Butterscotch VS. CARAMEL -

Trilby · 07-22-2010, 02:22 PM

What's the diff?

Discuss.

Getgo · 07-22-2010, 02:41 PM

The difference? All I know is caramel tastes better. I'll get back to you later after I've put more thought into it.

Rhianne · 07-22-2010, 03:26 PM

Caramel requires burnt sugar (ie caramelized), butterscotch uses brown sugar.

classicman · 07-22-2010, 03:32 PM

Caramel ROCKS - Its softer and smoother. Butterscotch is grittier - blech
Kinda like the texture difference between a fine chocolate and fudge.
Now you got me thinking about those little rectangular shaped candies wrapped in plastic ... Mmmm

Lamplighter · 07-22-2010, 03:35 PM

Like "cider" and "apple juice" ?

classicman · 07-22-2010, 03:36 PM

Exactly lamp. Another good analogy.

Trilby · 07-22-2010, 03:49 PM

I thought cider WAS apple juice????

Lamplighter · 07-22-2010, 04:02 PM

Not when on the same shelf in the supermarkets !

squirell nutkin · 07-22-2010, 05:06 PM

Cider is fresh, uncooked juice from apples. Apple juice is cooked, bottled and shelf stable at room temp. Cider is not stable at room temp and only for a few weeks in the fridge.

Apple juice is yech and most commercial brands use corn syrup and apple flavoring despite being labelled 100% apple. (From a friend who worked as a food chemist) Apple cider you should buy form your local orchard in a couple of months when the apples are ripe. Right now you are drinking last years apples.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-22-2010, 05:09 PM

Cider used to be apple juice, like Tina Fey used to be a little girl.

jinx · 07-22-2010, 05:49 PM

Cider can be cooked/pasteurized and have shit added, it's just not filtered like the juice is.

limey · 07-22-2010, 06:02 PM

No, no no no, no NOOOO - apple juice is apple juice (the liquid you get from pressed apple) and cider is fermented apple juice.

Butterscotch is divine.

Caramel is upper class toffee.

Lamplighter · 07-22-2010, 06:05 PM

Thanks Dwellars for clarifying the liquid apple problems.

squirell nutkin · 07-22-2010, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jinx

Cider can be cooked/pasteurized and have shit added, it's just not filtered like the juice is.

cooking and pasteurization are two different things, as you know. Even when pasteurized, or UV treated and with sodium bisulphite or ascorbic acid in it (I'd avoid that shit anyway) it still isn't shelf stable unrefrigerated.

But you are talking about the difference between GOOD cider and crap cider.

also Red Cheek apple juice is not filtered, the clear stuff is seriously poison.

squirell nutkin · 07-22-2010, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by limey

No, no no no, no NOOOO - apple juice is apple juice (the liquid you get from pressed apple) and cider is fermented apple juice.

Butterscotch is divine.

Caramel is upper class toffee.

Only over there. Here we call the fermented stuff hard cider.

07-22-2010, 02:22 PM	#1
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07-22-2010, 03:32 PM	#4
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Caramel ROCKS - Its softer and smoother. Butterscotch is grittier - blech Kinda like the texture difference between a fine chocolate and fudge. Now you got me thinking about those little rectangular shaped candies wrapped in plastic ... Mmmm __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-22-2010, 03:36 PM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Exactly lamp. Another good analogy. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-22-2010, 03:49 PM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I thought cider WAS apple juice???? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-22-2010, 05:06 PM	#9
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Cider is fresh, uncooked juice from apples. Apple juice is cooked, bottled and shelf stable at room temp. Cider is not stable at room temp and only for a few weeks in the fridge. Apple juice is yech and most commercial brands use corn syrup and apple flavoring despite being labelled 100% apple. (From a friend who worked as a food chemist) Apple cider you should buy form your local orchard in a couple of months when the apples are ripe. Right now you are drinking last years apples. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

07-22-2010, 02:41 PM	#2
Getgo Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 94	The difference? All I know is caramel tastes better. I'll get back to you later after I've put more thought into it.

07-22-2010, 03:26 PM	#3
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Caramel requires burnt sugar (ie caramelized), butterscotch uses brown sugar.

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Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Like "cider" and "apple juice" ?

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Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Not when on the same shelf in the supermarkets !

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07-22-2010, 05:49 PM	#11
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07-22-2010, 06:02 PM	#12
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	No, no no no, no NOOOO - apple juice is apple juice (the liquid you get from pressed apple) and cider is fermented apple juice. Butterscotch is divine. Caramel is upper class toffee. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

07-22-2010, 06:05 PM	#13
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Thanks Dwellars for clarifying the liquid apple problems.

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