candy making

This episode brings together physical chemistry, history, and food studies in search of the origins of a colonial Mexican fudge. In conversation with Gastronomica’s Jaclyn Rohel, Patrick Charbonneau, Jeffrey Pilcher, and Kelsey Kilgore discuss their unique collaboration and share the story of how they re-created the dish in the teaching kitchen of the University of Toronto’s Culinaria Research Centre. Drawing on manuscripts and published cookbooks from the 18th to 20th centuries, in combination with hands-on culinary experimentation, they trace the recipe to Mexican vernacular traditions of candy making.

Photo Courtesy of Kelsey Kilgore.

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I had the pleasure to chat with Heidi, Senior Business Development Manager at LorAnn Oils, a maker of flavouring, essential oils and specialty ingredients for bakers and candy makers. Heidi's expertise, both personal and professional, on baking and making candy, is evident. If you enjoy infusing candy, gummies or baked goods, you'll want to listen to this episode!

• LorAnn Oils - since 1962
• LorAnn Oils Gummy Mix - unflavoured, uncoloured - make them your own
• Effortless Infused Gummies episode
• Pure Biologix Terpenes - cannabis derived
• Heidi's tips 
  • read through the recipe
  • pre-measure your ingredients so they're ready when you're needing to move quickly 
  • burned/sticky candy - always temperature related - use a thermometer
  • chocolate + terpenes make a great duo, chocolate offsets the grassy notes of the cannabis/terpenes
  • cherry + amaretto + chocolate make great flavour pairings
  • business idea - one infused candy in a bag, along with a bunch of non-infused candy
• Candy Thermometer on Amazon
• Gummy Mix Troubleshooting 
• mix well when stirring your candy mix
• coat your hands in a neutral oil to avoid gummies sticking to you when popping out of molds 
• melt gelatine in microwave to make sure it's fully incorporated
• you can put molds in the fridge for an hour before popping them out to cure
• Recipe development - have a core foundational recipes that you can modify
• Don't use your infusions in experimental recipes!
• Using LorAnn bakery emulsions 
  • swap out vanilla with a LorAnn bakery emulsions
  • vanilla can boost a flavour
  • cut vanilla in half and then use bakery emulsion at the amount called for in the recipe
• Suggested Usage Guide for LorAnn Oils products
• Find LorAnn Oils at a trade/consumer show, conference, expo near you
• Where to buy outside of the USA

Bite Me listeners in the contiguous 48 receive 15% off their order at lorannoils.com.  Use code BITEME15 at checkout. For listeners outside the 48, email customercare@lorannoils.com for a list of distributors and retailers near you. 

Visit the website for full show notes, free dosing calculator, recipes and more.

Have you ever wondered why Hershey, Pennsylvania is called that? Or why Hershey's Kisses are called 'kisses'?! Well, we answer all of that and WAY more in today's emotional dive into the history of Milton Hershey!

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A gummy recipe that checks all the boxes: simple ingredients, reasonable hands-on time and results in a large batch of goodies, you'll be making this recipe over and over again!  Try it will different flavours of jello to change taste but whatever you do make them and let me know if you enjoyed them!

Here are the links for this weeks episode:

• Diamond Delight Edibles home page
• Multi-Use Massage Oil episode
• Unflavoured gelatin powder on Amazon - I've used Great Lakes & Knox in my kitchen
• Silicon molds on Amazon
• MBM molds & measuring cups - use code BITEME for 20% off
• Diamond Delight classic gummy recipe

That's it for this week friends.  Please email me any questions, comments, pictures of your creations or anything else, I love hearing from listeners!  Direct messages to bitemepodcast@fastmail.com or leave me a voice message.

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Stay high,

Marge

Bite Me listeners in the contiguous 48 receive 15% off their order at lorannoils.com.  Use code BITEME15 at checkout. For listeners outside the 48, email customercare@lorannoils.com for a list of distributors and retailers near you. 

Visit the website for full show notes, free dosing calculator, recipes and more.

Today I'm having coffee with Melissa Wedman. Melissa Wedman is the Head Sugar Slinger (aka CEO) of 

Mollycoddled Hash Slinger, an artisan candy company focusing on supporting micro-small businesses through supply chain.

We are talking all things candy making, importance of family, business strategy, marketing and sales, consumer engagement, and surprising people when they come to mind. Grab a cup of coffee and join us.

Connect with Melissa and Mollycoddled Hash Slinger.

Mollycoddled Hash Slinger on Facebook.

Mollycoddled Hash Slinger on Instagram.

Melissa Wedman on LinkedIn.

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This week, we have a very special guest, Heather Greenfield, who used to work as a Candy Maker at Disneyland. We dive deep into the ins and outs of Disney candy making, as well as spilling some fun Disney secrets, including how to get your hands on those famous Disneyland Candy Canes. Listen all the way to the end, where we talk about fantastic cats of Disneyland and where to find them. 

To find out more about Heather Greenfield: 

IG: @magic_cupcake_cosplay

Tick Tok: @the_frozen_kittens

Twitter: @HeatherGfield

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