[QUOTE=Saskatoonian;8394120]
Yup. I had a little more success stirring it with my hand. I also tried microwaving briefly (didn’t have a container to set it in, for one thing!). I suppose I could whir it around my little Cuisinart.[/QUOTE]
I’ve salvaged creme fraiche that separated by giving in a whir in the little Cuisinart (whisking didn’t work) so I’d try that.
[QUOTE=mvp;8404447]
Did you see that vinegar post? That’s a chemical solution. I don’t know what adding an acid would do to your mixing water and fat (and glycerine… or wax?) together. I can imagine, theoretically, what adding heat does.
Really, you should ask Peggy, Evil Chem Prof. As Janet Jackson once famously sang, “Yes, but what has (s)he done for you late-ly?”
And the Call Butet wasn’t a serious suggestion? I liked it. After all, you have applied all of the effort you have (with the fork and all), and you have tapped the collective knowledge of COTH… what else can you do? And it would be good to get the Authoritative Answer to this question.[/QUOTE] idk I was pretty serious about it. After potentially ruining a cuisinart, I would hope they’d do something about it. I don’t think a single call to butet is going to cause the capitalist commercial world to come to an end.
With respect to the Call Butet strategy:
Don’t call France (they have, uh, more serious issues to consider just right now). But you could call their North American distributor, Bevals. And Bevals has snow in all three of it’s Northeast locations. They will have seen separated Akene before, I assure you… even if board is $2K/month near their stores.
I’m partial to the New Canaan, CT store. The people in Gladstone, NJ… well, they are in Jersey and thus might just regale you with evidence of your own stupidity. The CT people will be more polite.
Call 'em up!
HK, I may have misconstrued your post as suggesting I ask them to replace it rather than how to fix it, and latter is a good idea if the Cuisinart doesn’t do it. Thanks.
But back to AS, who’s worried about my competency and equipment as well as my life. Da*ned straight I have rubber boots! Does anyone NOT?! Also from what I see in town, my wellies are now fashionable. hahahahaha!!
As for why I left it in my trailer, mmm. Yeah, well, there’s a lot of stuff in my trailer. What can I say?
BTW, Ayn Rand did a lot of speed.
At the time, Amphetamines didn’t have the really trashy rep that they do now, thanks to it’s single-wide cousin, Meth. For people like my mom (a tad younger than Rand), speed was the stuff of diet pills. Really regular people using speed for regular purposes.
But (and having once been a fan of upper-like stuff, still into caffeine in a big way), I’m here to tell you that the philosophy of the greatness of the Overman and his rational, ruthless ways goes really, really well with speed.
It is odd that someone into Atlas Shrugged would pray for the poor peons who fell victim to expensive tack cleaner and cold. Why pray for those who deserve the mediocrity they get?
In any case, I thought this thread was a great place to drop that factoid about Ayn Rand’s taste in drugs. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
Maybe sobriety was my problem choking down Ayn Rand’s books. Not sure I ever even finished The Fountainhead.
But why is anyone into AR praying at all?
(hmmm, maybe getting off topic enough that this won’t only be a trainwreck but locked? Then I’ll know I’ve arrived!)
[QUOTE=Saskatoonian;8405478]
Maybe sobriety was my problem choking down Ayn Rand’s books. Not sure I ever even finished The Fountainhead.
But why is anyone into AR praying at all?
(hmmm, maybe getting off topic enough that this won’t only be a trainwreck but locked? Then I’ll know I’ve arrived!)[/QUOTE]
je suis John Galt?
I’ve seen a lot of weird shit on these forums over the years, but this may be one of the weirdest.
4 pages about a separated leather conditioner? No, just 4 pages of nonsense, thinly veiled as a conversation about leather conditioner.
[QUOTE=Fiction;8407600]
I’ve seen a lot of weird shit on these forums over the years, but this may be one of the weirdest.
4 pages about a separated leather conditioner? No, just 4 pages of nonsense, thinly veiled as a conversation about leather conditioner.[/QUOTE]
And there’s a problem with that?
WHY is everyone so up in arms about people being up in arms, about separated leather conditioner?? It’s a REAL PROBLEM PEOPLE WE LOVE OUR TACK.
[QUOTE=Fiction;8407600]
I’ve seen a lot of weird shit on these forums over the years, but this may be one of the weirdest.
