I want to make eclairs but I don't have a pastry bag. Would

snip a corner off of a ziploc bag or something, you're not going to squeeze much filling out of a baster unless you can improvise a plunger

You can cut them open lengthwise and fill them using a spoon. The pastry cream will help "glue" it back together.

>>8765430
It could work but I think you'll have better luck using a normal plastic bag with one corner cut off.

>>8765437
I'm afraid that it won't be stiff enough to get it inside the eclair and I'd just end up blowing my cream all over the outside.

>>8765449

Use a solid object like a chopstick, butter knife, the handle of a spoon, etc, to make a hollow channel first. Then fill.

>>8765449
In what way is a pastry bag stiff?

>>8765475
The tip.

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>>8765495
Those are for piping icing ya dingus.
You don't need them for a cream filling.

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>>8765449
>I'm afraid that it won't be stiff enough to get it inside the eclair and I'd just end up blowing my cream all over the outside

>>8765430
buy a pastry bag then.

or just get a set of tips, then do this >>8765437 and put the tip inside the snipped-off corner of the bag before filling it up.

>>8765503
>piping icing

That's just one of many uses for a pastry bag. They're also used to fill hollow foods like eclairs or profiteroles, to dispense butter or mashed potatoes in a decorative fashion, etc. I've even seen them used to stuff sausages (assuming you're making only a small amount, of course).

>>8765514
You're an idiot. He's talking specifically about the piping tips.

>>8765449
Some prefer that

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>>8765522

Yes. I know it might damage your pathetic little brain, but those same tips can be used for other purposes too.

>>8765522
Yeah... and you use tips for those things. Tips are not just for icing.

>>8765430
>Would filling them with a turkey baster work?
People use turkey basters for all kinds of things.

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>>8765522

Here we go with mashed potatoes. Where is your god now?

>>8765539
That's not relevant at all.
He thought he needed piping tips to fill a pastry, which he doesn't.

>>8765546
>>He thought he needed piping tips to fill a pastry, which he doesn't.

I'm well aware. That's why I told him to just cut the corner off a plain plastic bag.

But it's absurd to assert that the only use for tips is for icing. While I agree it's not required, it is certainly common to use a hard tip on a pastry bag to fill various pastries.

>>8765430
Just get a fucking bag. A simple tip with a single round opening and one or two disposable piping bags from a bulk food store will probably set you back less than the ingredients you need to make eclairs and take zero skill to use. I avoided anything that called for a bag for years until I realized this

Do you not have a marinade syringe?

>>8765449
You don't have to worry about plan b if that happens.

This thread is lewd.

>>8765720
That's a secret people don't want you to know: baking is lewd.

>>8765609
He wants to fill eclairs not marinate them you retard.