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The contents of the box... the panettone, persimmons, and chips were all marketplace extras.

Actually went today and they had plenty. Went to the market around 12:30 / 1 pm.

I searched Eat Your Books and came up with this one from Julia Child's "The Way to Cook"

Whole Food’s 12 days of cheese starts today! Ad copy from Whole Foods follows... Yes, once again, from December 12 to December 23, Whole Foods shoppers will have the chance to save 50 percent on a different high-quality cheese selected by the brand’s buyers each day—with “many” of these fine products exclusive to Whole Foods Market. And if you’re a Prime member, you’ll receive an additional 10 percent off. Whole Foods 12 Days of Cheese Dec: 12: Klare Melk Truffle Gouda “Rich, flavorful, semifirm cheese. Velvety notes of sweet cream and butter, generously laced with earthy truffles. Exclusive to Whole Foods Market.” Dec. 13: Uplands Cheese Company Pleasant Ridge Reserve “A seasonally produced cow’s milk Alpine-style cheese modeled after favorites like Le Gruyère and Beaufort. Flavors range from milky to nutty and grassy. The only cheese in the history of the American Cheese Society’s annual competition to win the top prize — ‘Best in Show’ — three times.” Dec. 14: Mitica Cordobes “Made with Castellana and Merino sheep milk from Spain. Rich and buttery flavors balanced by bright acidity and nutty undertones. Exclusive to Whole Foods Market.” Dec. 15: Cowgirl Creamery Organic Hop Along “Rich, bright notes of buttered toast with a lasting savory finish. Washed in local cider and aged for 45 days, producing yeasty and sweet aromas with a silky, fudgy texture.” Dec. 16: Caseificio dell'Alta Langa La Tur “Soft-ripened perfection from a balanced mixture of cow, sheep and goat milk. Sweetness of fresh, grassy cream and bright butter notes with a rich, acidic and yeasty finish.” Dec. 17: Sweet Grass Dairy Thomasville Tomme “Semifirm raw cow’s milk cheese that’s made entirely by hand. Rich and earthy with a finish of light salt, fresh grass and tangy cream.” Dec. 18: MonS Gabietou “Decadent blend of sheep and cow’s milks, washed with water and rock salt from local warm springs. Dense flavor with rich tones of fruit and balanced earthy mushroom.” Dec. 19: The Cellars at Jasper Hill Farm Harbison, Prosecco Washed “Soft-ripened, buttery, woodsy and sweet with balanced tones of mustard. A wash in Presto Prosecco brings out bright citrus favors. Exclusive to Whole Foods Market.” Dec. 20: Emmi Kaltbach Cave-Aged Le Gruyère “Raw, grass-fed cow’s milk cheese with rich minerality from aging in Kaltbach’s sandstone caves. Classic nuttiness with tangy fruit notes. Smooth texture with pronounced crystal crunch.” Dec. 21: Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog “A true American Original conceived in a dream—a goat’s milk soft-ripened goat cheese with a beautiful ribbon of edible ash through the center. Floral, herbaceous overtones, buttermilk, fresh cream flavors.” Dec. 22: Neal’s Yard Dairy Sparkenhoe Red Leicester “Complex and balanced with bright acidity and lasting savory notes. From the only producer making traditional, farmstead Red Leicester with raw milk from heritage cows.” Dec. 23: Rogue Creamery Organic Enraptured Blanc “Young organic blue washed in white wine. Tangy with bright fruit notes and a soft, buttery texture. Exclusive to Whole Foods Market.”

Good news, my box has arrived! Some stuff suffered shipping damage but the majority of the box is in good shape! Annoyed that 2 of my 3 cucumbers are split in half but they are firm and I have to cut them up to eat them so, oh well. They included an ice pack and that was still a bit frozen. Pictures tomorrow. Good night. 🙂

Still no sign of my Misfits Market box, they have changed the estimated delivery from today to tomorrow. Per their tracking information it went on the local truck this morning. Maybe something about their shipping model just doesn’t work for Northern Virginia. I hope the box arrives soon and without damage.

