at Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:47:07 GMT in <fsYxd.5834$152.1498@trndny01>,
(Janet Puistonen) wrote :

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>"SC" > wrote in message
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>>I was wondering if anyone here knows of some good places to find
>> chocolate molds.
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>> Also, I have been searching for molds on the Internet and have found
>> some really nice metal antique ones. What is the best material for
>> molds? Is metal better than plastic?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>> SC
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>I've never used metal, but I have to think that plastic is better. Rigid
>plastic is the best.

Why would you think plastic would be better? IMHO plastic would be worse,
because the chocolate picks up odours from the plastic and develops a
plasticky flavour. Furthermore, virtually all plastic pieces are more
breakable than metal, so in the long run you'll probably lose the moulds to
breakage.

The only advantage I can see to plastic moulds is with the flexible ones,
where you can pop it out of the mould, eliminating any demoulding
difficulties, but this wouldn't apply to the rigid plastic ones.

Ideally, one would want a flexible, nonreactive metal mould - thin
stainless steel or perhaps tin or brass. Generally, however, it seems these
are hard to find except as antiques. I'd look for a good antique set - if
you've found some online, I'd investigate those.

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Alex Rast

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