Deeksha Sinha

Hi Anna, you have all the resources to build a website right here in Forrager. I used David Crabill’s video and created my own website, and so can you. Just go to the menu, choose resources & then pick learn. Find the lesson for Square Online & follow David’s instructions. He breaks it down so you can understand it & do it yourself. I’ve been…[Read more]

other than trial and error…

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Try the “brute force” method: add a spoonful of fresh sugar to the mixture when reaching 300°F and see…
Please let me know how it went, pardon me for my english (*undesired*, *unexpectedly*) and greetings from Italy.
Roberto

Hello Jessie,
It looks like you got into the recrystallization phenomenon, that is usually an undesidered (and avoided) effect in hard candy making, but that can unespectedly bring some curious results like the one you got.
As you probably know, the mix of sugars used for hard candy making should always include, together with saccharose (the…[Read more]

For the fruit blossoms, I don’t know but I doubt it. For the second, it probably depends on your county. Some counties will be very strict and will say no to anything that’s not on the official state list of allowed foods. Either way, I recommend that you contact your local environmental health dept for clarification on whether you can make these items.

Thank you so much for your timely (and insightful), very much appreciated! I had a follow-up question: are fruit blossoms considered fruits under the Cottage Food Law or would they be another category? And I guess a second question, lol – are DIY saline solutions something covered by the Cottage Food Law (the saline solution would be dialed in for…[Read more]

They mean 70 proof alcohol that’s flavored with those (and only those) items. Here are the categories:
Apple * Apricot * Blackberry * Blueberry * Cherry * Chocolate * Clove *
Cinnamon * Cranberry * Grapefruit * Lemon * Lime * Orange * Peach * Pear
* Pineapple * Pomegranate * Raspberry * Strawberry * and Vanilla

You wouldn’t be able to use the…[Read more]

I honestly don’t have enough experience with candy making to answer you question. Have you tried going to a local candy shop and asking? I bet they’d be happy to help!