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The difference is the temperature of the sugar. In a SMBC, you whisk the egg whites and sugar over a bain marie until the temperature of the mixture is 140 degrees F. Then you cool it with the whip on the mixer. In an IMBC, you heat sugar syrup to 238 degrees F and add the syrup to whites that are already whipping.

I love buttermilk ice cream!

Oh please. I was breastfed for 6 months and I have eczema and asthma and hayfever. LOL!!

Oh! and I forgot about pizza. I want pizza all the time. I mean, I liked pizza before but I ate it occasionally. Now, I just want pizza. This is when I really just love being a New Yorker and still living here. I sent my husband get some for me now. LOL!!

I'm only 11 weeks but I've been craving super spicy. Hot pepper condiments on everything. At one point, I was walking with sriracha sauce in my bag.

Last night I picked up some shio ramen from Rai Rai Ken. I forgot how good they are. I was trying to go to Minca but I was too late. I had stopped going to Rai Rai Ken for awhile because, at one point, their soup was just too salty. Last night's soup totally wasn't too salty. Oh, and I agree, I don't like curry ramen at all.

Ooooh, I love it. I made it this evening and I love it. I love the paste that's made with the almonds. Such a great flavor.

I think I'm going to make this recipe today. I have to go get my ingredients. It sounds really good and I'm going to add the tomato.

Festival is some good old fried dough. It's a mixture of flour, cornmeal, water, touch of sugar,pinch of salt and a little vanilla. What is interesting is that festival is new to Jamaican cooking. It's usually made in other Caribbean Islands like Barbados, but Jamaica didn't do the festival thing until maybe within the past 2 decades. My Dad pointed this out to me. Both of my parents are Jamaicans.

Ok, so I have some pictures of the Jerk Chicken and the Festival.

Hey everyone, Has anyone tried the recipes from www.jamaicatravelandculture.com? I love the recipes here because they are authentic recipes that I totally grew up on. So far, I've done the curry chicken one which was great. I'm cooking the jerk chicken one now and I'm also going to fry some festival to go with it.

I love Casa! My husband and I ate there last week. That was our 2nd time eating there. I had the Feijoda. It was so good.

Matt, I love that youtube video.

Are you cooking the curd directly in the pot or over a water bath? I cooked mine over a water bath which is more gentle.

I am soooo happy for Julia. She totally deserves what Gordon has given her. Such a beautiful gift.

If you beat the eggs really well before you add the other ingredients, that will help. Your eggs should be beaten as if you used an immersion blender and the curd will come out nice and smooth.

Ummm, green tea snickerdoodles sound good. I'll have to try that. I liked the cookies. My husband didn't, but I'm the sweet tooth of the house.

I know I'm resurrecting an old topic. I just got a recipe for green tea sweets from lovescool.com and I'm going to try it. The pictures look so pretty. My dough is in the fridge and I'm going to roll it out and bake it soon. Hopefully, I'll figure out how to upload pictures here so you can see.

I made the Brown Sugar Bundt Cake last Friday and it was nothing but pure love in my mouth.

It looks like the same type of kidney disease as Gary Coleman.

I just borrowed this book from my school library and I love it. I made the Eggplant with Minty Tomato Sauce and Yogurt (p. 193), which I served with couscous. I also made the Israeli Couscous with Asparagus and Fresh Mushrooms (p. 504) which was served with a microgreen salad. I'm going to definitely buy this book. There are so many interesting, tasty looking recipes in here.

Here's my menu: Braised Beef Brisket Jerk Chicken Roasted Asparagus w/ Garlic Roasted Potatoes (Fingerling or Red Bliss) Green Salad w/ Raspberry Dijon Dressing I haven't decided on dessert yet. I'm going to Fairway now to get my stuff.

You know, I pass by this place all the time and for some reason I've never gone in. I love Flying Fish and Coo Coo. I have to get some dinner there soon. The picture is fabulous.

I love the Suvir Saran book also. The recipes were really light and nice. I just bought Classic Indian Cooking by Julie Sahni. I'm going to make the Dahi Machi later tonight with rice and Baigan Masaledar(baby eggplant).

If you know where your local West Indian/Caribbean market is, you will find plenty of creamed coconut boxes there also.