Wilton Icing Color 1 oz.

I have used this coloring several times and always end up with a weird purple fondant instead. I even have a hard time making gray. You could use the method of mixing the dye to the melted marshmellows or using dark modeling chocolate with it to give it a base (Google: How to make Black Fondant) but from what I've read Americolor has a better black dye. I use Wilton products all the time but this one is a dud.

I just finished making a huge batch of buttercream frosting using my typical recipe, I tasted the untinted version and was satisfied. Unfortunately for me I did not do a small test amount before applying this Christmas Red to the entire batch it has completely spoilt the frosting, leaving it with a harsh, very unpleasant after taste. I have purchased cakes from Costco in the past and have learned to avoid anything that has red frosting as I get the exact same taste. I also did not find this to be anywhere close to a Christmas red, perhaps I did not use enough, but given the resulting taste having only achieved a pinkish red, I can only imagine what a horrible tasting mess you would be left with if you tried to achieve a real red my frosting ended up being inedible!

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I had to use a lot of food coloring to get the black color I really wanted. I finally achieved a pretty good color.

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Some colors are good some or not. It's so unpredictable. Tried burgandy and it became magenta kind of color. Not so happy with this.

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Ok, I haven't used this for icing, I don't bake a lot, don't really have the time, but with the experiences I've had, I'd use it in a heartbeat for icing. I have been highlighting my hair to get some blonde in it, my hair is naturally medium brown. I have a lot of brassiness and was using purple toning shampoo, but it got to be too expensive for me and was not moisturizing enough. I read online that I could make my own using food coloring and a good shampoo, so I bought the cheapie 4 pack of liquid from a local grocery store, and it was a pain in the butt to create the purple I needed, and my shampoo was then greatly diluted. I ended up finding some of this at a local store (it was less expensive at the store, but didn't have as many colors as Amazon), and such a small amount mixed with my shampoo and conditioner produced the color I was looking for and my shampoo still had a creamy consistency. This has been working great for me in my shampoo. I love that I can get a deep, rich color with just a little bit of this.

I gave it a 4, since I've never used it yet for its intended purpose, and I can't say how well it performs in food items. But now, when I do bake, I don't think I'll ever use the liquid stuff again, this stuff is so concentrated and really doesn't water down anything.

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Fermax Yeast Nutrient - 4 oz.

Worked great for home-made hard cider. The package I received had a hair in it though. 4 more words required.

I hope that I received what I bought. The page here has a photo of a jar, which is what I expected. Instead, I received an unlabeled plastic bag of sandy powder. I poured it int oa jar that had at home, but it's a bummer that it doens't match the description, but scary that it's unlabeled. I hope it's yeast nutrient and not something else. Buyer beware.

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Coastal White (White Burgundy Style) (Vintner's Reserve)

Winexpert makes wine kits in several price ranges, the Eclipse and Selection International series being more expensive, the Vintner's Reserve kits being more reasonable. The latter are generally in the $60 range, which means, that since the kit makes approximately 30 750ML bottles, each bottle costs approximately two dollars. Over the past six years I've made Winexpert kits from the different series, and while the more expensive kits produce the best wine (as one would hope), even their more reasonably-priced kits are excellent.

This is certainly true of the Coastal White, which is in the Vintner's Reserve series and which I made a couple years ago. This wine is a close match to a white burgundy. It is one of the drier whites available and is extremely light in color. Despite its dryness, it does have certain fruity overtones, which come to the fore particularly as the wine ages. (Like most whites, the Coastal White can be drunk within a couple months of bottling, but it continues to develop for six months to a year.)

Like all wine kits from Winexpert, the Coastal White comes with clear, explicit instructions. The time from initial mixing to bottling is 6 weeks. I have found that a typical wine kit takes a total of about three to four hours of my time.

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Wine.com A Cut Above Gift Box

I purchased this item to give as a gift. I was a little wary of purchasing based on the photo alone, but when I received this item, I was extremely pleased. First, the item comes shipped in its own ready-to-ship Amazon box; if needed, you can simply apply a label and ship to your recipient. I wanted to view the product itself, however, so I opened the box. Inside, the individual food items were neatly arranged on the cutting board, with the cheese knife placed across the top. The entire thing was wrapped in plastic to hold it together and then encircled by a very nice quality red bow accented with gold. This excellent presentation definitely makes this product a gift I am proud to give! Since my recipients have not yet received the item (it's a Christmas gift), I can't say anything about the quality of the food products that are included, but I will try to update my review with more details. Based on appearance alone, however, I would definitely recommend this product.

The packaging looks very nice, but the quality of the food is quite poor.

The cheese is not real Brie/Camembert as the nice round box suggests, its fake "Camembert-flavored" processed cheese.

The knife broke when I tried to cut plastic which protects the sausage.

The mustard tastes awful, the crackers are "cardboard"-flavored.

But I like the cutting board.

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I sent this to my folks for Xmas. They called and said the meat was bad and the crackers were all stale and crumbling. They threw it away before I could get with Amazon and make it right.

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The picture makes this set seem higher-quality than it is. Fake cheese, generic crackers, cheap spreader. Not great.

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I sent this to my mother for her birthday, and she loved it. I'm thinking of ordering one for myself now.

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