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We've had quite the cold snap in New England over the past few days. Our pantry is a long narrow room behind the kitchen. It's unheated, but usually picks up enough residual heat from the rest of the house to be cool but not cold -- just right for food storage. I walked into the pantry this morning and noticed a very strong sweet smell, and found that two bottles of DaVinci syrup had frozen and burst. There were white chocolate and raspberry icicles hanging from the shelves. What a mess! We also lost our last jar of the Mount Olive sugar-free relish -- and that stuff is hard to find! Luckily there were dozens of jars and bottles of other stuff (including probaly 10 more DaVinci syrups) that hadn't frozen yet; we moved them into the kitchen. Brrrrrrr. Em |
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emkay wrote:
Our pantry is a long narrow room behind the kitchen. It's unheated, but usually picks up enough residual heat from the rest of the house to be cool but not cold -- just right for food storage. I walked into the pantry this morning and noticed a very strong sweet smell, and found that two bottles of DaVinci syrup had frozen and burst. There were white chocolate and raspberry icicles hanging from the shelves. What a mess! We also lost our last jar of the Mount Olive sugar-free relish -- and that stuff is hard to find! http://www.blackanddeckerappliances....=APP%20BDUH100 "Frost Watch" automatically turns the unit on if the temperature drops below 40°F (4°C) to protect against freezing pipes or frost damage " |
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emkay wrote:
We've had quite the cold snap in New England over the past few days. Our pantry is a long narrow room behind the kitchen. It's unheated, but usually picks up enough residual heat from the rest of the house to be cool but not cold -- just right for food storage. I walked into the pantry this morning and noticed a very strong sweet smell, and found that two bottles of DaVinci syrup had frozen and burst. There were white chocolate and raspberry icicles hanging from the shelves. What a mess! We also lost our last jar of the Mount Olive sugar-free relish -- and that stuff is hard to find! Luckily there were dozens of jars and bottles of other stuff (including probaly 10 more DaVinci syrups) that hadn't frozen yet; we moved them into the kitchen. Brrrrrrr. Em Yikes! I haven't investigated thoroughly here but did note I needed to open some very cold cabinets that had bottles in them. Glad you didn't lose your entire DaVinci stash. -- Jean B. |
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FYI - I was looking at the DaVinci website, and they are not mailing out
glass bottles of syrup right now because of the cold. Only those in plastic..... JD "emkay" wrote in message ... We've had quite the cold snap in New England over the past few days. Our pantry is a long narrow room behind the kitchen. It's unheated, but usually picks up enough residual heat from the rest of the house to be cool but not cold -- just right for food storage. I walked into the pantry this morning and noticed a very strong sweet smell, and found that two bottles of DaVinci syrup had frozen and burst. There were white chocolate and raspberry icicles hanging from the shelves. What a mess! We also lost our last jar of the Mount Olive sugar-free relish -- and that stuff is hard to find! Luckily there were dozens of jars and bottles of other stuff (including probaly 10 more DaVinci syrups) that hadn't frozen yet; we moved them into the kitchen. Brrrrrrr. Em |
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:33:57 -0500, "Preesi" wrote:
emkay wrote: Our pantry is a long narrow room behind the kitchen. It's unheated, but usually picks up enough residual heat from the rest of the house to be cool but not cold -- just right for food storage. I walked into the pantry this morning and noticed a very strong sweet smell, and found that two bottles of DaVinci syrup had frozen and burst. There were white chocolate and raspberry icicles hanging from the shelves. What a mess! We also lost our last jar of the Mount Olive sugar-free relish -- and that stuff is hard to find! http://www.blackanddeckerappliances....=APP%20BDUH100 "Frost Watch" automatically turns the unit on if the temperature drops below 40°F (4°C) to protect against freezing pipes or frost damage " *Now* you tell me! :-) I'll have to scout around and see if there are any electrical outlets back there. Thanks, this looks like a good idea. Em |
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:47:06 -0500, "Jean B." wrote:
