[Artemisia] Period Sweets

[Sondra Gibson]

I know exactly what you mean.  Stirring the custard with a pancake turner
helps.  It can get into the corners of the bottom of the flat-bottom pan.  I
have also sometimes put a heavy metal trivet between the pan and the
burner...

Gefjon

> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Period Sweets
> 
> Sorry, I mis-spoke myself.  What I meant was that IF you have 
> a round-bottom pot (more accurately: hemispherical-bottom 
> pot) you need to use gas.  With electric, all the heat is 
> focused on a single spot and that is the spot that burns.  I, 
> too, have made custards with flat-bottom heavy pots.  Problem 
> is...the stuff gets down in the edges and you can't blend it 
> out, so it is inconsistent.  It's okay.  But, once you've 
> made a perfect custard, you just can't go back...
> 
> Yeah, I'm anal.  Like you guys don't know that...
> 
> Ryryd
>