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[Egluntyne]

Did anyone watch his programme last night!!!

 

Who among us has the time to make sausages his way!!?? And I am all for cooking from scratch!!

 

And of course, we all keep liquid nitrogen as a store cupboard item!!

 

I must admit, I did like the idea of poaching the sausages before browning them, as I'm never sure whether they are properly cooked through.

 

Might try it.

 

(I don't eat them myself, but my carniverous menfolk do).

[Mel (& Paul)]

I didnt bother - I have read about the Fat Duck in Bray and it doesnt do much for me - snail porridge

A friend has been there - you have to book six months in advance - to eat in six months time - ie. if you could even get through you would be asking for a table on 1st May

I love cookery programmes as you can pick up loads of tips but I wasnt bothered about this one(as like you we dont have liquid nitrogen in stock )

[Richard T]

You don't need liquid nitrogen. You can use dry ice instead.

 

 

 

 

 

I only caught the ice cream bit of the programme, and the bit where he put salt on the treacle tart (HennyPenny told me used several gallons of treacle to make the tart). We had beans on toast last night.

 

 

Richard T

[Egluntyne]

You're right. Silly me.

 

Funnily enough, I don't keep dry ice as a storecupboard item, either.

 

Any idea where I could get some.

 

I did a search on Liquid nitrogen earlier, and a very useful website suggested that as it is usually only available in industrial quantities, you should go along to your local mortuary, with a thermos flask, smile winsomely at the nice man, and he might let you have some free of charge.

 

Honestly.

 

Is it me...???

 

I find myself asking this question more and more. Perhaps it is.......

[Mel (& Paul)]

Its not you.

Its the rest of them

[Laura & CTB]

I can get you dry ice by the bucket load from where I work!

 

What I didnt understand is why he went to all the bother of crushing a slab of dry ice with a rolling pin when you can just as easily buy dry ice in pellet or powder form?

 

Maybe it made for better viewing.

[chocchick]

*shadowy figure in mac whispers* Could get you either from the university

maybe a hazard though as you can get frostbite and should wear protective gloves and glasses for the liquid nitrogen

Where did he get it then?

[Louise]

I might know a black market source too

 

Seems a bit extreme though

 

Mind you I went to a halloween party ummmmmmm several years ago and my friends live in a house in the middle of a graveyard (he is the caretaker) and I wanted to get some dry ice for a cauldron which if you add water to it will bubble out fab fake smoke for ages but work wouldn't let me have any as it was dangerous spoilsports

[Laura & CTB]

Things are definately not the same since it got all health and safety conscious..........at work we used to get various objects together (flowers, tennis balls, fruit etc) and then throw a whole container of liquid nitrogen over them to see what would happen - and that was INSIDE the offices.

[Louise]

Sounds like the time I flushed dry ice down the toilet

 

It was the ultimate in hilarity seeing people coming out of the loo with horror on their faces because a cloud of 'smoke' had just come out of the bowl

[Egluntyne]

Mel (& Paul) says:

Its not you.

Its the rest of them

Thank you....Thank you.....Thank you!!!!

 

Chocchick says:

you can get frostbite and should wear protective gloves and glasses for the liquid nitrogen

He did......but made absolutely no reference to the reasons why as far as I can remember.

 

and

Where did he get it then?

Absolutely no mention of that either.

[Mel (& Paul)]

But I can remember my science teacher bringing dry ice into school and we were all allowed to touch it Do you think that is why I am like I am?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wait

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dont answer that

[Egluntyne]

What on earth are you doing up at this time of the morning.

 

Go back to bed at once!!!

[Mel (& Paul)]

I should say the same to you!

How fab to meet someone else up!

I have walked the dogs and am eating my toast and will set off for work at 6.15

Much harder to do in this weather with (& Paul) still snuggled up in bed

[Egluntyne]

I was up extra early as Him Indoors was catching an early train and likes to be waved off with a fanfare.

 

I did sneak back under the covers for half an hour!

 

Then the hens beckon........and with the shorter days I like them to get as much daylight as poss.

[Lesley]

I'm quite a latecomer then?

 

although I have been up for ages, saying goodbye to piggies.

[Egluntyne]

Saying goodbye to the piggies??

 

They're not going off to market are they???

[buffie]

Oh farewell piggies. I'm late but was up at 6.30am Mikey went off grumpy as he went to feed the kits and the meat wasn't thawed..it meant his smooth and fast exit wasn't as smooth and fast, poor thing his does have to wade through traffic!!

 

BBx

[Guest]

Sounds like the time I flushed dry ice down the toilet

 

It was the ultimate in hilarity seeing people coming out of the loo with horror on their faces because a cloud of 'smoke' had just come out of the bowl

 

 

When I was at High School, the senior film society had a showing of The Fog. Mr Armstrong, the mad scientist physics teacher sneaked in behind the screen, waited till a particularly scarey bit, then let off the dry ice - possibly the funniest moment of my school life (only becuase I knew what was coming!), as everyone started screaming, and heading for the door!

 

[Louise]

He obviously had the same sort of mind as me

 

In my very first job way back when one of the senior scientists used to walk into the tea room with a mug that he had put dry ice into and added some water so he was holding a mug steaming with smoke that is where I learned about the delights of dry ice

 

I have exploded many a latex glove with it too *sigh*

 

Those were the days

 

Bloomin Health and safety rules

[Trish]

Forgive me for being a bit tick but why do you need dry ice for making icecream.

[Louise]

You don't it just makes good telly

[Laura007]

why would you want to mess with a treacle tart!!!!!!

 

putting in figs and bananas, i ask you.

[kannie]

Forgive me for being a bit tick but why do you need dry ice for making icecream.

I think it was really quick, wasn't it?

[Egluntyne]

For showing off and for speed.

 

Apparently, the quicker the freezing process, the smaller the ice crystals, which results in a much smoother ice cream.