Kerry Beal

I have always suspected the the chocolate running behind the coloured cocoa butter is caused by the heating! I've not been happy with the results most times I've done it. And yeah - dates and amarula - sweet! Maybe some lemon?

No reason not to use two different chocolates. I'm not a big fan of the heating thing though.

Rotovap or vacuum microwave? Sorry - being a bit of an ass - but perhaps adding some freeze dried fruit powder to the un-concentrated juice to punch up the flavour? Beautiful looking product by the way!

Yeah - saw that - and some Canadian and US prices.

Bloody sure I didn't pay anywhere near that for it.

I haven't - but I'd probably use the basic Boiron recipes and see which fruit puree the texture is most equivalent to. Linking to the way earlier post of the file of Boiron recipes - sadly can't figure out how to post a PDF! link to pdf of PDF

Bit dusty!

Some from Scotland - some from LCBO - some from duty free I think. Not seeing some of the ones I know my dad and Gary used to enjoy.

think there might be a bottle of that on my very dusty sideboard

Pretty sure it's Alcohol by Volume - a lot of standard blends are sold at 40%

Couple of guitars I found in my travels last night that someone might be interested in This one is located in San Diego Dedy guitar cutter base with 4 frames $2,000 15mm, 22.5mm, 30mm, 37.5mm There is a mini available in Vancouver British Columbia I have a lightly-used Martellato Double Mini Guitar Cutter for sale. It has a plastic base, two stainless steel cutting arms (22mm spacing), and comes with the stainless steel lifting sheet, long plastic scraper/"doctor blade", and extra replacement wire and tools. Cutting area is about 23 x 23 cm. I found it most efficient to get inexpensive custom frames made by asking a local business to cut stainless steel bar or plastic to a size that fits the base. You can read more about it on the Martellato website. I bought it from Chocolat-Chocolat in 2017. It has been used about twice a year each year since then. It has two broken wires that are missing and I have not prioritized the effort of replacing since I have a new one to use. The plastic has discoloration on the top of the base, but is in otherwise excellent shape. I am local to Vancouver, BC, Canada. I am asking $850 CAD. Local pick-up preferred, but I am willing to investigate shipping costs if the buyer is willing to pay them. It is quite heavy. I'm not comfortable posting contact info here - so if you are interested send me a PM and I can hook you up with the owner.

That's what I do with the 15's.

Savy Goiseau makes excellent equipment - they must have been using it to cut bars given the size. Maybe you could get them to send you pictures of the frames - perhaps you'll find that they have more holes.

I'm curious what this looked like before you applied the tool to it.

I have not reworked a frame before - but when I got a 30 frame it was just a 15 wired every other hole. A 22.5 is a nice one to have. What's the brand in Maine?

Wonder how well an ultrasonic cutter would work.

How many hours to Hogmanay where you are now?

I loved being the one to squish on the yellow dye blob

Do you remember if it used shortening vs butter? My mom's crispy oatmeal cookie recipe uses shortening.

Funny - when we were struggling with titles and content for our blogs and new topics - we talked about what our 'fans' would appreciate. "the Ladies who lunch can't eat there again - our fans need variety (and so do we)"

That makes sense - and I’m guessing there is a reason they have evolved that way. The very first vintage Dedy I bought and gave to my very first student was cast iron, weighed about a thousand pounds and wasn’t nearly as deep. I’ve forgotten how well it cut - it was enough of a struggle to get it up on the table.

So these are interestingly sized guitars - certainly not a standard size either for a regular guitar or for a mini guitar (kind of half way between) - about 12 inches square base vs the 8 inches for the Dedy mini and 14 inches for the standard size. I wish you could get a clear idea from the pictures about how the frame sits on the base and how it clears the end. Someone on eG made their own guitar a bunch of years back and as I recall the clearance was an issue when the frame came down. These ones appear to be OK - but you can't truly see it. Price is right though - and I would agree with your choice of frame sizes. Are they selling the ganache frames of the equivalent size to go with it so you don't have to have them custom made?

Which one are you considering?

Should last for a lot of months at that value.

I have an earlier edition - looking in Abebooks - looks like it's the first edition. By far my favourite sauce book is the Sauciers Apprentice though!