4 pages about a separated leather conditioner? No, just 4 pages of nonsense, thinly veiled as a conversation about leather conditioner.[/QUOTE]
Are you kidding me? People wanted to talk about Ayn Rand and buried that way, way underneath a real** question about tack care? If so, we are wicked smart.
**And Akene really does come unglued as the OP described.
Eh, I read the Anthem, not a fan. She just seems so preachy yet out of touch with reality.
I’ve never actually had my Akene separate, but it has gotten a little nasty before.
What is happening here???
I make vodka pie crust too. With lard. But not by the Serious Eats recipe Kenji made, the amount of fat in that is ridiculous.
I vote Cuisinart, get after it, OP.
I just dropped by because I figured 4 pages about a product I’ve never heard of was bound to teach me something and make me laugh. Thanks. I don’t have to go read some Ayn rand now do I?
[QUOTE=Jeannette, formerly ponygyrl;8410449]
I just dropped by because I figured 4 pages about a product I’ve never heard of was bound to teach me something and make me laugh. Thanks. I don’t have to go read some Ayn rand now do I?[/QUOTE]
Just to be clear: One need not read too much of Ayn Rand. Yeah, you should pick a book, pick, say, a 10 page section and read it so that you can see what all the hubbub is about. But I wouldn’t invest more time than that.
One’s time would be much better spent finding the new alternative to Murphys Oil Soap in a jar.
And as a side-note (before I learned about Rand’s speed thing): the faculty and staff at my “meh” public high school in the mid-1980s were polled about some stuff, including their favorite books. You’d be surprised how often Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead appeared on those lists… of people who had never done anything significant with their life. Rand herself probably would have been horrified that such middle-of-the-road, quiet-living people were big fans. She would have had something mean and disparaging to say about these folks, I’m sure.
[QUOTE=mvp;8410567]
Just to be clear: One need not read too much of Ayn Rand. Yeah, you should pick a book, pick, say, a 10 page section and read it so that you can see what all the hubbub is about. But I wouldn’t invest more time than that.
One’s time would be much better spent finding the new alternative to Murphys Oil Soap in a jar.
And as a side-note (before I learned about Rand’s speed thing): the faculty and staff at my “meh” public high school in the mid-1980s were polled about some stuff, including their favorite books. You’d be surprised how often Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead appeared on those lists… of people who had never done anything significant with their life. Rand herself probably would have been horrified that such middle-of-the-road, quiet-living people were big fans. She would have had something mean and disparaging to say about these folks, I’m sure.[/QUOTE]
Hmm, I think public high school teachers are some of the most radical, make-the-change people in a community. Of course, maybe I’m biased because I am one. 
I am definitely not a Rand fan though.
However, I am not a chemistry teacher, so I have no advice on the separation of emulsions.
[QUOTE=achcosuva;8410721]
Hmm, I think public high school teachers are some of the most radical, make-the-change people in a community. Of course, maybe I’m biased because I am one. I am definitely not a Rand fan though.
However, I am not a chemistry teacher, so I have no advice on the separation of emulsions.[/QUOTE]
I’m not here to diss high school teachers, either. But you must admit that these guys aren’t changing the world in the way that Rand’s Ubermenschen characters do. No pissed-off architects, for example.
Test results: Fail. I tried the Cuisinart and then the blender. Fail, fail, fail. On the positive side, the kitchen smells like a tack room. On the negative, I can’t bring myself to put the tools in the dishwasher til I’ve used the stuff stuck to the sides, so guess my tack will get a little conditioning sooner rather than later.
thanks for all the ideas!
Jesus. How is that possible? Chemical bonds are like cats in a bad marriage. Ain’t no way if they don’t want to re-join. Bring what you got. Can’t make 'em.
You need a lettered chemist or Bevals… some big guns. Personally, I’d like the former. It would be educational and a great COTH coup if someone posting on a random horse bulletin board also had some professional expertise that let us solve this problem.
Maybe you need heat AND mechanical mixing at the same time.
[QUOTE=mvp;8410946]
I’m not here to diss high school teachers, either. But you must admit that these guys aren’t changing the world in the way that Rand’s Ubermenschen characters do. No pissed-off architects, for example.[/QUOTE]
I teach high school. Maybe if my face consisted of “angular planes” I’d be more influential.
OP, if you set up a GoFundMe page I’ll contribute towards a new jar of Akene.
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