It Works
Our biggest technical worry so far, one of them anyway, has been if the new oven will bake the cookies evenly on the different baking sheets, from top to bottom and at the front and back of the oven. The Italian made Unox oven came out of the test quite proudly. It's very easy to work with, and it gives you 70 options to program various temperatures, baking times, moisture levels, and even in three different steps each! Don't mind the details... I'm just happy that it works so good. The only drawback is the noise it makes... sort of like the sound of the blowers that people use to blow leaves away from the fronts of their houses, on low power.
We're also at the final stages of packaging decisions. We found a company that makes an organic (bio) oil resistant film for use in food packaging, and the samples they sent us are great, although they cost a little more than other choices... but then, everything "bio" is always more expensive. Anyway, it's important because our cookies contain a good amount of butter and chocolate, and we don't want them to soak through to the outer package... which is also made of natural paper. We knew since the early days of thinking about this cookie project, that everything about the "Cabana" cookies was going to be made from all natural materials, in most cases completely bio, even the packaging... of course, other than the website, which is probably the most wonderful "man-made" thing of this century... and an all important part of CookieCabana.com
I've been thinking for a while, and I want to say a warm thank you to all of my wife's friends and work colleagues, and to the people around me, for so graciously enjoying our trial cookies these past months... it takes a lot of testing to get everything just right, which means making a lot of tasty cookies, and even a few experimental oddities. Thanks everybody for the good suggestions and for the motivation you keep giving us. This "starting a buisness from zero" venture has been quite engaging for us, and you've been a great source of energy.
We're also at the final stages of packaging decisions. We found a company that makes an organic (bio) oil resistant film for use in food packaging, and the samples they sent us are great, although they cost a little more than other choices... but then, everything "bio" is always more expensive. Anyway, it's important because our cookies contain a good amount of butter and chocolate, and we don't want them to soak through to the outer package... which is also made of natural paper. We knew since the early days of thinking about this cookie project, that everything about the "Cabana" cookies was going to be made from all natural materials, in most cases completely bio, even the packaging... of course, other than the website, which is probably the most wonderful "man-made" thing of this century... and an all important part of CookieCabana.com
I've been thinking for a while, and I want to say a warm thank you to all of my wife's friends and work colleagues, and to the people around me, for so graciously enjoying our trial cookies these past months... it takes a lot of testing to get everything just right, which means making a lot of tasty cookies, and even a few experimental oddities. Thanks everybody for the good suggestions and for the motivation you keep giving us. This "starting a buisness from zero" venture has been quite engaging for us, and you've been a great source of energy.
albaloo - 18. Feb, 08:37
