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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2021-03-19 4:26 p.m., wrote:
> On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 8:25:32 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:34:58 -0700 (PDT), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I remember seeing Julia Child back in the 60's when she had her French
>>> Chef show on PBS. I distinctly remember her showing to cut right through
>>> the middle of what you're folding and then turn your spatula over and incorporate
>>> what you'd just cut through. Also, turn the bowl while you're folding.
>>>
>> Real cooks and bakers fold with a hand.
>>
> I've never seen anyone use two hands to fold ingredients. If you're talking about
> diving into a bowl with one hand, sans spatula/spoon, and using a bare hand to
> fold ingredients, I've seen that. It was pretty disgusting.
>

I have seen a number of cooking shows like Triple D and You Gotta Eat
Here where cooks mush up big batches of stuff like meat loaf and potato
salad with their hands. Any time I have to fold in ingredients I use a
rubber spatula. The only things I have made in the last 10 years or so
that require folding are souffles, tapioca, mousse and brownies.