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Offline Meegles

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Grinding
« on: January 22, 2013, 10:15:01 pm »
Hi, hoping I can get some advice, please?

Yesterday I was making cakes and icing.. I bought regular white sugar to grind my own icing sugar, and kept grinding on 10 for over a minute and still I had grainy icing... I read posts where a few seconds is all that is needed.. I am expecting a powder but don't get it... Am I expecting too much? Also when I make "Nutella" or peanut butter I hope for the super smooth consistency from the shop versions, but it is always grainy...

Thanks in advance

Offline judydawn

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Re: Grinding
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2013, 10:24:21 pm »
Check this out Meegles.
« Last Edit: January 22, 2013, 11:10:34 pm by judydawn »
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Re: Grinding
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2013, 10:27:39 pm »
 ;D Just beat me to it, Judy! 

Hi Meegles - and a warm welcome to the forum! Have a good look at the link that Judy gave you - This method of grind/cool etc does work!  Good luck!

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Re: Grinding
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2013, 11:03:35 pm »
JD that link took me to chick peas.
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Re: Grinding
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2013, 11:05:48 pm »
 :D :D  Sorry GF, I'm a bit like a dog fetching a ball when I see a question that I know there is an answer to on the forum.  :-* :-*

DG, tried it again and it took me to icing sugar - GF, it worked for you didn't it?
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Re: Grinding
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2013, 11:08:51 pm »
That's really odd... When I looked at that link earlier it was fine. Just looked again and it was chick peas ???

Meegles- the idea is to grind the sugar then let cool/grind and then let cool... Repeat this around 10x so it is not gritty... This is advice from Tenina holder .. TMX author extraordinaire :)

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Re: Grinding
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2013, 11:11:42 pm »
I keep getting the icing sugar thread (topic 10808.0) but I've re-done it to see if it removes the gremlins.  That is weird GF.
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Re: Grinding
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2013, 11:14:03 pm »
Judy.. When I checked it earlier I was on the pc and it took me to the right thread ... Now on iPhone and chickpeas!?

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Re: Grinding
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2013, 11:15:44 pm »
Better go back to your pc then GF, your iPhone is playing silly buggars  :D
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Re: Grinding
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2013, 11:16:53 pm »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D  Yep, that thought had occurred to me, Judy!!   back on pc now . .

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Re: Grinding
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2013, 11:20:16 pm »
Yep I am on iPad lol
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Re: Grinding
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2013, 11:22:00 pm »
Ahhh . . such is progress and sophisticated technology!!!   ;D ;D ;D 
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Re: Grinding
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2013, 11:28:04 pm »
You're not going to believe this . . . . on both at the moment. On the PC  clicked on Judy's link and it takes you to icing sugar . . .

http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=10808.0;prev_next=prev

On the iphone, clicked on link and it's chickpeas again . .

I think this is how wars can start :o ??? ???

« Last Edit: January 23, 2013, 12:26:30 am by goldfish »

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Re: Grinding
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2013, 12:21:35 am »
After all that discussion I just had to try the link to see if I got chick peas or icing sugar. I'm on the iPad and got icing sugar  :)

Ain't technology great.
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Re: Grinding
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2013, 01:38:37 am »
How weird.
The link on my iPad in Tapatalk took me to chick peas.
The link in my iPhone in Safari took me to icing sugar.
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