Roomies got a nice new blender, just got some xanthan gum in so I figured as hot as it is it's time for some alcohol freezes.

Anyone unaccustomed to xanthan gum: it's a stabilizer/thickener that will make smoothies/frapaccinos/etc not separate. Useful for artificially thickening most anything (sometimes great for fixing a dip that came out too thin). Stuffs great to have around because it only takes a tiny tiny amount for it to do it's thing, so buying it will likely last you nearly forever.

  • Omegamint [comrade/them, doe/deer]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    Almost certainly used too much, it gets really thick and kinda... Slimey when you go overboard, and you need very little to get there. It's hard without a proper teaspoon measure. My house is missing all of ours except the 1/4th tsp and I had to eyeball a bit, actually came out a bit thicker than intended but they went down well once I remembered we had reusable straws