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I Love My Thermapen Already…


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A complimentary bag of Jelly Bellies!? How sweet is that! I haven’t had them in such a long time — maybe a decade? — and this little surprise made my afternoon. Blueberry? Buttered popcorn? Bubble Gum? Apple? Eating them brings back such memories, and jelly bean eating strategies….

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2 Responses to “I Love My Thermapen Already…”

  1. brian Says:
    July 14th, 2008 at 9:51 pm

    I’ve debated getting the thermapen. I just wish it would convert on the fly to either C or F, though I know they have a lower end model that will do that. I’ve tried several digital thermometers and found most are inaccurate and I always go running back to my funky looking alchohol thermometer sitting in its cage cradled in cork bushings. Let me know how the thermapen works out.

  2. Nina Says:
    July 15th, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    The Thermapen definitely has accuracy, speed, and ease of reading the display on its side, but it’s not totally perfect. It’s meant to be held in the right hand to read it… I’m right-handed, so when I make caramel, now I have to either stir with my left hand or hold it in my left hand awkwardly bend my arm. It also automatically shuts off after a few minutes to save the battery, so I start using it when the caramel looks like it might be close to being done…. Even then, it once shut off at 246… To turn it back on, you have to close it and open it again, which is a little unwieldy when it’s been dipped in the hot caramel and I usually wear an oven mitt when I caramelize….

    You really have to hover with it. And for my nougat, I start hand-whipping the egg whites at a certain temp of the sugar until the sugar reaches its final temp, which means that I have too few hands to use the thermapen easily for it. So, I used my analog as a guide while I whipped and did the final reading with the thermapen.

    If I could clip it on the pot and have it read continually, it’d be perfect!

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