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- From: milo@glacier (Milo Minderbinder)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Chocolate-covered cotton
- Message-ID: <8987@decwrl.DEC.COM>
- Date: 1 Apr 87 19:51:31 GMT
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- Organization: M&M Enterprises, Palermo, Italy
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE TRUFFLES-MILO D "22 Feb 44" 1986
- .RZ "MINDERBINDER" "Chocolate covered cotton"
- This is a recipe I invented after I had cornered the cotton market and
- couldn't get rid of the stuff.
- .PP
- While good orlon can be substituted for the cotton, the resulting product
- won't have the same flavor or texture as the real thing. Your friends will
- be able to tell that you've been skimping. Egyptian cotton works best.
- .IH "About fifty servings"
- .IG "50" "plain cotton balls"
- .PP
- OR
- .IG "3 by 6 feet" "cotton wool"
- .IG "2 lb" "bittersweet chocolate"
- [optional]
- .IG "\(12 cup" "any favorite liqueur"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- If starting from cotton wool, divide it into about 50 pieces, making sure they
- are well formed, round, and the rough edges have been worked back into the
- mass to make a smooth surface.
- .SK 2
- Melt the chocolate in a double boiler being careful not to get any water in
- the chocolate.
- .SK 3
- In batches of about ten put the balls of cotton on a fine rack or grate.
- Sprinkle with the liqueur if you're using it. [Be careful! Too much will
- overpower the other flavors.]
- .SK 4
- Slowly pour enough chocolate over each ball of cotton to coat it thoroughly,
- letting excess drip off.
- .SK 5
- Allow the chocolate coating to cool before taking the chocolate covered cotton
- from the rack.
- .NX
- Keep stored in a closed container in a cool place away from light.
- Munitions boxes work well for this.
- .PP
- As a special cold-weather treat, use wool instead of cotton.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate.
- .I Time:
- 2 hours.
- .I Precision:
- no need to measure.
- .WR
- Milo Minderbinder
- M&M Enterprises
- milo@glacier
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