[Sca-cooks] Re: Strawberries and Snow

[Philippa Alderton]

--- Stefan li Rous <stefan at texas.net> wrote:
> Aoife details her experiment with making "snow" and
> says near the end:
>
> > 9: 30. I've beat the bejeebers out of this stuff
> and it isn't changing in
> > the least. I abandoned the stick and went back to
> the whisk, thinking an
> > air-volume and speed equation might be my problem.
> No such luck. What I have
> > in my hands is a bowl of satiny, but still
> semi-liquid frothy stuff that
> > resembles the texture of cooked icing in it's
> runny-but-frothy stage. It
> > hasn't changed by now, and I doubt it's going to.
>
> When I tried this snow recipe last summer, this
> sounds exactly what
> happened to me. Mine looked very much like the
> description you give
> above. When I talked about this on the list, they
> pointed out several
> possible errors, including contamination with egg
> yolks. Now, I'm
> wondering if I was doing this right. Or at least
> according to the
> directions.
>
> Maybe it's time to try this again. And it would be
> good on strawberries.
> And they do seem to be in season again...

Just for the exercise, why don't you check the ambiant
temperature and himidities in your areas. Atmospheric
conditions can and do have an effect on how fluffy
different air infused confections will get.

Phlip

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And never a rider who cain't be throwed....

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