Cooking & Baking

jackbenimble

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13. Ginger syrup

Sun Oct 7, 2012, 10:55 PM

Oct 2012

I didn't check out the recipes but I just wanted to comment that making a simple ginger syrup is about one of the easiest things in the world, and you can freeze it. I like ginger syrup in my coffee or tea. I discovered how easy it was to make a syrup when I was making candied ginger awhile back (very yummy). If you just slice up some ginger pieces and boil until you have a tea of sorts then add sugar or honey to taste and cook until fully dissolved. Store in a jar in the fridge. Depending on the amount of sugar used it will keep for quite awhile. You can freeze it as well if you want to make a large batch. If you make it sugar free I would freeze it in cubes and just take out what you need because without the sugar it wont last as long.

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Homemade sodas? [View all] shireen Sep 2012 OP

A friend has one of those soda machines and loves it. cbayer Sep 2012 #1

I've done ginger ale using yeast Retrograde Sep 2012 #4

You add the CO2 BEFORE you add flavoring eridani Sep 2012 #5

Yeasted sodas are very tricky Warpy Sep 2012 #2

I never thought it was all that tricky Major Nikon Oct 2012 #15

I make my own "syrups" and add club soda or sparkling water. no_hypocrisy Sep 2012 #3

I've done this, too Denninmi Sep 2012 #6

how do you make ginger ale syrup? shireen Oct 2012 #7

Two recipes no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #9

thank you so much! shireen Oct 2012 #10

You're welcome. Hope you prefer your own brand to store-bought. no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #11

Ginger syrup jackbenimble Oct 2012 #13

exactly what i need! shireen Oct 2012 #21

thanks everyone, those are great ideas. shireen Oct 2012 #8

there's a work around for the expense of the CO2 NMDemDist2 Oct 2012 #12

If you wanted to go that route there's no need to buy the sodastream at all Major Nikon Oct 2012 #16

oh great .... shireen Oct 2012 #20

Here's what you'll need Major Nikon Oct 2012 #24

but getting CO2 from a welding company is not food grade CO2. shireen Oct 2012 #19

crap! now you tell me! we've been using it for 3 years NMDemDist2 Oct 2012 #23

CO2 is CO2 Major Nikon Oct 2012 #26

When I was a kid, we has one of these... TreasonousBastard Oct 2012 #27

I have a pretty good amount of experience doing it Major Nikon Oct 2012 #14

thanks, i really like that ginger beer recipe. shireen Oct 2012 #18

There's no diffence really Major Nikon Oct 2012 #25

very yummy imgbitepolitic Oct 2012 #17

this is one of the reasons i love DU shireen Oct 2012 #22