[Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2017 – )]

Banana pudding.

[Panettone]

8 hours ago, blue_dolphin said:

Let us know what you find out. I know a lot of shippers have stopped accepting packages for the US. 
The apple pie version is calling my name but it says the last day to preorder is tomorrow,

Sorry, not going to get to it this weekend but if you email Gouter they will reply. Wouldn't want you to miss out on the apple pie panettone. 

[Panettone]

13 hours ago, Smithy said:

 

Bumping this up to see if anyone's planning on panettone purchases again this year. I chose this photo series because it's what really pulled me into the splurge. Maybe @Alleguede or @Kerry Beal can tell me whether gouter.ca is making them. 

Yes, I'm planning to order panettone from @Alleguede. Has become a delicious annual tradition. Hoping that Gouter is still able to ship to the United States.

[ISO Baked Biscuit that can be cut with a Guitar Cutter]

2 hours ago, dhardy123 said:

I watched an instagram story where they used a guitar cutter on a biscuit. I just might need to try it and see what happens

 

Water jet would be cool but my chef's knife is a lot cheaper

Please report back on your experiments. It would be great to include a biscuit in a candy bar. Even better if it was easy to cut everything to the size you want.

 

Understand the cost issue... my dream chocolate kitchen has a lot more equipment than my actual chocolate kitchen. 🙂

[ISO Baked Biscuit that can be cut with a Guitar Cutter]

Not to say that it doesn't exist but I can't imagine a crisp biscuit / cookie that you could cleanly slice with a guitar cutter. A water jet would probably do the job perfectly. Don't know if they sell small scale water jets for hobbyists / small business.

 

Update, just did a search and a desktop waterjet does exist. 

https://wazer.com/waterjets/desktop/

 

And here are a few that are built for the food industry.  https://www.waterjetcorp.com/en/products/gourmet/

[chestnut bonbon, ideas? recipes?]

2 hours ago, Jim D. said:

There was a thread about chestnut bonbons.  Sadly, my experiments ended sadly, and I had to abandon the idea.  There was no discernible chestnut taste when it was mixed with chocolate.

@Jim D. thank you for the information and topic link! I did search eGullet but did not find your previous experiments. I might have the very same issues that you did but will have fun experimenting.

[chestnut bonbon, ideas? recipes?]

8 hours ago, JeanneCake said:

I used to make a chocolate chestnut cake for christmas but it was a hard sell in the shop; generally the older clientele liked chestnut better than their younger counterparts.   I also had a long time customer order a chestnut mousse cake for his wife's new year's eve birthday for years and I had better luck with the Clement Faugier brand (green and white can); it was just pure unsweetened chestnut puree.  The Vanini brand has sugar in it so just be aware the puree can be sweetened or unsweetened. 

Thank you @JeanneCake! I’ll pick up a container of the unsweetened Clement Faugier chestnut purée and see what I come up with.

[chestnut bonbon, ideas? recipes?]

A customer asked me if I had made any chestnut bonbons. I have not but I do think that it is an interesting idea. Has anybody made one or tasted one that they like? Any favorite brands of chestnut puree? Please help.

[Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2017 – )]

57 minutes ago, RWood said:

My friend Michelle asked me to make her daughter a Creature from the Black Lagoon cake. She loves the old movie monsters. 
It turned out better than I thought considering I woke up and couldn’t raise my arm. 
 

Cool cake @RWood! What are the flavors?

 

Wishing you a speedy recovery with the arm mobility issue.

[On Raising One's Own Meat (and Poultry for Eggs), With Some Discussion of the Attendant Pleasures and Dilemmas]

Wow! That is a huge quail egg. Wonder if the hen will keep producing such giant eggs.

[Copycat Bouchon ear-buns]

Thomas Keller’s book “Bouchon Bakery” has a recipe for Demi-epis. That may be exactly what you are looking for @AlaMoi.

[Kitchenaid Stand Mixers]

3 hours ago, blue_dolphin said:

Be careful you don’t make it so easy to slide that it slides right off the counter when it’s running!

Very true! I added felt to the bottom of my Kitchen Aid’s feet and sometimes it will start dancing on the counter. When this happens, I keep an eye on it and make sure it doesn’t dance near the countertop edge. For the majority of my mixes it does not travel.

[Provincetown, the "Outer Cape," and Wellfleet Too]

22 hours ago, liamsaunt said:

 

 

We barely made it back to the beach in time for sunset

 

 

Afterglow

 

That rainbow! The sunset! Wow!

