Posts by Angela Long52

Jose Miller3 said:A slightly improved version of this thread, posted on the forums and for everyone 😬

So, look—the recipes we have for elderberry juice are... well, they're hit or miss. But they all share one thing in common: they require an insane amount of sugar (we're talking 1 kg of sugar per liter of water; even Coca-Cola, which we all know is ridiculously sweet, only has 10g of sugar per 100ml—so healthy homemade elderberry juices actually have ten times more sugar than a Coca-Cola 😢). Honestly, I don't get why you need such a massive, terrible amount of sugar, but apparently, it's necessary because I can't find a single recipe where the ratio is any lower. The end result is this super syrupy mess 😢 and then people try to fix it by throwing in some citric acid (or lemon juice, which is basically the same thing), but the syrup stays way too sweet and just doesn't taste enough like elderberry.

Question for the folks here at PZ-ofce: what if we tried taking elderberry flowers and dissolving whatever-it-is-that-gives-juice-its-flavor in some organic solvent, evaporating the solvent to get a pure concentrate (either liquid or, more likely, solid), and then trying to dissolve that in a normal amount of water? Or maybe use it as a powder to make juice like how Nestlé does it? Would that be doable? Is there a talented chemist around here with access to a rotary evaporator, some organic solvent, and maybe thirty minutes to see what happens if we give this a shot? 🙂

I think you might have overlooked one somewhat significant fact; when you add sugar to elderberry juice, you're adding sucrose, which, being a carbohydrate, takes about 4 to 6 hours to break down in the stomach. Now, I agree that sugar isn't exactly the pinnacle of health, but it's certainly much better than the high-fructose corn syrup used in sodas. That kind of glucose syrup gets absorbed relatively quickly into the bloodstream, causing the body to release huge amounts of insulin to manage the spike. It even pulls calcium from your bones to help neutralize the sudden acidity. If you repeat this several times a day, well, that's a recipe for diabetes. So, I suppose moderation is key! 👍 👍

Yeah, I’d say the MX2 is actually a pretty solid brake... I happen to have one sitting in my inventory if you're looking for one 😉

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I have to agree, the man is a pure genius... And don't even get me started on the music; honestly, it’s the kind of stuff you just can't stop playing! 😍😍😍
I ended up picking up the soundtracks immediately, and wow... 😁😁