"merryb" > wrote in message
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On Oct 7, 5:34 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> "Christopher M." wrote:
>
> > I thought it might be fun to start a thread about cooking gadgets that
> > most
> > foodies don't really need, but love anyway.
>
> > A chocolate tempering machine:
> >http://www.amazon.com/Chocolate-Temp...ation-INCLUDED...
>
> Even since they changed Amazon I can't access it,
> but if that's a Revolation 1 or 2 don't waste
> your money on it. The smallest Revolation you
> should consider is the X3210. For a little more
> than a Revolation 1 or 2, you can get what I have:
>
> http://www.americanchocolatemould.com/products/
>
> For dipping truffles, you need a machine that
> maintains a wave of molten chocolate large enough
> to dunk a truffle center into. You also need a
> machine with enough capacity to hold all the
> chocolate needed for a batch. Don't count on
> adding chocolate midway during a batch. Maybe
> I'm doing something wrong, but it just doesn't
> melt while holding the tempering temperature.
> If you run the temperature up to melt it, you
> lose the temper. Much better is to start with
> all the chocolate you plan to use.

>You don't need no stinkin' machine to temper...



Shall we start all over?

"I thought it might be fun to start a thread about cooking gadgets that most
foodies don't really need, but love anyway."