Looking for a Candy Thermometer

[magpie-leah.livejournal.com]

Hi! Can any one think of a Cambridge/Somerville store that might sell candy thermometers? I've tried a few big supermarkets and they have meat thermometers but those don't go up high enough in temperature.

If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it!

Thanks!

Edited: Woo hoo! I called Tags and they say they carry them. Thanks for the suggestions all.

Now I can try my hand at these Fleur De Sel Caramels by Barefoot Contessa! :)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/fleur-de-sel-caramels-recipe/index.html

Comments

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

Tags? I'd call them and ask at any rate.

[whaler.livejournal.com]

Crate and Barrel in Harvard Square should have one if all else fails.

[misterthorn.livejournal.com]

If you mean the one on Brattle St, that closed a while ago, unfortunately. There's another C&B out Mass Ave toward Central, but I thought it was just furniture.

[whaler.livejournal.com]

oh no :(. I was going to go there for last minute mom christmas presents haha. Thanks for telling me.

Yeah the one on Mass ave is just furniture.

Why did all of the bowl and boards have to close :(

[misterthorn.livejournal.com]

I know! It's a lot harder to find kitchen stuff now. Tags is pretty much it. By the way, you may be interested in the NPR series that covered the collapse of the Bowl & Board chain:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101946050

It's kind of heartwrenching.

[whaler.livejournal.com]

thanks for sharing!

[misterthorn.livejournal.com]

Tags in Porter?

If you find yourself in a dire scrap or prefer not to buy one, I may have one you could borrow, but I won't know til I get home in a couple hours.

China Fair?

[serious-noir.livejournal.com]

Maybe China Fair has them - Mass Ave.

Re: China Fair?

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

They had them last week when I was there.

[latvianchick.livejournal.com]

Tags, definitely.

[magpie-leah.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo! I called Tags and they say they carry them. Thanks for the suggestions all.

Now I can try my hand at these Fleur De Sel Caramels by Barefoot Contessa! :)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/fleur-de-sel-caramels-recipe/index.html

[misterthorn.livejournal.com]

It would probably be a good idea to share them with everyone who helped you find a candy thermometer. ;-)

[magpie-leah.livejournal.com]

Ruh roh. I better buy more supplies! ;)

I will say, damn, these better be good because the fleur de sel was $6.00 alone.

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

i was just thinking that :)

[yagagriswold.livejournal.com]

Thanks for asking this question! I need one too!

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

if you just need it for a short span of time, you can borrow mine.

[ifotismeni]

^same here!

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

FYI, according to the comments, some of the measurements on that page are incorrect (that is, they don't match the recipe Ina actually made). The corrected recipe is here: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Fleur-de-Sel-Caramels-230778

[magpie-leah.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I'm definitely going to follow the epicurious one now. Thanks! That should save me some trouble!