Yikes! I haven't investigated thoroughly here but did note I needed to open some very cold cabinets that had bottles in them. Glad you didn't lose your entire DaVinci stash. Far from it :-) We only keep unopened bottles back there, so they tend to be just backups of flavors that we already have open bottles of. The open ones are kept in a kitchen cabinet -- I just peeked, and there are 25 of them in there. (I really like this stuff.) I was also keeping several bottles at work, to flavor my hot chocolate, when coworkers asked what brand of whiskey I was spiking my cocoa with :-). So I switched to tiny little plastic squirt bottles instead. Em |
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:34:10 -0500, emkay
wrote: On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:47:06 -0500, "Jean B." wrote: Yikes! I haven't investigated thoroughly here but did note I needed to open some very cold cabinets that had bottles in them. Glad you didn't lose your entire DaVinci stash. Far from it :-) We only keep unopened bottles back there, so they tend to be just backups of flavors that we already have open bottles of. The open ones are kept in a kitchen cabinet -- I just peeked, and there are 25 of them in there. (I really like this stuff.) I was also keeping several bottles at work, to flavor my hot chocolate, when coworkers asked what brand of whiskey I was spiking my cocoa with :-). So I switched to tiny little plastic squirt bottles instead. Em I've bought a plastic bottle of Atkins maple SF syrup. Used it once on a piece of low carb bread to make french toast with splenda. The toast was good, but the syrup was like water. I want a thick syrup so what do you recommend? PJ |
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PJx wrote:
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:34:10 -0500, emkay wrote: On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:47:06 -0500, "Jean B." wrote: Yikes! I haven't investigated thoroughly here but did note I needed to open some very cold cabinets that had bottles in them. Glad you didn't lose your entire DaVinci stash. Far from it :-) We only keep unopened bottles back there, so they tend to be just backups of flavors that we already have open bottles of. The open ones are kept in a kitchen cabinet -- I just peeked, and there are 25 of them in there. (I really like this stuff.) I was also keeping several bottles at work, to flavor my hot chocolate, when coworkers asked what brand of whiskey I was spiking my cocoa with :-). So I switched to tiny little plastic squirt bottles instead. Em I've bought a plastic bottle of Atkins maple SF syrup. Used it once on a piece of low carb bread to make french toast with splenda. The toast was good, but the syrup was like water. I want a thick syrup so what do you recommend? PJ Me? I can't really compare, since I have only tried one brand: Cozy Cottage (sugar-free, of course). It is pretty good, given the fact that it isn't maple syrup. And it wasn't watery. -- Jean B. |
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:41:10 -0600, PJx wrote:
I've bought a plastic bottle of Atkins maple SF syrup. Used it once on a piece of low carb bread to make french toast with splenda. The toast was good, but the syrup was like water. I want a thick syrup so what do you recommend? PJ For pancakes, I like the Maple Grove Farms "Vermont Sugar Free" or "Cozy Cottage". But they are also pretty thin (I like thin syrup.) Maybe the DaVinci or Keto pancake syrups are thicker? I've never tried them. Em |
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we have had cold snap here to. everywhere we go the windows are frozen with
ice, where i work and here at home. it's been like -14 but -34 to 44- with the wind chill. we had a little break from it today but thats cause were supposed to get snow. but it's going back into the - 20's by the beginning of this week. angie "emkay" wrote in message ... We've had quite the cold snap in New England over the past few days. Our pantry is a long narrow room behind the kitchen. It's unheated, but usually picks up enough residual heat from the rest of the house to be cool but not cold -- just right for food storage. I walked into the pantry this morning and noticed a very strong sweet smell, and found that two bottles of DaVinci syrup had frozen and burst. There were white chocolate and raspberry icicles hanging from the shelves. What a mess! We also lost our last jar of the Mount Olive sugar-free relish -- and that stuff is hard to find! Luckily there were dozens of jars and bottles of other stuff (including probaly 10 more DaVinci syrups) that hadn't frozen yet; we moved them into the kitchen. Brrrrrrr. Em |
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