One helicopter transfer later I made it home at last. Enjoyed my tomato salad and chicken thighs (which heated beautifully with nice crispy skin in the CSO steam bake for 10 minutes).
I have plans to do some serious caramel experiments this trip - so my first batch happened today. I have this lovely silicone mold from Chef Rubber that I plan to use for my experiments.
This would not be considered a success. To firm, a bit too much stick jaw. Too high a temperature and not enough butter I'm suspecting. And I've got to find a better way to get the excess off the top of the mold so they don't all stick together (mind you it makes it very easy to get them all out of the mold).