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17 hours ago, kayb said:
How can you tell when they're sealed? Thinking seriously about ordering some.
It is easy to tell if they are sealed. The "tab" on the rubber gasket will be pointing down & after the jars cool and you remove the metal clamps, the glass lid will be sealed to the rubber gasket. Enjoy your new Weck jars. ;-)
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I have used the Weck jars for water bath canning. They work fine and they make such pretty jars.
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Looks like a huge event! Any idea how many eggs there are?
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Cooked up some chicken thighs for tacos. Used the Ultra short-cut ingredients version of this recipe https://www.dadcooksdinner.com/pressure-cooker-chicken-tacos-tinga-de-pollo/ with Trader Joe's Salsa Authentica. Made a very nice dinner with leftovers for lunch tomorrow.
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And a few picture from the workshop...
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A selection of photos from our Friday afternoon demo at Jean-Marie Auboine. This is also the site of our Saturday & Sunday workshop.
Airbrushing moulds
Pear Pâte de Fruit
hazelnut caramel
school / teaching kitchen
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A selection of photos from our demo & tasting at Atelier Melissa Coppel on Friday, 19 May. What a gorgeous place to work & learn!
A selection of Cacao Barry chocolates for us to sample:
Demo of some chocolate mold decorations
On to the tasting!
The welcome area
The spray booth
The enrobing line & cooling tunnel. Those bags contained goodies/swag for the eGulleter's who attended Melissa's demo.
And more equipment, panner & a few Selmi tempering units!
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On 5/15/2017 at 11:48 AM, robirdstx said:
Crustless "Quiche" with Ham, Mushroom and Green Onion
Your breakfast sounds yummy. I love the design on the rim of the plate. What is it he image under the quiche?
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2 hours ago, pastrygirl said:
Pipe the two colors of chocolate first then smush it down? Or dip into and stamp with the chocolate?
Jin dipped the leaf stamp into a container with two colors of chocolate & then stamped.
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2 hours ago, Smithy said:
Are these mostly intended as decor for cakes or other pastries? If not, how would the curlicues be used? I'm thinking of the curled ribbons that seem to be alternating stripes of chocolate and clear (3rd photo above this post) as well as the chocolate coils (and green ones) immediately above this picture. For that matter, what happens to the marbled chocolate? It all looks delightful, but doesn't seem like something that would go atop a bite-sized confection.
@Smithy most of the decorations that Jin demonstrated for us will be used on various desserts in the Vegas hotels... there are so many hotels & dessert buffets.
As for the spirals with alternating strips of chocolate and clear, those are multiple chocolate decorations... the pastry chef will most likely use one chocolate spiral for each dessert.
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Photos from Jin's demo at her production kitchen. Jin concentrated on decor since she knew our demo with Melissa Coppel would include airbrushing and bon bon decorations.
The entrance
all those lovely marble tables & equipment
some melters & and the assistants (there were two assistants working on items & helping Jin they day we visited)
demo of making various custom transfer sheets
making various chocolate cigarettes -- Jin discussed various color & flavor combinations & let us try to make some -- she makes it look so easy!
marbling chocolate
other decor pieces
interesting & fast way to make leaves -- made a cardboard template to stamp these out
and the amazing Jin (with @lebowits in the background)
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5 hours ago, Shelby said:
Everything looks so good...but I find myself really wanting a chocolate covered gummy worm more than anything.
Don't judge lol.
@Shelby those chocolate covered gummy worms are just too cute! :-)
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On 5/22/2017 at 1:00 PM, Smithy said:
I'm so pleased to see Gulley immortalized in the custom silk screen.
Did a finished product feature that print? If so, is there a closeup?
A few photos from the silk screen process & a shot of our most successful print.
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I apologize, may be repeating some photos. Here are photos from Jin Ju's chocolate shop. Next batch of photos will be for @Smithy -- the Gully silk screen. Tomorrow (or sometime soon) I will post pictures from our demo with Jin.
#JinJuchocoholic
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37 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:
Wasn't as successful as we hoped - perhaps a side effect of making such a small screen - I'm going to have to fiddle with it when I get home. @curls has one pic I think.
I took a few photos of our Gully silk screen and transfer. Will post them this week.
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We made a few chocolates & confections. Will post more photos after I get home.
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Busy day today -- I'll share pictures from the beginning & the end. Hopefully some folks will share photos from the rest of the day's adventures.
A donut sampling
there were two or three more boxes. Quite tasty!
Kerry gave a talk about the silk screening process. This is our custom silk screen that we are going to use to make transfer sheets.
10 or so partcipants enjoyed dinner at Bouchon. These photos are from my table of five.
Deviled eggs
Salad with goat cheese
Seared foie gras
Onion soup
Chicken
Lobster risotto
Trout
Anyone surprised that we didn't order dessert? The dinner was wonderful. Great food & service.
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Wonderful demo & tasting with the amazing Melissa Coppel.
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A few of us returned to the Vietnamese restaurant (Pho Khin Do) for dinner. Enjoyed two appetizers -- which we forgot to photograph -- and remembered to take pictures after we started on our soups!
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All set up & ready to go for Saturday morning kitchen time.
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We visited Jin Ju's retail store for a bit of shopping & her production kitchen for a demonstration of chocolate decor. Jin is a wonderful instructor & makes beautiful chocolates. #JinJuchocoholic
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Some of the early birds had dinner Wednesday evening at the scenic Mt. Charleston Lodge.
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20 hours ago, gulfporter said:
I am proud to say that our niece, while enrolled at the CIA, did an internship at Eleven Madison, about 4 years ago. She said it was the best internship she could have gotten. The principals and staff there have continued to give her advice as she and her wife recently opened an eatery in downtown Baltimore.
If you wouldn't mind sharing, what is the name of your niece's restaurant? Always nice to have another great restaurant to visit.
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21 minutes ago, HungryChris said:
If you are there on a Sunday, the Wynn Country Club jazz brunch is a great all around experience. Great views, Great food and great jazz,
HC
Sounds lovely but the workshop starts at 8:30am Saturday & Sunday.
Instant Pot. Multi-function cooker (Part 5)
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Took me awhile to join the club but now I have made ricotta cheese in my Instant Pot! So, what are all of you doing with the whey?