Gloria wrote:

> You don't melt chocolate in the microwave? What do you use, a double
> boiler? I'd have a microwave around if all it did was melt chocolate.

I use a microwave. Chocolatiers shun double boilers because they're afraid
of getting water into the chocolate. Alton Brown uses a heating pad wrapped
around a glass bowl, which seems like a nifty way to do it if you're not
afraid of getting chocolate on your heating pad. The heating pad method can
also be used to temper the chocolate, which is something a microwave can't
do.

Bob