/ck/ - Food & Cooking

make your own sirup
>boil water
>add sugar (1.5-2kg/l)
>add fruit/herbs/spices
>add citric acid
>sieve
>bottle
>add to fizzy water

I mean it's not healthy, but it's better than HFCS + red dye no.6

This may come to a surprise to you but fruit is 97% water 3% juice and pulp

Flavored seltzer. It will taste really bland for a while if you're used to sugar water, but they're nice and refreshing.

>>10791964
cold brew coffee

>>10791964
Just drink water pussy.

>>10792165
For anyone thinking of trying this, one I'd recommend is Tarkhun, a tarragon-flavoured Georgian drink popular throughout the Soviet Union. In my opinion Georgia has the best fizzy drinks in the world.

>>10791964
The STATE of the states.
100% fresh squeezed is the standard in euroland, even for weird juices.

>>10792333
preach
also checked

>>10792289
there is a ton of options out there, it's just matter of experimentation
elderberry blossoms are my favorite

the other day I made a small batch of strawberry+mint jam, and I bet sirup would be great

>>10792289
>Tarkhun
>not Baikal

diet soda, "artificial" sweeteners are a spook

>>10792333
That's how it is in the states too, unless you shop like a retard. There are a bunch of juice drinks full of hfcs but if you're not at a fucking conveninece store you'll find 100% juices everywhere.

>>10791964
Make Kompot!

>>10791964
Stop being poor.

>>10791964
I don't think I've ever had anything that wasn't 100% juice.
I think I had Sunny D like once in my life as a kid and I absolutely hated that shit.

MAKE KOMPOT! WILL NOT SPEAK AGAIN! KOMPOT!

>>10791964
lol at the idea that the sugar is fruit is somehow magically healthier for you than HFCS. Juice is on its own just flavored sugar water

>>10792289

Artyom! Put on the good tea!

>>10792395
Been wanting to try this for a while now, what does it taste like? I worry it would be similar to maple syrup.

>>10791964
>buy cheap 100% apple juice
>mix apple 5/1 with 100% pomegranate juice or 1/2 with 50% cranberry
Wa la. Chuggable natural suger and antioxidants.

>>10793264
Sorry apple juice 2/1 with cranberry cocktail. 3/1 or 4/1 with 100% cranberry.
White grape juice works good too.

>>10792289
I'd still try it, but tarragon-flavored soda sounds terrible tbqh

>>10793180
Based Babushkaposter

>>10793008
Based Borisposter

>>10793054
>implying I'd ever drink 8 ounces of anything in one sitting

>>10793187
>what is complex vs simple sugar

>>10793485
The sugar in fruit is mostly simple

>>10793248
I've had maple water, tasted like coconut water and nothing like maple.

>>10793485
Fruit has simple sugars which is why it tastes sweet. Foods with complex sugars don't really taste sweet as you eat them like grains, beans, and vegetables.

>>10792205
Started doing this a few months ago, and now I can't even really tell. No more sugar and sweetener is not a bad deal! They're best when they're really really cold.

>>10792205
>Flavored seltzer
You mean LaCroix?

>>10791964
cause healthy shit isn't as addictive or as cheap to produce.

>>10793764
fruit juice isn't healthy

I TELL ALL AN NO LISTEN! KOMPOT!

>>10792333
Kill yourself faggot.

Why do people insist their fruit be juiced? Just eat a goddamn apple ffs.

>>10793277
pretty sure it's not just tarragon, but all kinds of flavors as well
just like cola isn't just kola nut tea (in most cases, there is no kola involved anyway)

>>10791964
>Syrup is delicious
You need to do something about that habit of yours

>>10792275
haha water pussy

>>10791964
You just suck at shopping.
They will say "nectar, juice drink, juice coctail," etc.
If it says juice, its juice. Stop being retarded.
>pic related.

Why not kefir? That shit is delicious.

>>10796266
agree, kefir is the bomb (not a subtle joke as to the origin of the drink)

>>10793485
>this guy thinks fruit sugar is any different than hfcs which is sugar derived from vegetables and distilled
It's all the same shit. I can't believe you even mentioned "complex vs simple" sugar when you don't even know what either one means.

>>10791964
Even 100% pure fresh squeezed juice isn't healthy for you. It's all sugar. Sugar is bad for you. When the only thing you think is "delicious" is sugar, naturally, all delicious things are going to be bad for you.

You need to grow up and stop babying your palate and try new things. Become accustomed to eating delicious healthy things like whole fruit or veg, meat with spices, etc. You have to re-train your palate or you will always be a babby.

>>10796249
see >>10796366

>>10796266
>>10796338
I wouldn't consider kefir a "drink" even though you do drink it. It's not something you keep around and sip on like coffee, tea, water. Also, while it only has about half as much sugar in it as the same volume of juice (only if you buy full fat kefir), it still has half the sugar content of juice for the same volume and that's a lot of sugar for something that isn't even really sweet.

All that said, I use kefir in smoothies. I use smoothies to get my 3 a day in whole fruit. Juice and juicing gets rid of all the most important parts; blending a whole fruit is the way to go.

>>10792205
This, seltzer is the best.

>>10791964
Just get used to water. It really isn't that hard. If you're going to drink juice, dilute it with water. Concentrate on hydration.