"Davida Chazan - The Chocolate Lady" > wrote in
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> NOTE: My Correct Address is in my signature (just remove the spaces).
> On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:52:39 GMT, "JMF" > wrote:
>
> >I made spun sugar for the first time today. No problem with everything up
to
> >the final step: taking the strands of spun sugar hanging down and
"molding
> >them into an interesting shape." The recipes talk about making a net, or
a
> >halo, or all kinds of other cool things.
> >
> >Except when I gather up the strands, I tend to end up with a big mess.
> >
> >It occurs to me that some of you might have developed some skill with
this
> >and might have a few tips up your sleeve on how to gather up the strands
> >skillfully and make the shapes. Anybody have any ideas or recommendations
on
> >this?
> >
> Never done it myself, but there's a British cook that appears on TV
> from time to time (on BBC Prime - Ready, Steady, Cook) who is
> particularly good at doing this. One thing I saw him do is drizzle
> (very, very quickly) it over a bowl or other object to get a
> particular shape. The idea isn't to _gather_ them into the shapes,
> but rather to try to drizzle them into the shape you want to begin
> with.

That makes perfect sense to me - it's so hard to handle that it makes sense
to try to guide it directly into the shape. I'll give it a try!

John