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On 3/19/2021 4:07 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 4:02:27 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>> On 3/19/2021 9:17 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>> On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:28:56 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 12:24:56 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>> On 2021-03-18 6:17 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>> On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 10:59:39 AM UTC-10, Graham wrote:
>>>>>>> Just in case your technique is wanting:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/.../?itid=hp_food
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://tiny.cc/8ktutz
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's the way I learned to do it but I've seen other ways of folding on videos that seem to work well. These days, I just use a whisk.
>>>>>>
>>>>> A whisk? That is a wussy tool for folding when you could use a hand
>>>>> mixer or, better yet, a stand mixer.
>>>>>
>>>> That's the nuttiest damn thing I ever heard!
>>>
>>> You likely use chop sticks.
>>>

>> Folding *whipped* ingredients together requires a spatula, dipshits.
>> Doesn't matter what you used to whip the ingredients which are being
>> folded together. Use a spatula. DUH.

>
> It's possible to fold with your hands as Sheldon said, but with typical
> home-cook quantities, so much would stay on your hands (and have
> to be washed off), that it wouldn't be worth it.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

True. The comments about whisks and beaters is how you could prepare
the stuff which is shown in the video to be folded together gently using
- OMG - a spatula.

Personally, I have not had to fold any sort of dessert stuff (which is
what that looked like) in decades. Still, the spatula was clearly
demonstrated.

Jill