I’m glad that the video was of help @Tri2Cook! It is a short video but contains so many helpful tips. I’m not making these, my customer base is almost all gone with the rising COVID numbers in my area (and I don’t ship). But it is fun to see how these hot chocolate bombs have captured everyone’s fancy and the folks that are selling them seem to be having trouble keeping up with the demand (a nice problem to have). Looking forward to seeing your results when you are ready to go public. 😁

@JeanneCake if you have an Instagram account, Brian Donaghy from Tomric posted a short video about making hot cocoa bombs that might help. I liked his tip of putting the spheres together in the mould and twisting them while letting them set up. Good luck with your chocolate work! https://www.instagram.com/tv/CH8BfvHFsqO/?igshid=1qjemc9q6o965

I would add a candy pad to the top (and possibly bottom too) of your packaging. https://glerup.com/search-results/?q=candy pads

Thanks Chris. I guess I could make the full batch and send the extras to the librarians. 🙂

@Chris Henneshow many sufganiyot did the recipe make? Do you think it could be halved?

Set a timer and placed my order with Misfits Market - everything was in stock! Box is scheduled to arrive Friday. I'll post again after I get my delivery. Hopefully it goes smoother than @chefmd's delivery. @chefmd have you heard back from Misfits Market about the issues with your order? I'm hoping that they credited your account for the spoiled produce.

Those look great @Jonathan. What flavor are they? I suggest you post these to the regular confections topic... too pretty for the back room finish topic!

Trader Joe’s has UHT cream. I try to always have one box in the pantry. Nice to have around as a just in case pantry item. I did manage to get 2 boxes of UHT whole milk at some point in this pandemic. Usually I see lowfat UHT milk. Would be nice if they had UHT buttermilk but I have yet to see that. It is pretty easy to find small containers of UHT milk in the regular grocery store. I think a lot of it is/was packaged so that it would be easy to add to a child’s lunchbox.

You can see an example of getting the chocolate back into the bowl in this video at about the 1:23 timestamp.

@Douglas K I am puzzled, why have you mentioned me? I was responding to Rajala and putting out a positive message for all who choose to temper chocolate via tabling. Temper your chocolate with whatever methods you like and that work for you.

Tabling chocolate to temper it doesn’t have to be messy. I took a 3 day chocolate showpiece and bon bons class that was taught by Ewald Notter; he tempered all of the chocolate that we used for the class via tabling. In the hands of a master tabling is fast and clean. Ewald tempered huge amounts of chocolate quickly, cleanly, and effortlessly. It was amazing to learn from him and watch him work. @Rajalaif tabling is your preferred method, keep doing it and enjoy. If I recall correctly, tabling is also the method that @Chris Hennes prefers.

Wonderful! Looking forward to seeing your next box. I’ve set an alarm so that I can order early.

Dishwasher!!!? A standard household one or something special for moulds? Are you using soap? If so, what kind?

Yes, I’m going to try to log in when they open. I liked a lot of the produce that was sold out — need to sign in sooner so that I can get a box that I want to cook from! Want to try this out a few times so that I know if this is the right thing for me or if I just stick with grocery shopping & delivery (if/when COVID gets worse around here).

@chefmd have you ordered or received your box yet? What do you think? Yesterday I was scheduled to make selections for my box. Scheduling opens around 4pm... I was busy and couldn't get to the site until around 8:30pm... there was still a selection but not too many things that I interested me (did not need onions, limes, lemons, or green bell peppers) so I cancelled this weeks box and will try again next week. I hope that your experience was better!

Interesting, that is the mould that I use for cherry cordials and it works well for me.

Agrimontana makes some wonderful candied peels. Looks like some of their products are available for mailorder from Market Hall Foods https://www.markethallfoods.com/collections/agrimontana

Every time I go grocery shopping I look for Lysol, Clorox wipes, and Ball jar canning lids. I have seen various wipes. Yesterday, at Wegmans, they had restocked Ball canning lids (regular and wide mouth)! They also had Ball jar bands and one case of jars. Strangely other aisles had added limits to things I hadn’t seen issues with previously — only one per customer for aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and plastic take away containers. I did not check the status of the toilet paper and paper towel aisle (we have a good supply).

Thank you for the info! I’ve ordered a box too. Mine is scheduled to arrive next Saturday. Looking forward to seeing how this all works. Went with the smaller of the two box sizes.