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Title: Grinding
Post by: Meegles 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
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: judydawn on January 22, 2013, 10:24:21 pm: Check this (http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=10808.0;prev_next=prev) out Meegles.
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: goldfish 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!
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: DizzyGirl on January 22, 2013, 11:03:35 pm: JD that link took me to chick peas.
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: judydawn 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?
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: goldfish 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 :)
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: judydawn 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.
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: goldfish 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!?
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: judydawn on January 22, 2013, 11:15:44 pm: Better go back to your pc then GF, your iPhone is playing silly buggars :D
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: goldfish 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 . .
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: DizzyGirl on January 22, 2013, 11:20:16 pm: Yep I am on iPad lol
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: goldfish on January 22, 2013, 11:22:00 pm: Ahhh . . such is progress and sophisticated technology!!! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: goldfish 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 ??? ???
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: cookie1 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.
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: EmeraldSue 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.
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: Meegles on January 23, 2013, 02:05:19 am: Thank you very much for that assistance! I was about to go out and buy icing sugar but will have a go at this, do you think the same principle works for nuts?
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: goldfish on January 23, 2013, 02:09:48 am: Not sure Meegles... You could try and see.. Theoretically I would say yes but not sure about the reality!
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: Meegles on January 23, 2013, 07:44:01 am: I grind, I cool, I grind, I cool, over and over, much better result but still slightly grainy... 😥
Title: Re: Grinding
Post by: goldfish on January 23, 2013, 07:58:10 am: It could be that commercial icing sugar has the benefit of different machinery (not to mention additives) ... Can't be sure though ...