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Post by jacqlynn on Sept 28, 2003 16:58:47 GMT -5
Hello,
My name is jaclyn, I'm a mom in the usa, my teenager lives in Sweden. She is trying to make an Angel Food Cake with an american recipe but it calls for cream of tartar, and we don't know what that is called in Sweden. If anyone knows I would love a reply. Thank you ,JacLyn
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Post by Carolyn on Sept 29, 2003 1:04:06 GMT -5
Gosh, if she lives near Örebro, I can just let her have a teaspoon from my cream of tartar! Come on, ladies, I keep forgetting what this is called in Swedish. God know, enough people ask, and we should probably have this tattooed somewhere!
Has she just arrived here, Jacqlynn?
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Kitty Sue
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Post by Kitty Sue on Sept 29, 2003 1:36:13 GMT -5
If I remember correctly it is called "vinsten" and you get it from the Apoteket. It is basically a preservative and the vinsten is used in the winemaking process as a preservative. I don't bother using the cream of tartar in recipes any more and so far have not had anything not turn out.
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Post by Carolyn on Sept 29, 2003 2:21:28 GMT -5
I think you do have to have it in an angel food cake, because it helps keep the enormous amount of air in the egg whites that is critical for the lightness of the angel food. I am going to try my first one here after I receive my angel food cake tin that I shipped over this last time.
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Post by Aussie on Sept 29, 2003 3:45:35 GMT -5
Hi Jacqlynn, As Kitty Sue said, Cream of Tartar is definitely vinsten and you can get it from Apoteket. I have seen it at Willys here, but not all of the time. If your teenager lives in Gothenburg or Stockholm, they can also get Cream of Tartar from The English Shop. They also do a mail order service. |
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Post by Cake Guru on Sept 29, 2003 4:34:56 GMT -5
If your teen lives near Malmö she can have some of mine. Cream of tartar is a by-product of the wine-making industry. It is used as a stabilizer when beating egg whites.... what it basically does is stabilize beaten egg whites so that they won't dry out too much. Overbeaten whites turn dry and will affect the final product.
As the others have said, it is called vinsten (vin-sten...literally *wine stone*) and is available at most pharmacies (called apotek in swedish). If her local pharmacy does not have it, she can tell them to order it for her.
She will need an angelfood cake pan, though.
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Post by jacqlynn on Sept 29, 2003 9:47:58 GMT -5
Thank you so much everybody, this will help her a lot. She got to Sweden in mid August, she lives with a really nice family and as far as I can tell she's having a good time. The community has welcomed her and she feels at home there. I hope to check it out myself someday.. I was happy to find this site, I look forward to finding out more about my daughter's temp. home. thanks again, JacLyn
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Post by Debbie on Sept 29, 2003 13:03:05 GMT -5
Where in Sweden is she?
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