[joke]Broke out grandma’s candy thermometer….

FlavoredButtHair , 6 months ago

So crack is made at around 300°?

ivanafterall , 6 months ago

Regardless of crack or pot, grandma always wanted the firm ball. And she certainly didn't mind a little of the dark caramel.

jordanlund , 6 months ago

For those who never tried to make candy:

webstaurantstore.com/…/candy-temperature-chart.ht…

FuglyDuck OP , 6 months ago

Actually? Now I’m really curious…. What is the pot for? I assume the donuts/fish is for frying oil temp

Is that for frying potatoes?

ElBarto , 6 months ago

What is the pot for?

That’s to help you get the munchies to eat all the awesome treats you’ll make.

jordanlund , 6 months ago

Little high for frying potatoes, I don’t see a modern setting for “pot”.

High end candy making is for light and dark caramel.

Maybe it means your thermometer is accidentally touching the bottom of the pot and isn’t accurate?

FuglyDuck OP , 6 months ago

I suspect not, since it was on the bottom. Incidentally, it runs cold by about ten degrees f. (While making it it was okay for checking for when I got past the water boil-off)

altima_neo , 6 months ago

Gonna guess it’s shorthand for potatoes?

raynethackery , 6 months ago

Potato chips.

FuglyDuck OP , 6 months ago

I just checked, French fries are done at 300+350, and chips 375- it’d between the fish and donut bits.

Actually? I don’t know if any oils that don’t smoke at that temp.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA , 6 months ago

You know how it’s sometimes kind of hard to find people to eat all your baked goods when you’re on a baking kick? Bake yourself and then it’s easy to eat them all yourself.

captainlezbian , 6 months ago

I’m far more concerned why fish is on here, but no other meats are

FuglyDuck OP , 6 months ago

Deep fry oil temp

ImTryingLemmy , 6 months ago

You’re going to ruin your crack if you get it that hot while you’re cooking it.

FuglyDuck OP , 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

For those curious, making KAF’s Apple Cider Caramels

Edit: I used generic apple cider vinegar, cuz that’s what I had. In any case the flavor is there and it’s at thread stage,

Edit 2: it’s out. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/27ae3c8e-4b12-4de6-a0af-798ee4e134bf.jpeg

Might have gotten it out a bit too soon- the digital meter was saying 245-250(grr) and it’s a hair on the soft side. It lost a bit of the apple flavor compared to when it was at thread temp… if you want a sharp hit, maybe add some more of the cider vinegar. The flavor is still there, but iat thread it was (tart) apple->Carmel, now it’s carmel-> apple