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Nothing like engineers pissing all over your attempts to actually accomplish a task!
 
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Tuco_sl said:
The flann I make is the best flann I've ever had.

edit: nm it's spelled flan. I was conflating it withhttp://www.cs.ubc.ca/research/flann/

None the less it's still the best!
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Serious now: how much flan have you had? I've had it once and it was disgusting. I read a recipe of it and I think to myself "I want that!", especially since I've had other cooked custards. But it honestly doesn't turn up much(restaurant menus, parties, gatherings, etc) and I make enough kickass fattening deserts as it is. I think the one I had overcooked the custard, it was too thick.

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It's okay Tuco, your good looks and golden voice make this kinda shit okay.

As a side note, what's the technical term for a Food Engineer? Gastronomer?
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Chefs?
 
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Yeah Chefs would be the closest profession, but they have different responsibilities than an engineer. Engineers are often only responsible for the design of one or a few products, where as a chef is usually responsible for building/updating/tweaking a menu, handling hiring/firing/payroll, cooking standards and general kitchen maintenance etc.

But the building of a particular recipe? That can get extremely technical.

Deathwing, I've had very few flans! Maybe 4 not including mine! hahaha. Everytime I eat it at a restaurant it's weird and gross, like the restaurant doesn't make enough effort to cook it properly evenly. I rarely order it unless the restaurant is known for flan.

What I'm currently trying to perfect is avoiding this coagulated look:
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And to make it perfect ex:
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I don't know if there's a balance in the mixture that allows for the perfect look, but changes the consistency to be less desirable (So it tastes like egg jello instead of flan).
 
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Ive had some good flan before. My aunt makes the shit yearly for Christmas. Good stuff. Ive even made it before. But its not something that I would have a craving for out of the blue. Like you said, many better desserts to be made.
 
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Deathwing_sl said:
The URL for that top pic makes me think someone was proud of that result.


Soy...it's desert.
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The thing is, I think that's how it's supposed to be made in a lot of communities. Thousands of abuelitas across the globe probably make it just like that, and if it came out like the second pic they'd think something was wrong. Personally I think it looks gross as fuck.
 
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The thing is, I think that's how it's supposed to be made in a lot of communities. Thousands of abuelitas across the globe probably make it just like that, and if it came out like the second pic they'd think something was wrong. Personally I think it looks gross as fuck.
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Not every grandmother is a good cook.
 
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The thing is, I think that's how it's supposed to be made in a lot of communities. Thousands of abuelitas across the globe probably make it just like that, and if it came out like the second pic they'd think something was wrong. Personally I think it looks gross as fuck.
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Tuco_sl said:
The thing is, I think that's how it's supposed to be made in a lot of communities. Thousands of abuelitas across the globe probably make it just like that, and if it came out like the second pic they'd think something was wrong. Personally I think it looks gross as fuck.
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I'd say 90% of the flan I've had was at a Mexican restaurante'. Some good, some not so good.

And yeah, Deathwing, sometimes it's pretty eggy.
 
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Real Pyrex can easily have water boiled in it on the stovetop. It is made out of borosilicate, which specifically expands/contracts very little with temperature changes of any kind. You can broil in it even. But the EPA limited boron emissions in the late 80s/early 90s which is a byproduct of making borosilicate. So World Kitchen licensed the name from Pyrex for sales in North America and replaced it with lime soda glass products. Which all say "Not for broiler or stovetop" on them. If you have Pyrex that doesn't say that, congratulations, you have real Pyrex. I always look for it at thrift stores, estate sales, etc. If you live in Europe, no problem, you can just go buy the real stuff new.
 
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The Master_sl said:
Real Pyrex can easily have water boiled in it on the stovetop. It is made out of borosilicate, which specifically expands/contracts very little with temperature changes of any kind. You can broil in it even. But the EPA limited boron emissions in the late 80s/early 90s which is a byproduct of making borosilicate. So World Kitchen licensed the name from Pyrex for sales in North America and replaced it with lime soda glass products. Which all say "Not for broiler or stovetop" on them. If you have Pyrex that doesn't say that, congratulations, you have real Pyrex. I always look for it at thrift stores, estate sales, etc. If you live in Europe, no problem, you can just go buy the real stuff new.
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Yeah, I have some real pyrex and I use it in the broiler all the time.
 
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The Master_sl said:
Real Pyrex can easily have water boiled in it on the stovetop. It is made out of borosilicate, which specifically expands/contracts very little with temperature changes of any kind. You can broil in it even. But the EPA limited boron emissions in the late 80s/early 90s which is a byproduct of making borosilicate. So World Kitchen licensed the name from Pyrex for sales in North America and replaced it with lime soda glass products. Which all say "Not for broiler or stovetop" on them. If you have Pyrex that doesn't say that, congratulations, you have real Pyrex. I always look for it at thrift stores, estate sales, etc. If you live in Europe, no problem, you can just go buy the real stuff new.
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Hmm, I do have a couple dishes to replace, I'll have to see if I can't find some stuff at thrift stores... But how do you tell it's borosilicate?

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Amazon.com: Arc International Arcuisine Borosilicate Rectangular Roaster - 13.75 Diningc
Amazon.com: Marinex 2-1/3-Quart Rectangular Baking Dish, Gift-Boxed: Pyrex Rectangular Dish: Kitchen Dining
 
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Awww fook ya. Nice roasters mang.

(Thinking of ordering some myself and throwing away the crap I have now, which I didn't know was crap!)
 
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What I did was boneheaded and foolish, but I saw a bunch of videos of people claiming they just reached for their pyrex dish after not using it for days and kerplow it blew up. Found a ton of videos of people just baking their shit in the oven and it blowing up. Makes me pretty nervous given I had shards of glass embedded into my drywall and skin.
 
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