 

Sorry dinner was such a disappointment. Looking forward to seeing you use the honeys from the farmer’s market.

[Breakfast 2025]

6 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

I can’t say they’d be worth a special trip, but if it’s on your way or a short detour at the right time of day…worse things could happen!

Thanks. Won't make a special trip but will try them out when I happen to be nearby.

[Breakfast 2025]

9 hours ago, blue_dolphin said:

Today’s bacon egg and cheese breakfast sandwich was purchased from the local outpost of Rise Southern Biscuits and Rightous Chicken. They are a chain with a whopping 2 locations here in California, one handily located  about 2 miles from my house and their breakfast sandwiches are my guilty pleasure. 

I confess to stealing the photo from their website as I always get a runny egg which was especially messy looking today.🙃. The bacon is always nicely cooked, not flabby, with good smoke flavor, and covers the whole biscuit so you get some in every bite and the cheese is always melty. 

You can see the menu at the link above but won’t actually see all the options unless you pretend to place an order. 
You can get all the sandwiches on a regular buttermilk biscuit, cheddar biscuit, blueberry biscuit or a potato roll. The egg can be fried, scrambled, ❤️runny❤️, or egg white only. Cheese can be American, cheddar or pimento cheese. 
The same options apply to sandwiches with sausage, country ham, fried green tomatoes, or chicken with sauces and more additions for the chicken plus sides like mac & cheese, cheese grits, tots, fried okra, etc.
 

I order online, leave the house and it’s usually ready when I get there. Kinda dangerous. Good thing they are only open until 2 PM as late night munchies could be deadly. They also have ordering kiosks and a few tables for dining in. 
 

As fast food breakfast sandwiches go, I think they’re excellent so give them a try if you see one around. My only complaint pertains to the sausage which needs a harder sear. And the biscuits don’t hold up to wet toppings like fresh tomatoes, avocado, extra sauces, etc so go with the roll if you load your sando up with that stuff. 

 

Interesting, never heard of this chain but there are two within 50 miles of my house. 🙂

Thank you @blue_dolphin.

[Costco]

Lots of varieties of shelf stable quail eggs at Lotte and H Mart. Some much better than others. I have found brands with jammy yolks and non-rubbery whites.

[Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2017 – )]

32 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

 

KAB?

Rather sure that in this post KAB = King Arthur Baking.

[Help translating Chinese food package]

@liuzhou thank you very much! Your explanation and website link about Bobo Chicken (钵钵鸡) are very helpful. As for the Four Sisters jar of tasty and edible ingredients, I’ll just sample that and decide how I want to use it. 

[Help translating Chinese food package]

1 hour ago, pastrygirl said:

Google Lens is worth a try while waiting for a human translator.

 

Here's your 3rd pic:

Interesting. Definitely not impressed with the Google lens translation.

[Help translating Chinese food package]

23 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

Good morning. I'm busy this morning, but free in the afternoon. So I can look at later. 5 to 6 hours from now.

 

They are Sichuan style products.

 

 

Thank you very much! I look forward to learning more about these products.

[Help translating Chinese food package]

I was at a trade show and received the pictured items. I suspect that the jar contains chili crisp (as we call it in the US) but I'm not sure what either item is or how I should use them. Please help. @liuzhou

 

 

 

 

[Trader Joe's Products (2017–)]

Tried a new popcorn snack today, peanut butter coated caramel popcorn. Very tasty!

 

https://www.traderjoes.com/home/products/pdp/peanut-butter-caramel-coated-popcorn-070860

[Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2017 – )]

strawberry tart

Pastry base, almond frangipane, vanilla pastry cream, strawberries, and whipped cream. 

Definitely out of practice with plating / presentation. 

[Felchin or Des Alpes Couverture Coins?]

5 hours ago, pastrygirl said:

AUI has a promo on Des Alpes 63% & 73% so I looked into it  - 6 kg boxes, made in Switzerland, with the exact same piece design as Felchlin, is this  Felchlin's secondary brand and I'm just now figuring it out? 😅

Perhaps ask your rep for some samples…. Let us know if the taste is similar to the Felchlin you usually use.

[Confections! What did we make? (2017 – )]

2 hours ago, GRiker said:

@curls walked me through nougat at the eGullet Workshop - thanks again!  Got around to making some on my own this week.  Happy with how it turned out. Inclusions are dried cranberries, roasted pistachios, almonds and hazelnuts.

 

 

 

Beautiful nougat! Delicious sounding combination of inclusions! Thrilled to start you on your nougat journey. Start thinking about fun stuff to try at next year’s workshop. 😉