Finally managed the hand rolled croissants!

[Willy Lee]

After many tries and failures.... with some great advice from my old pastry teacher (Jeff Yankelow, who leaves tomorrow for the Coup du Monde de Boulangerie!!)

This week- I bought a sheeter on eBay. We drive up to MN this weekend to fetch it. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Just so you know- we are in the process of rehabbing a 100+ year old building in our historic downtown to open an artisna bakery/cafe. So the sheeter ain't just for fun out back (we currently do all our baking in a converted shed).

Life is good! (until I read GD...)



My Baby!!!

[Stinky The Clown]

1. Are your ears ringing?

Are your ears ringing? :) I was **just** talking about you in a different context .... at the bottom of this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=236x7148

Congrats on your new sheeter! Huuuuge time and effort saver, to be sure. Who made it?

[Willy Lee]

2. Moline.

I was really wanting a rondo but they are big bucks, even on eBay. This was the first moline reversible I had ever seen.... but at the price we paid I think it could undergo a total rebuild and still be wirth it. Gotta love eBay!

Our other recent purchases include a 4 deck Chandley steam injected stone hearth oven (8' long- zounds!) and a 100 quart rondo spiral mixer. Both are 3-phase so we haven't had a chance to use them yet.

The spiral mixer was billed as 60 quart- imagine our surprise when we recieved it (from Arizona) and saw a bowl large enough to bathe in! I think for the volume we'll be doing it will work just fine.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=264&topic_id=136&mesg_id=192

This is the space we're working on for a bakery, hope to open June-July-ish.
(hope that works, I've never used the "link" feature)

[NMDemDist2]

3. i started my biz from ebay too, got a 12' expresso cart, machine, grinder

refer and cash register for $10K

i got a used Vitamix on ebay and I was in biz :)

I still am "on the cart" every day and the old refer and vitamix are going strong 3 years later. I replaced the espresso machine for a fully auto job (made training less of an issue) and still got $2000 for the used one off ebay last month :bounce:

such exciting news Willie, have a blast! and don't expect any free time for a while :hug: