Worst Presents or What Did I Do To Deserve This? - Page 1

I don't know what to think about getting a Molecular Gastronomy kit from my sister at Christmas.  I look at this box and all that comes to my mind is: Meth Lab.

Please, I don't want to have to get a degree to make something from whatever is in these boxes.  Help!  Who wants it?

 I had to look it up to see what the heck it was.  $60 dollars at the low end.  I guess she saw the scientist in you Bee!

Sorry Bee cant help you there, I dont drink.

Has Heston Blumenthal written any cookbooks
with cocktail recipes in ?

It isn't just drinks. Lucky me!  You are supposed to somehow have a whole meal in one of those half round cubes?   What else do I call them? I look at these instructions and never in my life did I ever think I wanted xantha gum and now I have it! And agar-agar!  Shouldn't I be growing something in a petrie dish with stuff like that? 

And my sister thought I wanted to torture myself in this bizarre way, I don't get it. No wonder she was done shopping in July. $60 bucks for some plastic tubing and a cheap set of measuring spoons? And what do I do  with that injector thing? She's got to be kidding me, must of been on half price sale in the middle of the summertime. And we all had to buy nice gifts for her family... the largest and oh, I forgot ... I got some salt to go with it... little tiny assortment bottles in different colors. That makes all the difference? 

Hundmutter: Can't help you with Heston Blumenthal, sorry about that. I know of a Dick Blumenthal and a Charleton Heston but I don't see them mixing cocktails together, really.

LOL Bee, Red Sable is not alone. I had to look that one up also.

My Sister got one a few years ago. She loves hers!

Melissa

Mel, hate to say it, but could your sister be a little perverse  ?  
LOL

Bee, not sure what to say about your sister ...

Heston hasn't hit the States yet ?  Don't worry, he will.
Avant garde Celeb Chef, does all kinds of wierd things
with minimalist food content and maximum ppa-zazzz;
frequently cooked up in test tubes and petrie dishes.
Funnily enough I know someone who ate at his main
restaurant a year or so ago, and it was actually quite a
nice meal.      ?
 Have we got a 'no accounting for taste'  smiley ?

Hundmutter, there is no one in our family who is normal. We are ok with this fact LOL

Melissa

Beetree,
Time to hit the post Christmas sales and pick up some of 
those god awful Christmas themed sweaters! They make 
great gifts you know   And don't forget the fruitcakes!
A storebought fruitcake from someplace like Walmart is a 
longterm gift, they never go bad!