Comments on: The scales of creativity http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:41:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Jack http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Jack Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:00:50 +0000 http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/#comment-752 Great! Nagged to submisssion! Lock the date in and I'll be there. Second thoughts I have a friend thats in the process of renovating a commercial kitchen to make (very) speciality cakes... I'm sure she would love some company Duncan. As I've said I'll be your contra PR person, contacts and talking for macarons. For now anyway, lock me in for the class!! Jack Great! Nagged to submisssion!
Lock the date in and I'll be there.
Second thoughts I have a friend thats in the process of renovating a commercial kitchen to make (very) speciality cakes… I'm sure she would love some company Duncan. As I've said I'll be your contra PR person, contacts and talking for macarons.
For now anyway, lock me in for the class!!
Jack

]]> By: Duncan http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-749 Duncan Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:09:07 +0000 http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/#comment-749 I'm sure you'd both come knocking down the door wouldn't you! :) Did you see the comment with the link to other classes and my comment about such classes in <a href="http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/all-i-want-for-my-birthday-is/" rel="nofollow">the birthday post</a>? And you've not seen just how excruciatingly tight my kitchen is! But there is so much nagging about this that I might relent. I'm sure you'd both come knocking down the door wouldn't you! :) Did you see the comment with the link to other classes and my comment about such classes in the birthday post?

And you've not seen just how excruciatingly tight my kitchen is! But there is so much nagging about this that I might relent.

]]> By: Jack http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Jack Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:35:56 +0000 http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/#comment-748 I'd come to a macaron class!! Jack I'd come to a macaron class!!
Jack

]]> By: Thanh http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Thanh Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:31:14 +0000 http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/#comment-747 You're kidding, I thought that they weighed every foam and puff to ensure the precise amount was applied to each dish (does irony translate well in text?). Harry must have been lucky that time I guess. The question is whether he can reproduce it. You should think about starting your own macaron classes, DM "macaron extraordinare" Classes. You're kidding, I thought that they weighed every foam and puff to ensure the precise amount was applied to each dish (does irony translate well in text?).

Harry must have been lucky that time I guess. The question is whether he can reproduce it.

You should think about starting your own macaron classes, DM "macaron extraordinare" Classes.

]]> By: Duncan http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Duncan Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:31:01 +0000 http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/#comment-746 I suspect even the molecular (technoemotional;)) cooks out there don't need that accuracy. Pop rocks, thankfully, don't contain potassium nitrate. hehe. By the way, Thanh, site visitor harry discovered recently that sometimes macarons work out even without super-precise scales. I was in the room at the time. Interrresting. I suspect even the molecular (technoemotional;)) cooks out there don't need that accuracy. Pop rocks, thankfully, don't contain potassium nitrate. hehe.

By the way, Thanh, site visitor harry discovered recently that sometimes macarons work out even without super-precise scales. I was in the room at the time. Interrresting.

]]> By: Thanh http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Thanh Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:21:36 +0000 http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/#comment-745 At work, I use a scale that is accurate to the fourth decimal place, so you could weigh your salt to 1.4000g. Now that would be useful wouldn't it? Hahaha. We were working with potassium nitrate (highly explosive), so getting it accurate was fairly important. We were also weighing dust from filters, again the accuracy is needed. My home kitchens scales aren't even accurate to 5g, hence I don't make fancy things like macaroons that require so much accuracy :-Þ At work, I use a scale that is accurate to the fourth decimal place, so you could weigh your salt to 1.4000g. Now that would be useful wouldn't it? Hahaha.

We were working with potassium nitrate (highly explosive), so getting it accurate was fairly important. We were also weighing dust from filters, again the accuracy is needed.

My home kitchens scales aren't even accurate to 5g, hence I don't make fancy things like macaroons that require so much accuracy :-Þ

]]> By: Duncan http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-744 Duncan Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:55:12 +0000 http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/#comment-744 Hi Manggy. I have a stylish Ikea job for A$40 which I love. Same range and precision as yours:) I wonder WHY anyone in a home kitchen would want to measure 1.4g of salt. That's just silly (says me, who tends to be a little pedantic about measurements). Hi Manggy. I have a stylish Ikea job for A$40 which I love. Same range and precision as yours:)

I wonder WHY anyone in a home kitchen would want to measure 1.4g of salt. That's just silly (says me, who tends to be a little pedantic about measurements).

]]> By: Manggy http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Manggy Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:00:35 +0000 http://www.syrupandtang.com/200806/the-scales-of-creativity/#comment-742 Haha-- while it is a little screwy, the Eggcurate scale has the distinct feature of being accurate to what looks a tenth of a gram (? just based on the picture). It'll probably great for annoying small bread recipes/pastry that need something like 1.4g of salt. The second design is just weird. I bought my scale, which was made in Japan, for about A$22. It's not much to look at and the range is 2g-5kg (accurate to a gram), but it gets the job done :) Haha– while it is a little screwy, the Eggcurate scale has the distinct feature of being accurate to what looks a tenth of a gram (? just based on the picture). It'll probably great for annoying small bread recipes/pastry that need something like 1.4g of salt. The second design is just weird.
I bought my scale, which was made in Japan, for about A$22. It's not much to look at and the range is 2g-5kg (accurate to a gram), but it gets the job done :)

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