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"jake" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Pandora wrote:
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>> "Judith Umbria" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>>>>>>I must try your recipe because when I make panna cotta it is always
>>>>>>too liquid .
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>>>Where can you get powdered gelatin here, Pandora? All I can find are
>>>sheets and they don't translate to recipes that use powdered.
>>>

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>> Judith! I have seen Guido's recipe. He speaks of *unflovoured* gelatin.
>> Not * powered* gelatin.
>> WhY did you think it was powdered?
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>> cheers
>> Pandora

> Pandora, since Judith isn't around, I'll answer this: the recipe calls for
> teaspoons of gelatin, which implies it isn't sheets (or cubes). Also, in
> American cooking, powdered gelatin is often mentioned (but I've never seen
> sheets mentioned). So I think if we were to know the weight of a teaspoon
> an powdered gelatin, we could then weigh European sheets and compare


Oh! I understand.

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> I'd weigh sheet,s but don't have any gelatin around. Although I've been
> wanting to do a quark torte, for which I'd use it. You know, using those
> polenta cookies for a bottom (crushed and mixed with melted butter)


Best thing is ask to Guido for gelatine.
I think a quark torte with polenta cookies is a great idea. Tell me when you
will make it.
cheers
Pandora