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Default Soft moist top please


"Reg" > wrote in message
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> N. Thornton wrote:
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> > "Pennyaline" > wrote in

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> >>I'm curious. How long did it take the group to figure out that this is a
> >>troll?

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> > It isnt. I want to make lemon curd pie without all the extra mucking
> > about with giant double boilers and all that. And I want to make it
> > with eggs so the protein content is higher. And I want to make it
> > enormous so that the work input per serving is minimised.

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> You can make lemon curd without a double boiler. It's quicker and as
> you point out, more convenient... once you get the hang of it. Stir it
> constantly over a low flame and watch it closely.
>
> > Is that hard to understand?

>
> Don't take it personally. There's a lot of crazies on usenet.


As far as I'm concerned, Curd is juice, rind, butter, and eggs. Once you
start putting in things like oatmeal and potato starch you don't have curd.