Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP flan is a yummy mexican style pudding that is not even served in the pan it is made in, so I have no idea why you'd need a fancy pan. (It "sets" in one pan, and then you turn it out on a plate to serve, so you get the yummy carmel sauce that has gathered on the bottom. You've had upside down cake? Flan is upside down pudding.) That said, I'm sure it would set just fine in a fancy dish, but you wouldn't serve it in that, so why?
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove It tastes like custard, right? MMM, I love custard with nutmeg sprinkled on top....*sigh*
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Mmmmmm....we should have a moment of silence for both custard and flan....
Originally Posted By smedley Strike another one for the UKisms.. What you call flan, we call creme caramel.. Think more like a sweet quiche..
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove A quiche by any other name wouldn't be quite as sweet.....mmmmm, creme caramel. I am in love, forsooth.
Originally Posted By Tinkerbell819 Smed, I still have some wedding gifts in their original boxes, too! It's been 25 years...maybe they're worth something now...they may be considered antiques.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove <---Et tu, Tink819? (making mental note to give up and die once she goes home)
Originally Posted By smedley Poor STiL! I still love ya hunny bun Ok so I also have an electric steamer in the cupboard I think I've used once..
Originally Posted By MOLLYSMOM Flan sounds divine...special pan or not. It appears that we need to have an LP Swap Meet...that might be a fun activity for the International Meet.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling <,.that might be a fun activity for the International Meet.>> I'm not so sure some of that stuff is gonna make it through airline security! LOL. Maybe we could all just take pictures of our stuff, slap it on a deck of cards at the Kodak website and make it the Unofficial Official LP Deck of Cards. lol.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP In my kitchen I have exactly 3 drawers, one had all the flatware, including knives, and one has all the clothes. That leaves one more for everything else: measureing cups, serving spoons, chopper thinger dinger, and so on. Yesterday I cleaned out my "other" drawer and moved the following things to a cupboard I can't get to easily. (I didn't actually go so far as to get rid of them--don't go crazy) Pie weights Cheesecloths special strainer for canning baster
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 Last year I bought a DeLonghi Deep Fryer ... it's still in the box. Anyone want to come over and have Tempura???
Originally Posted By LadyKluck Mrs ElderP what the heck is a pie weight? I think I have an idea but what the....
Originally Posted By Disneyland55 Oooooh, DLfan8! Bring that deep fryer with you when you come to do my yardwork! Tempura sounds delightful right now.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP Pie weights are little ceramic bb shaped thing. When you bake an empty pie crust, for example you are baking a crust for a cream pie--the crust needs to be baked, but the filling doesn't, these little ceramic bbs go in the bottom of the crust. They keep the crust from "bubbling" up, and help it bake more evenly. I don't bake a whole lot of pies, much less empty pie crusts, but there you go, I have them if I need them!
Originally Posted By LadyKluck OK that's what I thought they were but for some reason I just had this little scale in my head where you have the pie on one side and the little weights on the other side to see how much the pie weighs!! LOL!
