{"id":82813,"date":"2018-07-13T20:28:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T09:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=82813"},"modified":"2018-08-10T19:13:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T08:13:44","slug":"giant-mm-hospital-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/giant-mm-hospital-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant m&#038;m and hospital story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=center>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_8229-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"10 kilo (22.05 pounds) m&amp;m\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-82818\" data-wp-pid=\"82818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Update:  We are home!  We got back from hospital late last night after nearly four weeks.  Technically James is still a patient of the hospital.  We have a nurse coming to our house every day to give him IV antibiotics, which he&#8217;ll need for the next month.  I was overwhelmed by the number of lovely comments last week and so many people from all over the world praying for James.  Things got a bit scary there. He went into pre-sepsis during the second surgery but I believe all the prayers helped him pull through and he is now on the mend.  So thank you for the team effort.<\/p>\n<p>Some how through the middle of all that I have a giant m&#038;m video for you. Please excuse low audio quality and glitches. I was filming just outside the hospital on my phone.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nOdY49cXTXI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The finished m&#038;m weighed in at 5kg (11.02 pounds) which surely must be a world record.<\/p>\n<h4>To make your own giant m&#038;m you will need:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Pastillage:<\/strong><br \/>\n900g (31.75 ounces) icing sugar<br \/>\n10 tablespoons water<br \/>\npinch of cream of tartar (tartaric acid)<br \/>\n2 tablespoons powdered gelatine<br \/>\n2 tablespoons glucose syrup<\/p>\n<p>cornflour or cornstarch to line the mold<\/p>\n<p>4550g (160.5 ounces) of quality milk chocolate to fill the m&#038;m<br \/>\naerosol spray can of food colouring<\/p>\n<p>contact or sticky book cover for the &#8216;m&#8217; stencil<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/m-logo.pdf\">m logo template<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two bowls that when put together make an m&#038;m shape.  Each of my bowls were 25.5cm (10.04 inches) in diameter and 4.6cm (1.81 inches) in height.<\/p>\n<p>Usually I write out all the instructions for you here.  But on this occasion I am hoping you will forgive me for not getting that done.  The video needs to be up in a few minutes.  All the instructions are in the video so watch that and thanks again for all your love and support over the last few weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n<h4 align=center>My Cookbook<\/h4>\n<p align=center>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cook-crazy-sweet-creations-cookbook-ann-reardon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hardcover-book-mockup-of-a-woman-reading-3409-el1.png\" alt=\"ann reardon crazy sweet creations cookbook\" title=\"Crazy Sweet Creations Cookbook\" style=\"opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;\" class=\"fade\" \/><\/a>\n<\/br>\nStores that sell my book listed by country:  \n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook<\/a>\n<\/br>\nAll recipe quantities in the book are in grams, ounces and cups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/giant-mm-hospital-story\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_8229-e1531470622104-150x150.jpg?wsr\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"10 kilo m&amp;m\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_8229-e1531470622104-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_8229-e1531470622104-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_8229-e1531470622104-400x397.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-wp-pid=\"82818\" \/><\/a><p>Update: We are home! We got back from hospital late last night after nearly four weeks. Technically James is still a patient of the hospital. We have a nurse coming to our house every day to give him IV antibiotics, which he&#8217;ll need for the next month. I was overwhelmed by the number of lovely comments last week and so many people from all over the world praying for James. Things got a bit scary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,912],"tags":[3069,2338,3070,2575,2491,3065,3068,3066,3067],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82813"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83716,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82813\/revisions\/83716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}