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making some SHERBET!

  • 20-09-2007 5:02pm
    #1
    darkmaster2
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    I fancy making some sherbet.

    I can get the baking soda, icing sugar, and flavourings locally easily but I haven`t seen citric or tartaric acid anywhere. Does anyone have a local source for these? Fizztastic! :D


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  • #2
    The Hill Billy
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    Try your local chemist. They will most likely have citric acid, not sure about tartaric though.


  • #3
    catho_monster
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    Pretty sure i've seen it in the asian market off georges street too.
    THe citric i mean, not the tartaric...


  • #4
    rubadub
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    catho_monster wrote:
    Pretty sure i've seen it in the asian market off georges street too.
    THe citric i mean, not the tartaric...
    Yes most asian markets have it, in big 200/500g bags & cheap. chemists are usually a ripoff. It is used in sweet & sour dishes.

    Another place is homebrew supply stores, there are a few online, only a few in dublin now, it is usually health stores that double up as homebrew places, like country cellar in dun laoghaire.

    Citirc acid is also used to descale kettles, it should be foodgrade but sometimes can have other additives. I imagine you could get it cheap on ebay.


  • #5
    darkmaster2
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    Cheers lads, i`ll have a look in some of the oriental food stores around the place so ;)


  • #6
    cookiequeen
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    Gosh that sounds great. I never even thought of making Sherbet before. Let us know how you get on. Whats the recipe as a matter of interest???


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  • #7
    darkmaster2
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    cookiequeen wrote:
    Gosh that sounds great. I never even thought of making Sherbet before. Let us know how you get on. Whats the recipe as a matter of interest???

    I was looking at this page just for starters. I only got the idea for making sherbet after a discussion with a friend about how hard it is to get really really sour fizzy sweets and were talking about lacing some of our own with citric acid and sugar, then realised how easy/and cheap it should be to make some sherbet.

    Should be fun :D


  • #8
    watna
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    I've been known to sniff sherbert on occasions, when drink has been taken, (it's hilarious!). I wonder if you sniffed homegrown sherbert would it be purer? I think you experiment at report back!


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