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Kerry What was it listed as on ebay & in what category? Thanks Mark

Could you please post that recipe. BTW. I grewup in East Meadow when they were just starting to build all those split levels houses. At that time there was nothing taller than a 2 story building.

Can you post a good recipe for macaroons? Thank you Mark

Does the coconut milk give a good coconut taste to the truffle, do you need to also use some cream? Using cream is not an issue for this person.

I have a customer who wants a coconut truffle with dark chcoclate? Does anyone have a recipe? Any experiences using coconut milk? Is it a straight sug for cream?

Look at these from Chocolat-Chocolat. They ship to US & their service & response is excellent.

I don't have a guitar either. I use either a large knife, 10" chef's knife or a pizza cutter (rocker type). You have to clean every 2 or 3 cuts.

Cotton batting which you can get from a fabric store works very well & is inexpensive.

If you run them through dishwasher be careful & pull them after rinse cycle esp .commerical ones. They do melt & deform. Been there done that.

Thanks for posting that site Mike. I'm on a newer Mac iBook and I just click on the dashboard and the widget comes up for conversion. ← The conversion site also can do weight (cups to metric), and distance on other pages.

Try this conversion site.

Another option is at Pastry Chef

David Chocolates and presentation look fabulous. Congradulations. Link to an example ofstackable frames. Mark

Can you post a picture so we can see what you are referring to?

I agree there isn't much off after her FEE? This guitar is also available @ Chef Rubber for $1750 (regular price). Alanamoana which guitar do you recommend?

It was probably a hazelnut croquant which is chopped and caramelized hazelnuts (50% nuts & 50% sugar).

If you decide that you want to be able to ship during the hotter months, check out Polar Tech. They have some really nice packaging units that are just deep enough for a box of chocolates & some cold packs. These shippers in small quantities are about $3 and their cold packs are the cheapest priced I have found. But after spending a lot of time talking with a Pak Mail, shipping is outrageous. Shipping a 3# package from Michigan to LA overnight is $50, while 2nd day is $35. The larger volume people will be able get better prices. Also they can afford to not to make much or any money on products shipped in the summer just to keep customers. I looked at Norman Love's site & he only charges about $30 for overnight shipping. He either is getting a really good price or is loosing money on chocolates shipped in summer.

I had an interesting experience today. I was making truffles in church kitchen, it was fairly hot & humid (80+ degrees, humidity seemed pretty high). About 11:30 I went to temper a small amout of white chocolate in an old sinsation tempering machine (for decoration). I melted white chocolate & seeded machine for temper cycle. After the temp goes down I assume aprrox 80 & then should start back up to ~86 -87. The chocolate stated getting small lumps and never would reach temper. Tried it a 2nd time, same thing happened & was also stirring chocolate on melting side. I assume this was caused from the humidity. I was using chocolate from a newly open package. Eaarlier I used a larger machine with milk chocolate & evryting worked fine.

Kerry I had a feeling you would have a suggestion for me. Your knowledge is amazing. What do you mean by compound? Thanks Mark

I had been planning on using a banana puree and maybe a little banana liquor. I would prefer to use a puree so they would taste the same all the time and easier to offer as a product. Mark

Looking for a recipe for a banana ganche to be used in a truffle.

I would be interested in that too. Always looking for good new tastes and flavors for truffles & molded candies. Thanks Mark

Kerry Made these the other day & they were excellent. MaRK

You could try using jellpaks in pizza boxes. Putting foil overthem to keep chocolates dry. Or put them on cookie sheets inside the box on the jellpaks (or dry ice).

David There was a thread that showed a picture of a home made guitar, I can't find the name. Maybe some else remembers where it is. Just found it Guitar Cutter Mark