and one didn't survive the separation! ;-) Mmmmmmmmmmm!!!! Nothing
like dark chocolate (OK, dark compound coating!) and mint!

I discovered a great thing this year too. I always try to make the
fondant a little on the soft side necessitating spreading it thin on a
plastic lined baking sheet and refrigerating it to work it into little
mint patties for dipping. I normally tear off a small cold piece of
mint fondant from the refrigerated mass, butter up my hands and
quickly form and dip it. But in the past before too long I'd have to
wash my hands, dry them good and rebutter because the mint fondant
would stick to my fingers.

But this year I had a idea! I have a box of nitrile exam gloves and I
thought "I wonder how they would work for dipping these mints?"
Answer: NO BUTTERING NEEDED, and I dipped the entire 2X mass using one
pair of gloves! Even with washing my gloved hands multiple times and
drying them off!! The gloves are not porous or hydrophilic like my
skin so drying with a dry towel was a snap and I was back to making
mint patties ASAP!!

I'm amazed every year when I learn something cool like this for my
candy making. Hope m,y hint helps someone else!

Merry Christmas!

John Kuthe...

and its posts like this one that keep me reading, i will never even be close
to what you do, and as i said elswhere, i send recipes to sister and df
hoping to get some candy back, but i am at learning inteleectually about
candymaking and i really enjoy that, Lee
"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
...
> and one didn't survive the separation! ;-) Mmmmmmmmmmm!!!! Nothing
> like dark chocolate (OK, dark compound coating!) and mint!
>
> I discovered a great thing this year too. I always try to make the
> fondant a little on the soft side necessitating spreading it thin on a
> plastic lined baking sheet and refrigerating it to work it into little
> mint patties for dipping. I normally tear off a small cold piece of
> mint fondant from the refrigerated mass, butter up my hands and
> quickly form and dip it. But in the past before too long I'd have to
> wash my hands, dry them good and rebutter because the mint fondant
> would stick to my fingers.
>
> But this year I had a idea! I have a box of nitrile exam gloves and I
> thought "I wonder how they would work for dipping these mints?"
> Answer: NO BUTTERING NEEDED, and I dipped the entire 2X mass using one
> pair of gloves! Even with washing my gloved hands multiple times and
> drying them off!! The gloves are not porous or hydrophilic like my
> skin so drying with a dry towel was a snap and I was back to making
> mint patties ASAP!!
>
> I'm amazed every year when I learn something cool like this for my
> candy making. Hope m,y hint helps someone else!
>
> Merry Christmas!
>
> John Kuthe...

On Dec 9, 12:10*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> and one didn't survive the separation! ;-) Mmmmmmmmmmm!!!! Nothing
> like dark chocolate (OK, dark compound coating!) and mint!
>
> I discovered a great thing this year too. I always try to make the
> fondant a little on the soft side necessitating spreading it thin on a
> plastic lined baking sheet and refrigerating it to work it into little
> mint patties for dipping. I normally tear off a small cold piece of
> mint fondant from the refrigerated mass, butter up my hands and
> quickly form and dip it. But in the past before too long I'd have to
> wash my hands, dry them good and rebutter because the mint fondant
> would stick to my fingers.
>
> But this year I had a idea! I have a box of nitrile exam gloves and I
> thought "I wonder how they would work for dipping these mints?"
> Answer: NO BUTTERING NEEDED, and I dipped the entire 2X mass using one
> pair of gloves!...Snippers...
> I'm amazed every year when I learn something cool like this for my
> candy making. Hope m,y hint helps someone else!
Thanks for sharing the learn. Perhaps I can find the gloves through
one of my Navy Hospital contacts. A bit less than 30 years back, the
men at the hospital aboard the USMC Base (I just retired from after
31 years there) saved me a lot of money by giving me odds and ends of
gauze and bandages, along with the ointments needed to change eldest
son's head to toe road burn damages daily for over two weeks. If they
don't have them to give, I'm sure they can point me to a resource for
buying.
....PickySoonToBeCandyMaking

On Dec 9, 10:04*pm, JeanineAlyse > wrote:
> On Dec 9, 12:10*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
>
> > and one didn't survive the separation! ;-) Mmmmmmmmmmm!!!! Nothing
> > like dark chocolate (OK, dark compound coating!) and mint!
>
> > I discovered a great thing this year too. I always try to make the
> > fondant a little on the soft side necessitating spreading it thin on a
> > plastic lined baking sheet and refrigerating it to work it into little
> > mint patties for dipping. I normally tear off a small cold piece of
> > mint fondant from the refrigerated mass, butter up my hands and
> > quickly form and dip it. But in the past before too long I'd have to
> > wash my hands, dry them good and rebutter because the mint fondant
> > would stick to my fingers.
>
> > But this year I had a idea! I have a box of nitrile exam gloves and I
> > thought "I wonder how they would work for dipping these mints?"
> > Answer: NO BUTTERING NEEDED, and I dipped the entire 2X mass using one
> > pair of gloves!...Snippers...
> > I'm amazed every year when I learn something cool like this for my
> > candy making. Hope m,y hint helps someone else!
>
> Thanks for sharing the learn. * Perhaps I can find the gloves through
> one of my Navy Hospital contacts. *A bit less than 30 years back, the
> men at the hospital aboard the USMC Base *(I just retired from after
> 31 years there) saved me a lot of money by giving me odds and ends of
> gauze and bandages, along with the ointments needed to change eldest
> son's head to toe road burn damages daily for over two weeks. *If they
> don't have them to give, I'm sure they can point me to a resource for
> buying.
> ...PickySoonToBeCandyMaking

You can buy the gloves in the drugstore dept of your grocery store!
That's where I bought some.

John Kuthe...