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When II went to start the candy making for the holidays I discovered
that my candy bars had gone awol. Since I don't use them but once or twice a year I am boggled. Tore the freaking kitchen apart looking for them and they still are not there. If they don't magically reappear I will need to replace them. All the local shops where I might have been able to get some have closed. Nowhere in websearches have I found anything close. Surely there must be somplace to get such a basic candymaking tool. The ones I can't find are ceramic coated steel. I don't want plain steel if I can avoid it, but if I can't find something in coated or stainless I may have to get one of the guys at the engine plant to cut me some. They are just heavy bars that you set up and pour candy between, or use to keep the candy from running off the edge of the slab. Anybody got a clue? NightMist -- "To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains." -Mary Pettibone Poole |
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Have you called the local restaurant supply houses? Even if they don't have
it, they might point you in the right direction. I did find stainless online: http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/ca...dcndy.htm#tool , about a quarter of the way down the page. -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply "NightMist" wrote in message ... When II went to start the candy making for the holidays I discovered that my candy bars had gone awol. Since I don't use them but once or twice a year I am boggled. Tore the freaking kitchen apart looking for them and they still are not there. If they don't magically reappear I will need to replace them. All the local shops where I might have been able to get some have closed. Nowhere in websearches have I found anything close. Surely there must be somplace to get such a basic candymaking tool. The ones I can't find are ceramic coated steel. I don't want plain steel if I can avoid it, but if I can't find something in coated or stainless I may have to get one of the guys at the engine plant to cut me some. They are just heavy bars that you set up and pour candy between, or use to keep the candy from running off the edge of the slab. Anybody got a clue? NightMist -- "To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains." -Mary Pettibone Poole |
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"Jan" wrote in message . 125.201... I know this is a site that Wendy gave me a couple of years ago when I was attempting candy making http://www.candylandcrafts.com/index.htm maybe they might have something that fits your needs.... Great minds and all that. -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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Here are some links I have:
http://www.chocosphere.com/ (more chocolate than you can shake a stick at) http://www.sugarcraft.com/ (some basic tools/supplies) http://www.candylandcrafts.com/index.htm (lots of molds, some basic info and good quality colored "chocolate") http://tcbsupply.com/ (I have this link, but dont' remember anything about the site) http://dilettante.com/default.aspx (this one's just for drooling over) http://www.cybercakes.com/new_products.html (another one I don't remember anything about) http://www.sweetc.com/sweetc.htm (limited tools/supplies, but a large variety of Peter's chocolate) -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm un-STUFF email address to reply "NightMist" wrote in message ... When II went to start the candy making for the holidays I discovered that my candy bars had gone awol. Since I don't use them but once or twice a year I am boggled. Tore the freaking kitchen apart looking for them and they still are not there. If they don't magically reappear I will need to replace them. All the local shops where I might have been able to get some have closed. Nowhere in websearches have I found anything close. Surely there must be somplace to get such a basic candymaking tool. The ones I can't find are ceramic coated steel. I don't want plain steel if I can avoid it, but if I can't find something in coated or stainless I may have to get one of the guys at the engine plant to cut me some. They are just heavy bars that you set up and pour candy between, or use to keep the candy from running off the edge of the slab. Anybody got a clue? NightMist -- "To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains." -Mary Pettibone Poole |
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Ok, I just re-read your note. I don't remember seeing anything like that on
those links. You can try asking about it over at rec.food.chocolate. They prefer bottom-posting, trimming of replies, all the basic usenet stuff, and can be quite.... um.... uppity. Yeah, let's use that word. They get kind of pi**y when one uses the term "truffle" to refer to something other than thick ganache, hand-formed and rolled in cocoa. And the pretty colored confection stuff all the fun candies are made from? Better not call it "chocolate"!! You're a big girl - you can handle it. Some of the members are very knowledgeable. -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm un-STUFF email address to reply "NightMist" wrote in message ... When II went to start the candy making for the holidays I discovered that my candy bars had gone awol. Since I don't use them but once or twice a year I am boggled. Tore the freaking kitchen apart looking for them and they still are not there. If they don't magically reappear I will need to replace them. All the local shops where I might have been able to get some have closed. Nowhere in websearches have I found anything close. Surely there must be somplace to get such a basic candymaking tool. The ones I can't find are ceramic coated steel. I don't want plain steel if I can avoid it, but if I can't find something in coated or stainless I may have to get one of the guys at the engine plant to cut me some. They are just heavy bars that you set up and pour candy between, or use to keep the candy from running off the edge of the slab. Anybody got a clue? NightMist -- "To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains." -Mary Pettibone Poole |
