My buddy Owen wrote up his short list of geek gifts for 2008. His list includes some pretty interesting items. I particularly liked this one:
Algin and Calcic
Algin and Calic are two additive ingredients for food that will let you do something called “Spherification” in a cooking discipline known as “Molecular Gastronomy”. The basic process is this: First, mix some calcic into a bowl of water. Then add a little algin to pureed (like watermelon) or liquid food, put some into the calcic bath using a spoon or a syringe, then quickly remove it from the bath and rinse it in clean water.
We’re all about to be inundated with the usual set of televisions, iPod accessories, and Blu-Ray players. What unique geeky gifts do you recommend this holiday season? What’s something cool but totally unexpected, like Algin and Calic, that will make for a more unique gift?
This sounds kinda neat but I’m not really a fan of molecular gastronomy…
** TickleMe Plant – It Moves **
A great green low cost gift that will make everyone smile is to grow a TickleMe Plant and watch it MOVE when Tickled! The leaves quickly fold and even the branches droop when tickled. I found this to be a great stress reliever in my office and what a conversation piece!. You may have seen the TickleMe Plant in the botanical gardens.. Now it can be grown indoors year round.
No green thumb needed. I found it on line at http://www.ticklemeplant.com
“Molecular Gastronomy”
Good Way To Impress Some One!!!
Gastronomy Is Envolving Day By Day, That´s A Reality!!! No One Can Deny It.
I Use It In the Bar!!!
“Molecular Bar” In Cocktails……..
In The Other Day……. I´ve Done Caviar Of Tonic!!!
And Gin….. Using Algin and Calcic!!!
A Diferent “Gin Tonic”!!!
Do you know where i can get a hold of these products because i’ve been looking everywhere?