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  1. Kerry Beal
    @ChristianD - welcome to eG! I notice you posted back in March and no one welcomed you. We'd love it if you would introduce yourself to the group. It would be nice to learn about you, what you are doing and what prompted you to develop this ganache calculator. That's a pretty complex looking calculator you have developed and I'm sure we'd all love to take it for a spin. You'll find lots of beta testers here. Perhaps you could start a separate thread for it so it doesn't get lost in the middle of this thread that started 10 years ago.
  2. Kerry Beal
    Chocolates and Confections I believe talks about the percentage of either white, milk or dark to use with liquefiers depending on whether you are making a piped vs a cut piece. Adjustments generally will have to be made on the fly to allow for some chocolates that have different fat percentages - but I'd start by reading there and get the basic numbers.
  3. Kerry Beal
    It's the Quebec liquor store - just like the LCBO is in Ontario. There are lots of them around. You could ship it when you get back.
  4. Kerry Beal
    How well do you know @weinoo? It appears he's in Quebec right now - and it seems green Chartreuse is available at the SAQ.
  5. Kerry Beal
    Did you buy it?
  6. Kerry Beal
    The word is liberate!
  7. Kerry Beal
    And a few more from Irene!
  8. Kerry Beal
    Irene's pictures this time. Iren
  9. Kerry Beal
    One of these?
  10. Kerry Beal
    A few more.
  11. Kerry Beal
    Couple more from Bob
  12. Kerry Beal
    Ah - recognize this from the days I needed to get carrageenans for water marbling - don't recall what I was marbling though. Anna would have been able to tell me! We could try this with a 3D mold - suspect it's just drizzling some cocoa butter onto room temperature water, introducing the mold into the water, plunge and twist and pull out. The trick is going to be having enough surface area for the size of the object and and a deep enough bath that you can submerge it and twist. Next thought - how to hold it so water doesn't get inside.
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    Not sure what you mean
  14. Kerry Beal
    I didn't read it that way - hands on hips makes my back feel better!
  15. Kerry Beal
    The thing I like most about them - when I'm doing a trade show - they do an excellent job of cleaning the sides of the bowl of chocolate. Since I don't have water when I'm doing these shows I need to be able to hit the bowl with a heat gun and wipe it clean to continue. The other small ones I have don't - as they aren't flexible enough. The only downside compared to the other small ones I got from the dollar store years ago - is they can't go in the microwave due to the metal shank.
  16. Kerry Beal
    She's the daughter of Rodney's friends who own a gelato ingredient supply company with products imported from Italy - they provided us with some lovely nut pastes (particularly Sicilian pistachio) to play with. It was a delight to see Rodney interact with her.
  17. Kerry Beal
    I think Bob and Irene might be a little competitive! These are some of Bob's pictures.
  18. Kerry Beal
    Got a picture of the one you are trying to replace?
  19. Kerry Beal
    A few of the pictures that Irene took - apparently between she and bob - they took about 5100 images. \\ One of the amazing donations from Barry Callebaut - this Cara Crakine is a big hit and showed up in a number of things that folks made. \\\ I brought along a donation from a previous year from Barry Callebaut. \
  20. Kerry Beal
    Yup! But hang on to it and enjoy it as much as I have. Ruth sent me more!
  21. Kerry Beal
    So the weird silicone thing doesn’t make the effect - it was what I tried though. That homogenizer would work on a ganache / it’s big.
  22. Kerry Beal
    Sadly no - thinking next year we should feature a variety of techniques that don’t require an airbrush but still give a lovely finish.
  23. Kerry Beal
    I realize that I learn something every class, every event, every new book I get - and this event was no exception. I finally learned the stamped flower that I've found elusive for the past couple of years (thank you Lauren!). This doesn't work! And I ran all over the north of Toronto to get it This doesn't work either. So what new thing/things did you learn this workshop?
  24. Kerry Beal
    Brush not mine - what size is the blue spatula? If it's any longer than about 8 inches it's one they donated. We went through the spatula container (and every other container!)
  25. Kerry Beal
    We missed you. Don't be surprised if a package shows up!
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