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*looks at the price and faints dead away" NightMist On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:02:08 GMT, "Kathy Applebaum" wrote: Have you called the local restaurant supply houses? Even if they don't have it, they might point you in the right direction. I did find stainless online: http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/ca...dcndy.htm#tool , about a quarter of the way down the page. -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply "NightMist" wrote in message ... When II went to start the candy making for the holidays I discovered that my candy bars had gone awol. Since I don't use them but once or twice a year I am boggled. Tore the freaking kitchen apart looking for them and they still are not there. If they don't magically reappear I will need to replace them. All the local shops where I might have been able to get some have closed. Nowhere in websearches have I found anything close. Surely there must be somplace to get such a basic candymaking tool. The ones I can't find are ceramic coated steel. I don't want plain steel if I can avoid it, but if I can't find something in coated or stainless I may have to get one of the guys at the engine plant to cut me some. They are just heavy bars that you set up and pour candy between, or use to keep the candy from running off the edge of the slab. Anybody got a clue? NightMist -- "To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains." -Mary Pettibone Poole -- "To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains." -Mary Pettibone Poole |
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How nice of you to give a warning. A simple question answered by unfriendly
or nasty replies can certainly ruin one's day. Sounds like a pretty exclusive "club" or chocoholics. I suppose that nomenclature would ruffle their feathers too. Might be fun to pop over and lurk, however. KJ "frood" wrote in message ... Ok, I just re-read your note. I don't remember seeing anything like that on those links. You can try asking about it over at rec.food.chocolate. They prefer bottom-posting, trimming of replies, all the basic usenet stuff, and can be quite.... um.... uppity. Yeah, let's use that word. They get kind of pi**y when one uses the term "truffle" to refer to something other than thick ganache, hand-formed and rolled in cocoa. And the pretty colored confection stuff all the fun candies are made from? Better not call it "chocolate"!! You're a big girl - you can handle it. Some of the members are very knowledgeable. -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm un-STUFF email address to reply "NightMist" wrote in message ... When II went to start the candy making for the holidays I discovered that my candy bars had gone awol. Since I don't use them but once or twice a year I am boggled. Tore the freaking kitchen apart looking for them and they still are not there. If they don't magically reappear I will need to replace them. All the local shops where I might have been able to get some have closed. Nowhere in websearches have I found anything close. Surely there must be somplace to get such a basic candymaking tool. The ones I can't find are ceramic coated steel. I don't want plain steel if I can avoid it, but if I can't find something in coated or stainless I may have to get one of the guys at the engine plant to cut me some. They are just heavy bars that you set up and pour candy between, or use to keep the candy from running off the edge of the slab. Anybody got a clue? NightMist -- "To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains." -Mary Pettibone Poole |
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I don't have them. But I will commiserate with you....that's the kind of
thing that happens to me far too frequently. I had no idea there even was such a thing, but I'm sure they're very handy when needed. I'll keep my fingers crossed they magically return to their designated spot. Could they have gotten pushed to the back of a shelf and fallen down behind the cabinets or some such event? As my very "clever" DH says, "it's always in the last place you look." Duh! KJ "NightMist" wrote in message ... When II went to start the candy making for the holidays I discovered that my candy bars had gone awol. Since I don't use them but once or twice a year I am boggled. Tore the freaking kitchen apart looking for them and they still are not there. If they don't magically reappear I will need to replace them. All the local shops where I might have been able to get some have closed. Nowhere in websearches have I found anything close. Surely there must be somplace to get such a basic candymaking tool. The ones I can't find are ceramic coated steel. I don't want plain steel if I can avoid it, but if I can't find something in coated or stainless I may have to get one of the guys at the engine plant to cut me some. They are just heavy bars that you set up and pour candy between, or use to keep the candy from running off the edge of the slab. Anybody got a clue? NightMist -- "To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains." -Mary Pettibone Poole |
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My pan of Christmas Crack is about 3/4 gone. The relatives kept my busy
refilling the candy dish yesterday! Your fudge sounds yummy. I think I caught an Alton Brown show last week on a sleepless night when he was making.....geez, what was it??? I think it was Christmas cookies. I remember thinking several times, "That's a good idea, I'll have to try that." I guess I was sleepier than I thought, because I have no idea what those great ideas were! Maybe I'll catch a rerun sometime when I'm fully awake. KJ "Jan" wrote in message . 125.201... "Kathy Applebaum" wrote in om: Great minds and all that. :-) I seriously think Wendy was up for some sort of humanitarian award that year, but I did manage to pull off some simple candy lol... enough to fool a youngster..... and today my fudge came out nicely...Alton Brown's recipw with Shcaffenberger choc .. my compromise to KJ's recipe.... that I'm still drooling over :-) Jan |
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Maybe you've been looking in the wrong place! If I had a small
boy at home, I'd be looking into his 'treasures!' Those bars sound useful for pattern weights, so perhaps they are 'on loa' to the sewing basket. Don't' forget to tie a towel to the table leg. It hasn't worked for me yet, but others say it is sure fire trick. PAT NightMist wrote: When II went to start the candy making for the holidays I discovered that my candy bars had gone awol. Since I don't use them but once or twice a year I am boggled. Tore the freaking kitchen apart looking for them and they still are not there. If they don't magically reappear I will need to replace them. All the local shops where I might have been able to get some have closed. Nowhere in websearches have I found anything close. Surely there must be somplace to get such a basic candymaking tool. The ones I can't find are ceramic coated steel. I don't want plain steel if I can avoid it, but if I can't find something in coated or stainless I may have to get one of the guys at the engine plant to cut me some. They are just heavy bars that you set up and pour candy between, or use to keep the candy from running off the edge of the slab. Anybody got a clue? NightMist |
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