JoNorvelleWalker

I'd like to say on my spinning machine but since I don't have one, standing out in the snow with my two hands.

Sorry, no secrets intended, at least not from anybody reading here. The mold is a Brunner SE-0110-G-L: https://www.brunnershop.com/en/Spinning-Moulds/Eggs/Smooth-style/Egg-smooth-style-oxid-33.html I had purchased Cacao Barry Tanzanie 75% (that I misremembered as 72%) for the application: https://www.cacao-barry.com/en-US/chocolate-couverture-cocoa/chd-q75taz/tanzanie But I think at least for my first attempt I'll use Felchlin Maracaibo Creole 49%, of which I have a lot: https://www.felchlin.com/en/product/cacao-maracaibo Good news that the mold half exactly fits in my large steel pan, almost if it were made for it. Keeping the mold steady problem solved. No rice harmed in this experiment. But I'm still not sure how full to fill the mold. Brunner does not say. Although for their part number SE-0166-G-B they specify the chocolate article weight as 2400 g. https://www.brunnershop.com/en/Spinning-Moulds/Eggs/Smooth-style/Egg-smooth-style-oxid-10.html The SE-0166-G-B is the same shape as my SE-0110-G-L, and had I not failed geometry I could probably figure this out. But if we assume an ellipsoid (which I know this isn't quite) the ratio of surface areas would be approximately 0.54 (I think). Therefore to achieve the same thickness of chocolate I calculate 2400 g x 0.54, or let's say 1200 g. Does this sound about right? A small complication is I'm not sure I can properly temper 1200 g at one time. I could try a kg and see what happens. What think you?

I keep ground nuts in the refrigerator a long time. However once made into pesto I'd expect the mix would go south pretty quickly.

Thank you very much!

I have bags of Bomba, Basmati, and Bineshii. Not to mention Tamaki, Carnaroli, and Arborio. But not a big enough pan. No, I take that back! I measured. One pan would just fit the mold by a fraction of an inch! But we're talking about an awful lot of rice. I may try setting the mold in the pan and see how level it works out. But not tonight. Thanks for the idea!

Unfortunately I did not come up with a good answer for the density at work. The reason for the question is to calculate how much chocolate I need to melt to fill a mold. The mold is a hollow mold, not solid. I measure the volume of the mold to be 4,276 ml. Thoughts? Related to this there is a complication that the mold does sit flat. Not even close. I need to prop up the corners somehow to make it level. I have a ring stand and clamps but given the size of the mold I think I need something more industrial, like tomato cans. Or lower tech like bath towels.

I am fond of avocado but I'm pretty sure I never cooked one in my life.

As did I.

Some observations: I grilled a pork chop that had previously been anovaed to 58C. The light from the Philips grill is blinding. There are warning labels all over for eye safety not to look at the heating elements when they are on. My Thermapen was at the ready but by the time I first tested the chop read 68C. This thing cooks fast. Remarkably the meat was still juicy enough to be pleasant. There were no leftovers. There was also no smoke. The unit looks as clean as when I started. surprisingly the grill plate and drip tray go in the dishwasher as needed. Amazon sells a special bundle with a razor sharp cleaning tool. Looks dangerous to me and I doubt I will be using it,

Not recent, but about 30 years ago my teenager was exploring sugar cookery. I offered what I thought was sound advice. He picked me up and set me down outside the kitchen.* The glass thermometer was apparently nonfunctional. It took years to decarbonize that pan. *I am not small.

Here it is resting comfortably on my 15x20x3" end grain block. About to go fire the thing up for the first time.

Looks lovely. I have the makings for mapo tofu but can't get up the energy to grind the meat. Hopefully tomorrow night. Edit: is that cilantro?

I read the article this afternoon at work. What I remember was a bit different: there will be the new stores with different stuff, as well as an expansion of the smaller amazon go stores which are cashless.

If I had a cubic meter and a swimming pool. What I do have is a reference librarian. @teonzo intentionally I did not specify what kind of chocolate, however I assumed "melted, tempered chocolate" denoted a fairly narrow range of temperature. If makes it easier, just tell me the density of 72 percent dark at 32C.

That's what google told me too but the source sounded less than authoritative.

According to Wikipedia chuck filet steak is sold as chuck eye steak. @Dave the Cook do you have any more information on the mystery?

What is the density of melted, tempered chocolate? (Yes, I know, I could measure it myself.)

You don't think this is the same thing as the mythical chuck eye steak?

GE electric home oven, nothing special. One inch thick block of hard anodized aluminum* preheated at 550F on the highest shelf for a couple hours, then under the broiler preheated for about 5 minutes before loading the pie. *cost more than the stove.

OK I found it! Here's the thread: https://forums.egullet.org/topic/36136-countertop-rotisseries/ The title is "rotisseries" and indeed the Philips grill has a rotisserie attachment. However I have a Farberware rotisserie. The Farberware is an almost perfect rotisserie, not necessarily a perfect grill. Remains to be seen if the Philips beats my Zojorushi as a grill.

My Watanabe nakkiri came with Shin's name all over it. Maybe I can sand it out.

As promised!

I'm beginning to have second thoughts. Somehow I was thinking this thing was about the same size as my Zojirushi. A yardstick disabused me. Now I have no place to put the Philips. (Not that this has ever slowed me down before.) I also noticed Simple Living offers what looks like the same thing as the Philips for $149.99. Does anyone else remember an earlier thread about the Philips? So far I haven't found it but I'm sure I saw it once upon a time.

Another two minute pizza: I think I've pretty much got the hang of this.

Camelcamelcamel shows the price jumps all over the place. Price just went down from $279.95 but has been as low as $149.99. (Real dollars of course.)