Talk:Syrup

message: "one pound of granulated sugar must be gradually stirred into 13 ounces of hot water in a sauce pan. This makes 16 ounces of simple syrup."  86.31.99.139 23:55, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sugar dissolved into water is considerably more dense at a molecular level, thus it takes up less volume.  I recently made a syrup with 3 cups of sugar and 3 cups of water that yielded just over 4 cups of syrup. BeboGuitar 18:16, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  it doesnt add up 

message: Dissolving something into water is essentially a chemical reaction that alters the molecular structure, no? I'm not a chemistry buff, so I'm not entirely sure that this is right, but I know that dissolving CO2 into H2O yields H2CO3, aka carbonic acid or seltzer water.
So what happens when sucrose (C12H22O11) is dissolved into water (H2O)?
I'd guess that it looks something like this: C12H22O11 + H2O ⇌ C12H24O12
But that's just a guess, and not a very educated one at that. Does anyone know what the formula looks like and how the molecules are structured?
Hencethus 15:04, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  molecular formula of sucrose syrup? 

message: The article states, as I read it, that gomme syrup is a supersaturated sugar syrup.  This idea may come from later editions of Jerry Thomas's "How To Mix Drinks," which includes a recipe for gomme syrup at around 14 pounds of sugar to around 1.2 gallons of water.  However, the first edition of this book does not have a gomme syrup recipe, but instead includes a "Manual for the Manufacture of Cordials, Liquors, Fancy Syrups, &c, &c." by one Christian Schultz.  This manual specifies a recipe for "sirop de gomme" as having 20 pounds of *gum arabic* along with 60 pounds of sugar and 5 gallons of water.  Both will make quite a saturated syrup, of course, but more to the point: I have always understood that the thing that distinguishes gomme syrup from simple syrup at any concentration is the inclusion of gum arabic. 
Also, for what it's worth... the article says that "generally, a ratio of two parts sugar to one part water is used" for simple syrup.  In a professional setting, I would say that this is not the case.  Many bars nowadays are using 1:1 (by volume) simple syrup because it does not need to be heated. slk 19:44, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gomme Syrup confusion 

message: In both the New American Cook Book, Lily Wallace, published by Books, Inc. in 1952 and in the Standard Home Library's The Family Cook Book, Gertrude Wilkinson, 1962 edition, the proportions are equal and heated for 5 minutes without stirring.  Gertrude Wilkerson's book specifies to refrigerate the cooled syrup, while Lily Wallace merely says 'store in a cool place'.  
I have not found a credible source that gives the shelf life of simple syrup. Mwrloggie (talk) 21:43, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simple syrup proportions 

message: For simple syrup it specifies a ratio of 1:1 to 1:2, it doesn't say whether the ratio is by weight or by volume, which would make a significant difference.75.82.133.73 (talk) 23:49, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ratios by weight or volume? 

message: I was browsing wikipedia to answer a quick question about syrups and noticed this piece in the introduction: "Researchers found, the number one likely cause of diabetes is, hot syrup. This is because, syrup needs to be refrigerated"
If I have done wrong in deleting a well-proven medical fact, then I apologize and hope my change is rolled back soon - maybe with a few references. I didn't find much about "hot syrup causes diabetes," though my Google search on the matter was less thorough than an anti-vaccinationist's.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.8.228.37 (talk) 18:46, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diabeetus?