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seijoed

I really want this, I want to make poblano cubes.
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Brendan_Lee_56950

How dense? I made some cool stuff this weekend with gellan that in the right ratio would probably have the same bite as a roasted pepper.

seijoed

About a 3-4mm thickness would be nice - I like that in a pepper.

Brendan_Lee_56950

Or alternatively you could impregnate slices of pepper with gelatin and then use the activa to bond them into squares. It would be like a terrine and then you could cut out the shapes you want. I think I saw Ideas in Food do this with melons.

Brendan_Lee_56950

blog.ideasinfood.com/ideas_in_food/2008/05/fruit-glue.html

This isn't the exact article I was thinking about but I am at the office so I will try and find it later for you.

seijoed

Yeah, I have read that several times, really interesting stuff, I need to get their book.

Brendan_Lee_56950

It's pretty good. Lots of good useful information in it. I look forward to whatever comes next from them though because I felt like they just scratched the surface with this first book.

Shannon_Barnes_68642

Oh, that's such a cool idea! Deconstructed chiles rellenos, cubed!

seijoed

@Shannon - yeah I think it would make a stellar presentation with a more firm roast tomato sauce - Sphere perhaps... It would just be a cube and a sphere on a plate.

Brendan_Lee_56950

Or you could encase them in a gellan gel flavored with the cheese filling that way it would hold up to the heat better as obviously gelatin will melt if your serving it hot.

seijoed

Lots of good ideas, thanks @Brendan!

Brendan_Lee_56950

The tables in volume 4 of modernist cuisine are very helpful. Made my life a lot easier when making the fluid gel for dinner last weekend. I wish i would have read a little bit more before I bought my last order from Modernist Pantry though because I doubled up on high-acyl gellan and didn't realize that it was opaque while the low-acyl is clear.

seijoed

I got the low-acyl, good point.

Brendan_Lee_56950

Luckily I was making a dairy based gel so the color didn't matter but I will have to probably buy some low-acyl too now.

susan_fox_33805

I need to work on my veggies. Last SV dish was turnips/carrots and they came out softer than intended. Still good.

Brendan_Lee_56950

What kind of veg were you cooking?

Shannon_Barnes_68642

Damn all of you. I just placed another big order on Amazon to get sodium citrate, gellan, albumin, and more. You are all enablers!!!

Brendan_Lee_56950

I have overtaken our extra bedroom closet with my mad scientist powders as my wife likes to refer to them. You'll have a blast experimenting!

Shannon_Barnes_68642

@Brendan, mad scientist powders, LOL!!! I love it!!!

Chris_Young_80640

Hot gel recommendations:

Brittle-texture:

agar 0.5% or Kelcogel F (high-acyl gellan) 0.3%

Semibrittle-texture:

agar 0.4% and locust bean gum 0.3% or Kelcogel F 0.2% and Kelcogel LT100 0.1%

Elastic-texture

Kelcogel F 0.2%, Kelcogel LT100 0.1%, xanthan gum 0.15%

or locust bean gum 0.8% and xanthan gum 0.2%

All percentages are scaled relative to the weight of the chilli puree. Blend the powders into the puree cold, bring to a simmer for a minute, then cast into a mold, chill, and cut when set.

seijoed

@Chris you rock! Hmm I only have low acyl kelgocel... (I think)...

Jack_Mayer_85396

Dang its time to get some chemicals (other than NaCl). Anyone have a recommendation for a starter set? Definitely need enough sodium citrate to do the cool "velveeta" cheeses! Thanks in advance

Mason_Perry_34060

@Jack I wouldn't get a starter kit as they are overpriced and don't yeild much in the way of chemicals. If you search amazon they have everything in small or bulk sizes, if you have Prime (which I highly reccomend) you get free 2 day shipping on most of it. I would error on the side of more rather than less as it seems that the larger quantities are not proportionatley more expensive, I made my own sodium citrate because I had citric acid on hand, but next time I will order some. I have some Willpowder stuff and it seems really good and decently priced.

seijoed

I'd say the same. And look at % ages - some bags can be small, some you want larger.

Jack_Mayer_85396

Thanks guys!

Mason_Perry_34060

No sweat, really check out amazon prime, it's pretty awesome, I'm sure I gave saved hundreds of dollars if not more.

Jack_Mayer_85396

@Mason I've been waffling on Amazon Prime for awhile, maybe its time to take the plunge ...

Mason_Perry_34060

I just ordered a backpack and sleeping pad on Friday and got it today by 11am shipping was free.... It's well worth it just for that. Not sure if you have a TV or blue ray with wifi but with prime you get access to a bunch of TV shows and movies you can stream for free. Pretty cool.

Jack_Mayer_85396

also, free Kindle books! might be time ...

Shannon_Barnes_68642

I have had prime for at least 2 years and I LOVE it, I couldn't live without it. The amount of money I save on shipping alone more than pays for the membership, and I watch a LOT of streaming content on there, like TV shows (they usually have all the previous seasons) and a lot of good movies. But the shipping is the best part of prime; sometimes I get my stuff next day, because I'm close to one of the warehouses. It's usually easier and cheaper for me to order stuff from Amazon using prime than to make a trip to the local target / walmart / home depot.

Brendan_Lee_56950

Me too. Being in the DC metro area we have some amazon warehouses nearby. One time I ordered something at 8am and it was at my door by 6pm.