In article >,
Doug Freyburger > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > Doug Freyburger > wrote:
> >
> >> Doing it with all steel and heat treatment it can seem like magic. But
> >> steel reinforced concrete seemed like magic to me until I spent a
> >> quarter in college grinding through the math in my statics and materials
> >> course. Ye gods that was a miserable course. But now i understand why
> >> tempered chocolate works because I understand why tempered steel works
> >> because I understand why steel reinforced concrete works. All the same
> >> principle.
> >
> > Sounds like a lot of physics. ;-)
>
> Steel reenforced concrete arch bridge, katana samurai sword, chewy on
> the outside creamy on the inside candy bar. It's all physics but at
> least it's all the same physics. Even M&Ms use the same principle for
> mechanical strength. Chocolate kisses need to have a foil wrapper but
> M&Ms are tough enough to stay together in a bag.
>
> I didn't read enough of this thread to get how it drifted from George
> Foreman grills to tempering with heat to make chocolate sculptures
> strong enough to stand under their own weight. Somehow the crock pot
> spends most of its time out on the counter but the Foreman grill spends
> most of its time in the shelves. Both are specialty items but that
> tells me how much each gets used. Neither are used quite enough to have
> a permanent shelf location like the nuke or mixer. Neither is used
> quiet as often as the Tilia vacuum sealer. Both are used more often
> than the dehydrator.

The crock pot and grill switch places as needed, as does the 18 qt.
table top roaster. The toaster, blender and convection oven all have a
place of honor. ;-)

The Tilia has not seen the light of day for a couple of years now.
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