Darienne

Is it only for K.A. or will it work on a Cuisinart too ? You simply buy the one made FOR the Cuisinart.

Truly wicked, that is.

I'm not good with architect plans, but if I read yours correctly, how are you going to vent your stove? If I could, I'd replace my counter tops with wood. Had wood countertops in Moab last year and loved them. Also if you are tall, get your counters higher than regulation one-size-fits-all. Or more importantly for me, as I am NOT tall, get your counters cut down by a couple of inches. My DH cut one set of counters down for me and even...who can believe this?...recut the stove so that it matched the counters. And welcome to eGullet.

Congratulations, girl. Now when it arrives, wrap it up and put it away until Christmas. NOT!

Confectionery Partner, Barbara, and I made 8 dozen chocolate-dipped, caramel-coated pretzel rods today. And a variety of this and that with the extra chocolate. Yummm...

A friend had been given a marble coffee table top and she kept it for years and years...until I knew she had it. Now I have it. Still I did pay in chocolates.

Hmmmm...that could go into the mailbox for eating on the long drive (rural mail). Or to the computer tech guys. Oh, great for the transfer station guys. Who can resist a brownie...better than fudge or most confectionery items for guys. Thanks. Heidi.

Because I am in a hurry this morning, I am not going to tease out Kerry's response which for all I know answered your question, but I shall reply to what you asked. My mold is: Tomric #I-1387 (label number on end of mold), .79" deep x 1.18" diameter. holds .39 oz/ or 11 gms. 24 cavities in the mold. It's quite small, way smaller than a Reese's PB cup. Almost dinky, I'd say. 1.18" = 29.9 mm. You are totally correct on that. Off to make chocolate-dipped, caramel-coated pretzel sticks until we run out of pretzels or energy. Good luck!

Steal away... Hardly 'my' idea.

Thanks Theresa. I just might try them...after I get my three miniature muffin pans back. Lent them to a friend who is making things for a bazaar sale.

Hi Andie and I hope you get your Thermomix. Maybe you could ask Santa (yourself in another mode) and then pretend surprise when you find it Christmas morning. Our daughter lives nearby a Lee Valley and a Toronto kitchen chain called Kitchen Stuff Plus, so I'll go to their on-line catalog and see what I can add to my list to give her more choice...as in they might be out of some items, etc. What I would really like...and won't ask for or get...is one of those large multi-layered stainless steamer sets. Bamboo would be so much cheaper, but DH won't hear of using bamboo. Case closed. Life as we know it will carry on.

Delicious. Looks wonderful. However, if I am coming to your home for breakfast, hold it all except for the potato latkes. I love potato latkes.

DH and I and the two pups live a life full of folks who make our lives pleasant and easier. These folks don't really have to give more than minimum service, but they go out of their ways to be kind and helpful. One of the joys of living in a rural area. They love our dogs, and they apparently like us too. And Christmas is nearing. Our vets treat our dogs very well. The guys at the transfer station (aka the garbage dump) give our dogs cookies. The butcher gives us special meat cuts. And on and on the list goes: computer tech, pharmacist, chiro, hardware store guys, library staff, lumber yard, mail-lady, etc. Oh, the library staff who get me Inter-library loan books constantly. They have to be kept happy. However, some of the confections must be able to withstand a number of treatments: being in the cold for several hours, stuck on a shelf for several days, put into a fridge, etc. (The fridge treatment is the opposite for those who live in a warm climate who might fear their treats will be left in the sun, etc.) Even forgotten and left behind for a couple of weeks. The transfer guys work outside...they don't even have a real 'inside' at all. Of course some will eat the candies right away and I'm already down for chocolate-dipped ginger from a number of places. And of course, I am making hard tack lollipops for the library to sell as usual. I just need some good ideas which I haven't considered. Thanks.

Just found your post. Gosh, I love the idea of such a thread, and was immediately thinking about my own need for answers as to what to make for gifts for the paper lady, the postal lady, the veterinarians, our butcher, guys at the transfer station (aka garbage dump), and so forth. These wonderful folks are so good to us...and our dogs ...that I always make things for them. It seems the more sugar and butter, the better. We need to make sure whatever it we make corresponds to what 'others' like. Now I wouldn't thank anyone for milk chocolate , but others seem to like it best. I have to keep that in mind given my own proclivities. I gave some delicious dark chocolate to two friends in Moab last year, and they each said...it tastes like pure cocoa. Interesting. So my first response to the 'corn' idea is...No, not corn. But the oatmeal, peanut butter, chocolate chip item..Yes! Guys like stuff like that for sure. Builder guys invariably like that stuff. Almost all kids like that. I'll think about what you can make, although you'll get better answers from experienced bakers.

So many wonderful looking (and tasting) sweets lately. But I have to say, I love the little Mummy cupcakes best! The child in me speaks.

That's the very mold I purchased last year. Long time since I had a Reese's Peanut Butter cup, but I would say the mold is too small. It holds only 11 grams which isn't much. And it's only 1.18" across. Too small, no question of it. Kerry Beal told me that it's very hard when you first start buying molds to get a good sense of how large they are. I also bought 1-2023 at the same time, to make little wafers. It's only .16" thick, but I realized after making the first bunch that it was thicker than what I was looking for.

Look in Amazon.com. They have at least 3 or 4 of this kind.

Here it is in the Lee Valley online catalog Cute little Dickens.

Just reading OliverB's questions about the ISI whipper made me think about what I might like for Christmas. Our daughter always wants a list from us of possible presents to buy and I started my list yesterday. She's supposed to pick, not buy them all. Lee Valley has this neat little mortar and pestle in which the pestle head fills the entire bowl. And I might like one of those pot clips that holds the spoon or whatever to the top of the pot. And I always could use more of the little super magnet knobs to pin recipes to the stove hood, lists to the fridge, etc. I'd love to have the smallest ice cream scoop which would be neat for making truffles. Not a list of very costly, extravagant presents, but then I don't want her to spend much money at all. What are we all hoping for?

Probably not. It no doubt just matches the Amazon.ca book lists. There might be a lessening on the shipping and handling and any border costs. I didn't actually check out anything. One lives in hope...

Nothing more to add to that.

You could always start with this article from Wikipedia.

I know this was covered in the last year, but I have finally given up searching. Confectionery partner, Barbara, and I made solid molded chocolates for her to sell at an upcoming Christmas bazaar type thing. I told her I was sure that you were supposed to leave the chocolate to harden for 24 hours before packing them, but couldn't remember why. Then recalled that the tempered chocolate would actually harden in the first 24 hours? Does this preclude packaging them before that time period...assuming I have the time period correct? Or what? Thanks.

If it were my problem, I would go for an ethnic cuisine, North African, Asian, Indian, something with a substantial allotment of spices that people were not too familiar with. What non-American/European cooking does with a handful of carbohydrate and some vegetables is amazing and fully satisfying...to me. As my DH would say...to me, to me... Why use meat at all?

One more at a favorite 2nd hand store, St. V de P. Mark Bittman;s The Minimalist Entertains. Got to love those thrift stores. All those great books for next to nothing.