Nov 25 2009
My first attempt on enzymes
I read and heard a lot about these fruit enzymes Also garbage enzymes…
Finally, chatted with MSau and searched for the recipe, finally attempted this a week ago.
Actually what prompted me to make it, is a batch of bad apples that I bought from Carrefour. I bought 2 packs of expensive apples (so it is not true that 一分钱一分货), they turned out to be really awful. Not crunchy, not sweet, have bad smell. I think they are too ripened, or going to rot soon. One pack was Fuji Apples, another one was Royal Gala. Both were bad.
I just couldn’t eat them. Attempted on 2, and had to throw half way. Feel sayang to throw them all away, so I thought maybe can turn it into enzymes. Well, every article tells me that I should us fresh apples… I really don’t know what will happen to mine since my apples are not that fresh nor nice.
I was told to use that 冰片糖, directly translated as “iced sliced sugar”, which I have no idea what they are. I was told not to use white sugar, and I have only these brown sugar at home, so I used it instead. But hor, it makes my bottle looks really black and dirty/dark:
The next day, when I checked the containers, I found that the brown sugar melted and became really dark. Then, the article said, “It is alright to have the whitish stuff on the surface but not good to have blackish stuff”.
Uh oh! How do I differentiate my darkish brown sugar effect with that ‘blackish stuff’ mentioned in the enzyme making process??!! I guess I just take a judgement call, as long as there is nothing fungus like looking stuff, it should be safe to consume gua?
Will update again 2 weeks later, whether it turns out okay or not. So far, it smells really good, but a bit alcoholic though…
remember to shake it everyday in the first 1 week then 2 – 3 days once to avoid fungus ah..:)
Sorry to hear about the apples. Had the same experience some time back. It’s unfortunate but my experience with Carrefour’s fresh products hasn’t been very good.
i tot you are supposed to use brown sugar?
if this apple enzymes doesnt turn good..then you can use as garbage enzymes…dont waste..hehhe
ya, i think better use as garbage enzymes…dun take the risk
msau:
thanks for the tips!
EMYYL: You too? I always have bad experience with CF in fresh produce as well. But DH never believed in me, and this time it was his idea to get some fruits from CF!! LOL!
aiyu: I don’t know wor. It still looks good anyway, just that the color is not as clear/white as the other type gua…
milly: true, good alternative.
mumzzy: Har… I thought it turned out quite well wor. Smell very nice. I’ll wait for another week and see. :p