http://cooking.marcgottlieb.com/2010/02/kitchen-scale/ Pâté is chopped liver. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:13:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cooking.marcgottlieb.com/2010/02/kitchen-scale/comment-page-1/#comment-35748 Growing up with Comfort Food | Culinart Kosher Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:49:56 +0000 http://cooking.marcgottlieb.com/?p=301#comment-35748 [...] Needless to say, this means you need to have a thermometer to measure the temperature of the water. 80°C is 176°F, so sticking your fingers in the water is out of the question. I have an infrared one which is like a little gun you aim at the water. If you don’t have one, get one. In fact you should have several, including an instant read probe for meats, and a candy thermometer for sugar if you make confections in your kitchen. Your mother may not have had one in her kitchen, but she also didn’t have the Internet, either. The same goes for a kitchen scale. [...] [...] Needless to say, this means you need to have a thermometer to measure the temperature of the water. 80°C is 176°F, so sticking your fingers in the water is out of the question. I have an infrared one which is like a little gun you aim at the water. If you don’t have one, get one. In fact you should have several, including an instant read probe for meats, and a candy thermometer for sugar if you make confections in your kitchen. Your mother may not have had one in her kitchen, but she also didn’t have the Internet, either. The same goes for a kitchen scale. [...]

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