Jay LOL hahaha, I've also gained quite the
"word" of mouth here at work. Some people are still talking about my last dinner party.
I've become quite a hit with the women at work.
Hi Linda , wow everyone here seems so nice and genuine, it's quite a refreshing change from the other boards I visit. I've had more cooking disaster in my kitchen then in my lab, thank god, cuz if it was at work, I would evacuate the building
The worst cooking disaster I've had so far was trying to make chocolate molds out of a balloon. My goal this year is to learn how to make "3D desserts" to impress my guests. I picked up this fantastic book called "The professional pastry chef", shows all the advanced techniques. Excellent book. I highly recommend it if you're interested in sugar work and 3D decorations.
Anyhow, back to my balloons. The chocolate was melted and slightly warm, the balloons were blown up to my desired size, dipped the balloon in the hot chocolate, then
WHAMBAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chocolate all over the walls. So to make a long story short, I replaced the chocolate molds with waffle molds and laughed all might about my experiment. I later found out in my pasrty book that you have to "shop" around for the perfect balloon.
Hey NANCYA, funny you should talk chem and food, there's this book I saw a while ago could never find it again, but they explained every single chemical reaction that happens in cooking. It was pretty neat.
I wish I knew the author.
I also hope to answer anybody's vietnamese/asian food questions for I am of the asian persuasion.
