"Dee Randall" > wrote in
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> You don't have to swear at me <grin> I spelled it incorrectly in the
> first place, so I guess it's OK.
> "profiterole" is the correct spelling.

Truly, I was just teasing, Dee. I know you know how to spell it. Yep,
they are delicious and not really hard to make, just time-consuming.


> I don't know anything about making them, so I wanted to see it myself,
> but the Julia Child demonstrator,
> "Nick Love" did not demonstrate the profiterole even tho the Guide
> says that . He demonstrated pate a choux, but no profiterole ==
> Definition: noun [usually plural]
> a small pastry cake with a cream filling and a covering of chocolate
> sauce, usually served in a pile.
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> These wicked little devils are an annoyance of mine: in Italy years
> ago, as we sat down at a restaurant, they were moving the dessert cart
> around which contained profiteroles. I wanted to order them as I had
> never seen them before and they looked so delicious. My husband thinks
> that we must go by the book and order dessert when the time comes, but
> I KNEW these wouldn't last until my dessert time rolled around. They
> were gone when dessert time rolled around.

That's really too bad that you didn't get to have them. You'll probably
never forget it; I know I wouldn't.

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> I never see the word, that I don't think of this little experience.
> I
> have eaten a few since here and there, but of course they never
> measure up to what I have dreamed up in my mind that I missed that
> day.
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> I hope you run up against one some day.
> Happy eating!
> Dee

If I weren't on Weigh****chers right now, I'd be sorely tempted to make
some this weekend. Alas, I would probably eat them all!

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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in
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>> "Dee Randall" > wrote in
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>> > Don'tknow where you're living, but at 10:00 pm just in a minute or
>> > two, on PBS-U, Julia Childs' guest is making proferliteroles.
>> > Dee
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>> What the hell are "proferliteroles"? <G>
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>> > "DigitalVinyl" > wrote in message
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>> >> Trying to make these for a recipe.
>> >> After two attempts I realized the recipe I was using was wrong
>> >> when I compared it to others. I'm trying a recipe that agrees with
>> >> most of them for amounts/ratios/ingredients.
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>> >> The instructions said the dough/paste should be glossy and smooth.
>> >> It wasn't that glossy and I thought thicker than smooth. I made a
>> >> small bath from this, then added another egg. The resulting paste
>> >> was much smoother, and shiny. I know baking needs very exact
>> >> measurements...is this wrong...should I have added something other
>> >> than egg?
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>> >> When I pulled the first small batch out they deflated immediately.
>> >> Not baked enough?
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>> >> What excactly makes them .. puffy? The egg?
>> >> DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email)
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