Archive for March, 2012

night before: make the sablees chocolates from linxe (3h). before making ice cream: freeze pie pan and process the sablees.  sicilian chocolate gelato: warm milk, add cocoa, chocolate, vanilla and sugar.  let cool to room temp. make whipped cream well before machine finishes. start machine. raspberry gelato following david:  have raspberries, cream, sugar, vanilla ready […]


Brazil Cerrado

19Mar12

ambient: 65 1st start: 3:26 1st end: 1:30 2nd start: :37 push: :20 pretty dark, smoky.  heard 2nd crack clearly.  should be interesting.  took longer, hope it’s not because of dirtiness or clogged vents, been vacuuming and wiping…  element turned off 1-2 times, hopefully because ambient is higher.


pad see ew

12Mar12

don’t make this very often, so here are some basic notes.  following vatcharin bhumichitr boil water cut up broccoli, peel and slice the stem fine for stirfry, no blanching get all the sauces the wok get the sink clear with colander ready put the rice stick in the boiling water.  check occasionally drain the rice […]


ambient 55 1st start: 3:44 1st end: 2:40 2nd start: 1:36 push: 1:29 pushed after 2nd crack started, it was in progress.  should be FC+ or even vienna.


ambient: 47 1st start: 4:00 1st end: 2:40 push: 1:43 again the heating elements turned off, around 3:10, but they turned on again.  hopefully some properly functioning thermostat turning them off.  pushed because it seemed to be running long.  heard some 2nd crack. i would guess full city and not vienna.