In news:rec.food.cooking, Dan Abel > posted on Sat, 01 Jan
2011 08:59:19 -0800 the following:

> My daughter made a pumpkin brulee last weekend. It was very good. The
> recipe looked similar (it's still posted on our fridge). I think it is
> less sweet than a commercial pudding cup, but it was plenty sweet enough
> for me. Perhaps you just like sweeter things than I do.

Well, I'm not saying it's wrong for creme brulee to be not-so-sweet. I've
just never had one prepared by anyone but me, so I was just trying to find
out if I'd done something wrong. heh.

Funny... the texture of this second batch isn't as smooth as the first
was. I'm not sure why. I suppose it could be because I used boiling
water for the water bath instead of just using "hot" water out of the tap.
I'm not sure if I boiled water the last time or not, but that's the only
reason I could think of. The texture right next to the glass is kind of
"curdled" a little, while the center is smooth.

Next time I'll just use hot tap water for the water bath and see if it's
smooth again.

Damaeus