How wonderful my wife is.

[xiphias]

Lis asked me if I'd blogged about how awesome she is recently enough. And, well, she was right -- I haven't done so recently enough.

She bought be an iSi ThermoWhipper.

Okay, compressed nitrogen whipped cream makers, right? You've got a container, you put cream in it, you screw the top on to make a pressurized seal, you clip a little container of compressed nitrogen into the receptacle on the top, which bumps the pressure inside the container up to a few atmospheres, you squeeze the handle, and the cream comes out of the container, whipped to whipped cream instantly.

And the best of these is iSi. Which was designed to be able to handle other things besides just cream. If it's got the ability to be beaten to a froth, it'll form a foam under this treatment. Instant meringue. Or, well, lots of things. Reference your On Food and Cooking for more ideas

And THIS one? The one Lis got me? Is designed to keep cold preparations cold for hours . . . or HOT ones for hours, too. It's designed to be able to make HOT foams!

I just used it for the first time. I took about a third mango nectar, a third whole milk, and a third cream. The proportions may need work, but it foamed up correctly. Yum.

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*restrains self from finding an excuse to ask to borrow this*

And yes, your wife is awesome. :)

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Borrow? Well, you can come over and play with it, or I can go there and bring it and you can play with it. But I don't really want to let it out of my control, yet. :)

[cheshyre]

The manufacturer's recipe list, if you need ideas.

We've declared it milchig, so the foie gras foam and bone marrow foam are out.

FYI, Ian, here are entries mentioning foam on Jamie Boudreau's site: http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/?s=foam

[msmidge.livejournal.com]

My mind is boggled in a good way.

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

Ooh, hot, foamed, nacho cheese!

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Yes, it can be done. Um.

But get your own iSi to do it in, 'kay?

[gilmoure.livejournal.com]

Mashed potatoes?

[noveldevice.livejournal.com]

Cannot...stop...staring...at...icon.

Velveeta...cheesecake...

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Dunno if that has enough internal structure to foam up.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Oh man, that sounds like a WHOLE lot of fun! You're gonna post about what you turn into foam, yes?

[redknight.livejournal.com]

What? No nitrous-oxide? That takes all the fun out of it! %-)

Note: I've never tried nitrous (really), but I hear it's good stuff.

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

Off topic: Do you want to come to our gaming group this week? We meet tomorrow night around the corner from your house. We'll probably try to convene around 7:30ish though there is always a hugh ammount of leaway in the timing of things.