Biomass Grinding at various scales? - #22 by cyclopath I read more of that thread…ok it’s @Soxhlet slurry post…that’s what that setup is named in the myco world. And
Are you suggesting your photos of jars and blenders mixes disty and solvents???
@Soxhlet we need to get a 3d printer owner… to print large mouth oyster bases( only available is the small).then a glass company to produce gallon and 2 gallon jars to fit… there you go instant gig…
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I don’t homogenize the whole thing together. I heat up water on a hotplate stirrer, add citric acid and mold inhibitor, then add emulsifier, hit it with the Polytron and put it back on the stirplate. After that I add extract and stir for a while. From there it goes to the Polytron again for a rough emulsion and the on to the sonicator for homogenization. From there it goes into the pan and the rest of the ingredients are added. I get a good result this way. I don’t use them squeeze bottles anymore either. A candy funnel is way faster.
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could make the plastic insert receive the small blender base, you want one? I have a printer and a small blender base.Also, what plastic do you want it made from? Could also do aluminum.
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nah. CNC machine them from billet Alu…
(the early Oster bases were cast Alu)
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wow thanks for reminding me. now cat is out of business too. 
no spares left
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Hey I see you have Knox gelatin powder is this what everyone is using? I tried the recipe with the reccomended weights but used Knox gelatin and found it was far too high of a gelatin to water ratio based on other recipes I’ve used in the past
This is what I use it’s the best quality to cost ratio I found. I really like the firmness of 250 or higher bloom. I believe Knox is 200 bloom so will be a softer gummy
https://www.amazon.com/NuNaturals-Gelicious-Unflavored-Gelatin-Pound/dp/B01IE65OI4/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=nunaturals+gelatin+powder&qid=1589913955&sprefix=nunaturals+gelatin+&sr=8-3#
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Thanks very much @Badcookieextracts
Do you use the same amount as killas recipe with powdered gelatin ?
cat isn’t out of business, their american distributor is
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Yeah @Killa12345 and I are on the same recipe
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Oh okay and using that 75g of gelatin is it typically a very weird chunky mix before it is heated? Thank you for any help, you guys all rock
Yes. You need to mix the water super fast like you have 10 secs before all the water is absorbed and you have dry spots. Mix like your life depends on it.
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I got this one from Claude Bears
Take a 5lb bag of albanese gummies
Melt in a crock pot on low
Right when the last gummy bear shapes are melted stir in distillate (5lbs makes 150-200 gummies depending on mood size)
Add 2-4 packages Kerr gelatin
Spray molds with coconut Pam
Pour crockpot into 2 disposable pastry bags (use an empty pitcher to hold pastry bag) it gets kinda warm, I use an oven mitt on one hand to support bag)
Squirt the melted gummy mix into molds, let sit for a few hours. I toss in sugar and store in bulk in gallon ziplocks in the fridge.
He has won awards with this recipe, so have others. I received a few great magazine reviews with this recipe as well.
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OK great thank you @Killa12345 and @Badcookieextracts I also found citric acid monohydrate on ebay in smaller amounts, if anyone is still searching I can post the link
@Bensc236 I hope you know for your vegan friendly gummy you can definitely not use Carnauba wax? Have you looked up what that is? Or where it comes from?
@rowan why would you use what is known as meat glue in gummies
Its known as transglutiminase and you are now known as a moron
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Because performing chemical reactions with enzymes is safe, effective, and leads to well defined end points (unlike many “chemical” cross-linking strategies).
Which part do you find objectionable?
That the naturally occurring enzyme in question has been cloned and produced in large quantities in bio-reactors?
Or the word meat?
No, I haven’t. I just copy/pasta’d an ingredients list of some vegan/pectin gummies I bought and are great and shelf stable. I think the carnauba wax would be for the panning step but not entirely sure.