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the candyman

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a strange one i know but has anyone made/tried one? it's made with orange juice sugar and...... marmite!!!!!!!
 
i'm not sure either went on a prison visit and was told that was how they make it i thought marmite was yeast extract!!!
 
There is a article floating arround that a ex prisoner wrote on this. Essentially it is bread yeast they used. Along with what ever sweet stuff they could find. Its essentially a cocktail of as many things they could ferment to make it. Sounds a bit ropy if you ask me. Never ever fancied making it.
 
Marmite works as a yeast nutriant, there is a big thread about it somewhere

Rob
 
As Rob said, marmite, hydrolyzed yeast extract works as a nutrient, in initial fermentation yeast is cannibalistic and will consume old yeast cells quite readily, prison kitchens used to include a bakery, not sure about now, anyhoo, ingredients can be readily stashed and suitable containers sited close by air extraction units, wild yeast is not a problem, from stolen bread yeast+wild yeast subsequent colonies will be stronger as lees are kept from brew to brew, who knows one day we could be making wine with
Saccharomyces Pentonvilliea/Wandsworthiae, any ideas for Channings Wood?....hooch is easy, nice wine is a little harder, :D :D :D
 
This can be answered by my favorite poem, written by Jarvis Masters, an inmate on Death Row.

Take ten peeled oranges,
Jarvis Masters, it is the judgment and sentence of this court,
one 8 oz. bowl of fruit cocktail,
that the charged information was true,
squeeze the fruit into a small plastic bag,
and the jury having previously, on said date,
and put the juice along with the mash inside,
found that the penalty shall be death,
add 16 oz. of water and seal the bag tightly.
and this Court having, on August 20, 1991,
Place the bag into your sink,
denied your motion for a new trial,
and heat it with hot running water for 15 minutes.
it is the order of this Court that you suffer death,
wrap towels around the bag to keep it warm for fermentation.
said penalty to be inflicted within the walls of San Quentin,
Stash the bag in your cell undisturbed for 48 hours.
at which place you shall be put to death,
When the time has elapsed,
in the manner prescribed by law,
add 40 to 60 cubes of white sugar,
the date later to be fixed by the Court in warrant of execution.
six teaspoons of ketchup,
You are remanded to the custody of the warden of San Quentin,
then heat again for 30 minutes,
to be held by him pending final
secure the bag as done before,
determination of your appeal.
then stash the bag undisturbed again for 72 hours.
It is so ordered.
Reheat daily for 15 minutes.
In witness whereof,
After 72 hours,
I have hereon set my hand as Judge of this Superior Court,
with a spoon, skim off the mash,
and I have caused the seal of this Court to be affixed thereto.
pour the remaining portion into two 18 oz. cups.
May God have mercy on your soul.
 
Molineux said:
It seams as soon as you get philosophical here everyone goes quiet...

And I thought it was just me, I've been trying to get involved ever since I joined the forum but just about every thread I join or start falls flat on its **** lol.
 

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