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[rgruby]

How easy is it to find kataifi dough in TO?

I might try the oached pears that are on the cover of the current edible TO if I can find the stuff.

Cheers,
Geoff

[Jake]

I have seen it frozen at Arz before, so you should be able to get it....

[Darienne]

Confectionery partner, Barbara, and I are off to Toronto fairly soon and want to know where to buy confectionery supplies: chocolate couverture, Mycryo, chocolate moulds & stencils, hard candy moulds, caramel rulers, aluminum baking pans, in essence all things you can't buy in a small city like Peterborough (or as we call it, Peterpatch )

Oh, add the Perfect Brownie pan if you know where to buy one. I've tried: Michael's, HomeSense, Home Outfitters, Sears. I'd like two for moulds for toffee. I know Target has them in the USA.

We don't intend to buy all the above...we just want to know where to buy them and neither of us knows Toronto.

Thanks.

[Kerry Beal]

Confectionery partner, Barbara, and I are off to Toronto fairly soon and want to know where to buy confectionery supplies: chocolate couverture, Mycryo, chocolate moulds & stencils, hard candy moulds, caramel rulers, aluminum baking pans, in essence all things you can't buy in a small city like Peterborough (or as we call it, Peterpatch )

Oh, add the Perfect Brownie pan if you know where to buy one. I've tried: Michael's, HomeSense, Home Outfitters, Sears. I'd like two for moulds for toffee. I know Target has them in the USA.

We don't intend to buy all the above...we just want to know where to buy them and neither of us knows Toronto.

Thanks.

McCalls would be a good place to start.

[Darienne]

Phoned McCall's...got a teenager...don't phone on a Saturday. It seems the difference between wholesale and retail is a $25 yearly membership, but the girl assured me it was well worth it.

Thanks for starting us out, Kerry.

[Darienne]

Thought I would start here. Chef Eddy van Damme has a recipe for raspberry-flavored chocolate couverture using freeze-dried raspberry powder. I can't seem to find such a product in Qzina or online for McCall's...doesn't mean they don't have it.

Can someone point me in the correct direction for a freeze-dried fruit powder? Thanks. Anywhere in Ontario would do fine for mail-order...or Canada for that matter.

ps. Phoned McCall's on Monday, got a mature adult and got some excellent needed information. Thanks again Kerry.

[mkayahara]

Thought I would start here. Chef Eddy van Damme has a recipe for raspberry-flavored chocolate couverture using freeze-dried raspberry powder. I can't seem to find such a product in Qzina or online for McCall's...doesn't mean they don't have it.

Can someone point me in the correct direction for a freeze-dried fruit powder? Thanks. Anywhere in Ontario would do fine for mail-order...or Canada for that matter.

ps. Phoned McCall's on Monday, got a mature adult and got some excellent needed information. Thanks again Kerry.

Two well-known suppliers of freeze-dried fruits are Terra Spice Company and Just Tomatoes. Neither one is in Canada, though. I've had some luck with taking freeze-dried strawberries from Metro and buzzing them through my coffee grinder, so if you can find whole freeze-dried raspberries, it might be worth a shot...

[Darienne]

Thanks for the information, mkayahara.

So many wonderful products are available...but not in Canada. Pity.

I'll think about your idea of buzzing freeze dried strawberries...

[Pam Brunning]

I get freeze dried raspberries from European Freeze Dry www.europeanfreezedry.com and they do raspberry powder and I think they ship worldwide - its worth a try. It comes under Home Ingredients.