Kerry Beal

We are going to overwhelm him with 3 of us using the EZtemper taking his course.

Damn Bob - TSA break them looking for drugs?

Sprayed and dragged a silicone clay tool along the trough.

I see that @chefmd has already done what I usually ask - tell me what you learned that was new to you. Love it if everyone else would do the same.

I'm sitting at home sucking back my second cup of tea. The only things unpacked from the car (and thanks to @Alleguede for stuffing everything in there in some semblance of order) are the dinner leftovers (eat your heart out - I've got mushroom soup, prime rib, yorkies and gravy), a whole lot of amazing smoked pork products sent by one of our favourite eGers, and chocolate both from the workshop and the show and tell. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get the rest unpacked.

Had to get a pic of Matt's first successful chickens The only thing I finished this weekend - bergamot ganache

So true!

"Be Like Bob" - usually referring to sitting with a drink in hand! Happy, retired, drinking.

Eat your heart out!

Little recon around the room to see what's up

See that rising in the pan all by itself!

My dipping bowl - prettiest of them all!

Just plain chocolate! Tempered with the EZtemper I believe.

So I spoke with Andry about using my Fuji instead of adding yet another compressor to my stable of tools - he said it would likely be fine except for the 'eye' technique. A bit of fiddling around with a funny little paasche brush that I have, used only to blow air and not cocoa butter - I think I might just get away with my Iwata table top compressor. I sure hope so because I'm heading north in the middle of this course and I'm not sure I want to take all my Paasche stuff as well as the Fuji. Might mean I can't take all my other toys along! I have an older Iwata brush I bought years ago - I have no idea what size the needle is - nor any idea how to figure it out. I don't see any writing on it anywhere.

Koi in a drawer - made by @VistaGardens There was no more room on the counter

Then there are the artists in the group

Cocoa Barry B2

Melangers ready to go to their new homes. Dont worry @Tri2Cook yours is in the trunk of the car

Look at the shine on those babies!

these are people who are going to be enjoying a glass of wine on Saturday night after sorting yet again the liquor license for our dinner

I'd probably go the not worry about it route.

Dinner tonight at Nautica - a Bosnian restaurant that has naught nautical about it except its previous life. Rodney being an ass Amazing salad Home made bread with a mixture of butter cream cheese salt and sour cream A variety of meats with fries hidden under. A bit of ajvar for each of us