Kerry Beal

I believe I lost the agenda I had in the great data loss of 2019. If anyone has e-mails I sent them about proposed agenda I'd appreciate them sending it along so we can reconstruct. I know on the Friday class we have Mark Heim doing a couple of things that he and I have been discussing - French creams possibly, laminations and those wonderful Joseph Schmidt bowls (anyone remember those from the very first workshop?) I think Saturday am Brian was going to do a brief one shot demo?

Most of the upgrades are basically related to branding, the way that the branding is put on the unit. There’s a couple of changes under the hood to simplify the wiring.

It's cheese cloth impregnated with a tacky material that you wipe over a surface to remove any lose particulate before the next layer of varnish when you are working on the brightwork on the boat.

Alright - I'll bite - what's crocus cloth? What I know as tack cloth?

Brian sent along some pictures of their new facility so we'll know what we are getting into.

Dinner later tonight at Vatten Ramen Zeedijk. Didn't think they had room for us - then we discovered there is a room downstairs. Gyoza Don katsu Tonkatsu ramen vegan ramen Many cute sayings on the wall.

On our travels today - we came across this burly tree. Another dog in a store - this one a food store which surprised me a bit. This afternoon was set up for the show which starts tomorrow. Our booth. Our shared booth with Diamond Customs machines which is where we will be running demos on bean to bar followed by tempering. Booth pretty much ready to go for tomorrow.

restaurant Bazar at the market

Not sure - was tempted but it was early in the tour so didn't feel right!

Got picture of sprinkles this morning - forgot hot food again

Lumpia and bapao Chicken soup for Bianca. Lontong special for me with sate Sate with rice for @Alleguede walk in the slight rain after dinner

The dog was seen in a store. Jewels in his/her hair.

Nope - just a funnel to put raw beans in the top - roaster.

Stopped in to Joselito - a spanish tapas spot. This guy was on the chair next to me - not terribly friendly and I have to holes in my hand to prove it! Glass of rose basket of bread Pan con tomate (not like and pan con tomate I've ever had before) Patates bravas

We cabbed out to Chocolate Makers this afternoon - we were unexpected, the owners were on holiday this week so we dropped in on the rest of the staff who, once they figured out why we were there, were very accommodating (and quite relieved when they figured out we knew something about chocolate and they didn't have to explain from scratch). roaster spare roaster someone gives you another roaster - you can't turn it down! winnower with the exception of the gas for the roaster - they are entirely independent with solar and sell some back to the grid Melangers Holding tanks holding tanks get moved around on a pallet truck In another room we have the automatic tempering machines with depositor, automatic mold loader and cooling tunnel. Dedicated selmi with depositing head that can handle added nibs. Wrapper out the front of the factory they have quite the view of the new harbour - best seen from the top floor Couldn't resist a picture of this silk screen.

Lunch today at Ivy and Bros Chicken salad baked quesadillas avocado toast Open faced ham and cheese

A few assorted pictures from our travels yesterday and today. Couple of XL big green eggs cooking inside. Automat Rubber duckie store. Some days it's hard to keep your boat afloat! amongst the cobblestones in the red light district - a young girl was kicking and jumping on it - what does it say that her parental units didn't seem to have an issue with that? Bianca and I were both inclined to put her over our knee.

Didn’t see fish but yes to sprinkles - Apparently missed that picture set up tomorrow

Various cheese spreads

de koffie schenkerij a coffee shop in the oldest building in Amsterdam - recommended by the delightful husband of the delightful owner of Cacao and Spice - a wonderful little chocolate shop square in the middle of the red light district 3 of us shared a piece of pie with a bit of whipped cream

The hotel has breakfast Looks like I missed the other side pic with the hot food

So we had a good wander through the store tonight - it states carefully that these are purely for 'decorative purposes' and that they will give you a regular condom with every purchase. They also have the most delightful condom sizing video - it's hilarious - I'll bet it's available online on the stores website.

Sichuan Chenghu pekin pork wonton soup sesame chicken spicy #501 - dumplings sweet and spicy noodles momo dumplings fried rice

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