Completely agree.
Yep. Huge difference. It’s like being 6 years old in the kitchen all over again (when I first learned to cook). But at least we have the advantage of a reference point (cooking) to translate once things finally do start to ‘fall into place’!!
[quote=VapeyMama]I like to start a new recipe with just a few flavors (around 3) and then
tweak them by adding in more flavors each time I make a new batch. That
seems to work well.[/quote]
Great advice!! Much appreciated!
That’s more or less what I’ve been doing on the “Southern Charm” that I’ve been trying to recreate. I’ve got at least 8 variants so far, and have been subbing different brands, different percentages, etc. (and trying to keep it methodical as I’ve gone, so that I can see/address the changes). And I’ve been making progress, but still more work to go.
That ‘clone attempt process’ appears to be laying the foundation work for building future recipes from scratch…so my limited experience thus far definitely affirms your suggestion and methodology!
Interesting. My fear here (unfounded or not) would be that the flavors would not be mixing at the same rate, and that things would change, and then not be repeatable in the future when you sling it all together at once. (Assuming that I understood you correctly, and you’re leaving time in between testing, and adding more flavoring then testing later etc -as I know that some have mentioned doing)
Working on it brother! Trust me!
Already done!! I have a pdf copy (WRONG. see below), but I need to get it printed off and have it more accessible for ‘on the go’ situations I think. (It’s truly a great resource as well!)
Called out, AND read into at the same time. LMAO!! 1000 points for you.
Yes, you’ve hit the nail on the head to some degree, and I probably have (to some degree) not focused much on ‘jumping into’ trying to do multi-ingredient recipe’s. Intentionally so.
One, I know I have to learn these things, to be able to make use of them as a whole.
Two, I’m just frustrated by “not feeling further along”. But there’s a shit ton of flavors to learn, and even having mixed up a bare minimum of 200 vials over the last few months, I look at the spread on the table, and see that I have at least that many to go (as SA/SF tests)…it’s just kind of daunting. So I’m trying to look up to see the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ to remind me (or more correctly: give me the stamina), as well as gather some information that I can use in the hopefully not to distant future, while maintaining sight of the end goal: creating some “semblance of a recipe” on demand, from scratch. =)
[quote=JoJo]I usually…whip up 15 or so single flavors I haven’t done yet and test them once a week for a month. I’ve been really trying to focus on taking good notes on what the flavors taste like and not just saying “mm I like this…” LoL. But then once I’m done with those singles, there’s usually like 2-3ml left in the bottle.
When I get the urge, I’ll rummage through and pick a few out that I think would make a decent mix, dump them in a tank, and see what I think. It breaks up the singles monotony and I can try stuff out without worrying about wasting a ton of flavoring.[/quote]
Likewise!! I think my error this last two times, was simply that I didn’t ‘spread the spectrum’ of flavors out widely enough.
The last time it was mostly berries/fruits, this time it was mostly ‘heavy’ stuff. Custards, caramel’s, butterscotches, etc…So I think what I need to do to keep from getting ‘burnout’ on SA testing, is to make sure that I keep the selection varied. EG: compare two caramels, two blueberry, two strawberry, two creams, etc. Then if I need to do a ‘shootout’ -then revisit one that I took notes on previously as a refresher.
@DarthVapor: Thank you for the link!!!
I checked and found that I only had the .epub version before, so I made sure to grab the PDF!
Anyways, I sincerely appreciate all the wonderful input from everyone!!