it into a fryer. Looked kind of gross, but it's something that most people don't want to think about regarding their food.