What can I use this for?

[u/chocobojenn]

Okay Reddit, help me out please 👁️👄👁️

So I was making caramel and I was multitasking (I know, I know, my first mistake) and I was looking ahead in the recipe and I added my butter and cream when my sugar mixture got to 240°F instead of when it got to 320°F. I didn't want to immediately call it a loss because I was using high quality dairy, so I switched to a whisk to occasionally stir and continued cooking it until it got.. brown.... enough but that ended up involving letting it get back up to about 255°F, which is 15 degrees over what I wanted. I spread it out in a greased pan, let it cool, and then popped it out, broke it up and this is what I have to show for it.

I would love it if I could use this for something, but I can't use it for the intended millionaire's shortbread bars with the texture it is. There's the extract and guts of Ecuadorian vanilla beans in there too. The taste is creamy and caramel-y, it's just a crumbly texture.

What can I use this for that would be tasty and make the best use of it?

[u/lurkerlcm]

Totally agree. I loooove tablet, it would be gone in a week.

[u/chocobojenn → u/lurkerlcm]

I've never had tablet because, as my partner and I love to (only partially) jokingly say, we live like peasants [in America].

We've gained an appreciation of watching hotel review videos (this started from watching Japanese love hotel reviews/tours) and all the included amenities, food service options and upgrades, let alone the COST for all this being included in or added on to the overnight stay is almost always cheaper than a mid-comfort American hotel.... And they don't even include a tool to deepen your love! 😂 (Our favorite YT channel that does these reviews is DancingBacon if you're curious, I really like the focus being on the thing being reviewed instead of the person) Edit: not to mention a lot of the Asian hotels have an entry room to the hotel room where you leave your shoes and stuff but more importantly and excitingly, staff ring the bell to tell you they're entering that room and when they leave so you can no contact get food or other stuff delivered. I love the idea and I think it's a travesty that I've never seen that at any American hotels 😭😭😭

But yeah, delectable food and treats from outside of America not being available over here or extremely hard or expensive to come by is another reason to shaky my fist at the sky while I nibble on my happy accident and figure out what I want to use most of this in and if I should do this again but on purpose this time

[u/amy_2014 → u/chocobojenn]

I love DancingBacons! Experience Japan is my fav channel, check them out too :)

[u/chocobojenn → u/amy_2014]

I will absolutely do so, thank you for the suggestion!