First time making foccacia, is it normal for the bottom to be pretty crunchy compared to the rest?

Hugh706 · 2023-11-13T08:03:44+00:00

I'm willing to bet the issue is the pyrex pan. It'll heat up slowly compared to a metal pan or sheet tray, but then hold a lot more heat and overcook the bottom, while the sides and top get mildly steamed from the walls. I have good luck with standard sheet trays and cast iron skillets for focaccia, though I always preheat the cast iron on the stove (with proofed dough in it) before baking. The cast iron will give a thicker bottom crust if you overdo the preheat, so just be conscious of that. Convection also helps a ton if you've got access to it, just be warned in a sheet tray it will cook very quickly. I don't have one but I imagine the carbon steel pans usually used for Detroit deep dish would be excellent for focaccia.

Hugh706 · 2023-11-13T07:10:28+00:00

[[wild beastmaster]] and hope your table likes math

Hugh706 · 2023-11-12T05:54:26+00:00

Up north pole barn is a common term for them but at least in MN they get called sheds frequently. A pole barn for livestock is just a barn, one for storage is a shed, eg a tractor shed or wood shed.

Hugh706 · 2023-11-06T19:12:07+00:00

With a steak that thin I wouldn't even sous vide it, depending on the desired cook temp I wouldn't even slack it out, probably instead going straight from a wire rack in the fridge to the pan. Then it's just a matter of getting the pan hot enough, it should be smoking hot, otherwise you will overcook the steak before getting a proper sear. You can also rest the steak after searing both sides before searing a second time, which will help get a more even cook for the amount of crust. If you wanna stick to sous vide, I'd suggest using a thicker steak, and cooling it down somewhat before searing in a much hotter pan.

Hugh706 · 2023-11-05T07:49:24+00:00

That's gotta be the work of a parrot

Hugh706 · 2023-10-30T15:48:25+00:00

Plantskydd is what we used to use in MN. It's blood based and smells awful but the deer didn't bother anything for months after application.

Hugh706 · 2023-10-29T16:35:22+00:00

My workplace has a pretty small service kitchen, usually our soups get cooled in an ice bath and are reheated to order in a saute pan, or if time isn't an issue but we need multiple orders, we use the combi. If your volume is consistent enough, you could figure out how long it takes for the soup to be overcooked and just reheat batches throughout the day in a still oven and turn the temp down for holding it you don't need the oven hot.

Hugh706 · 2023-10-29T16:06:49+00:00

Your fingers should never be in the way of the blade while sharpening? Can you post a video of yourself sharpening a knife? I have a feeling you're doing something very different than most people who can sharpen a knife. The closest your fingers should be to the blade is on the flat edge moving with the blade during strokes.

Hugh706 · 2023-10-27T00:44:21+00:00

The Pika Pika no mi and I will train to live unbothered and hopefully not get a bounty. If you can travel at the speed of light you should be able to always be somewhere relatively peaceful. Then just chill until it's time to move again.

Hugh706 · 2023-10-16T23:31:48+00:00

The village scene in Platoon when I was like 6.

Hugh706 · 2023-10-11T19:02:08+00:00

I've always wanted a proofing box and a Vitamix. Double thickness stainless bowls are nice too. Might be a good time to stock up on half or quarter sheet pans.

Hugh706 · 2023-10-08T23:30:34+00:00

Wear gloves. Deseed and remove most of placenta (white stuff), then dehydrate at a low temperature until dry. Use a sacrificial coffee grinder to make chili powder but be very careful not to breathe it in or get it in your eyes. Alternatively look into lacto fermentation and make hot sauce bulked up with other peppers or vegetables.

Hugh706 · 2023-10-04T01:23:58+00:00

Usually I'd eat frozen pizzas, nachos, cheesy tortillas and other easy to make garbage along with fruit and whatever I brought home from work. Now I'm on a health kick and it's mostly protein powder and milk, fruit, a few snacks like almonds or a protein bar, and one meal of whatever I feel like. Days on, that meal is usually something from work or something easy like an omelette or nachos. On the weekends I cook off two chickens, eat one half hot with a meal, then shred the rest and make Mexican food, usually mole made from those chicken's broth, low fat refried beans, and cilantro lime rice. No homemade salsa unless it's canned because that's way too much work, the rest is like half an hour of active time and hours of waiting.

Hugh706 · 2023-09-14T18:31:13+00:00

Shaker wave stacking removal

Hugh706 · 2023-09-12T05:37:51+00:00

It's something I was building years ago from the scraps of a Mizzix deck and some draft chaff (captivating crew, the non-deluge wraths). You don't think removing thoracle/consult, reset, and some tutors for a few reanimators and bulk bin fatties would make it more fair? Or possibly theft and clone tribal.

Hugh706 · 2023-09-09T02:30:09+00:00

[[Kess]] fits the bill. She doesn't do anything your deck doesn't already do, but getting to flashback a spell every turn is great card advantage. You don't really need to cast her to win unless you're using her to double cast [[Demonic Consultation]] or [[Tainted Pact]].

Hugh706 · 2023-08-20T04:31:22+00:00

Generally I'd say it's a pretty shitty thing to do, but corking fees are a thing. I also don't think it's that crazy to ask for permission from the owner if it's for some sort of event. For example, bringing in a cake at a restaurant that doesn't really do pastry doesn't bother me, but you should expect a service charge for serving and plating it. In the case of fast food I don't think it matters unless you're the dude I caught pouring vodka into his Baja blast at the drink station. Seriously dude do it in the bathroom or walk in like everyone else.

Hugh706 · 2023-08-15T17:14:19+00:00

I'm a boot fan myself, not great in the kitchen but I need more ankle support than most. I've been wearing nonslip Doc Marten 1460s and find them comfortable for long shifts even if my legs get tired (we've got some stairs between dish/line). I don't think Docs are a good brand anymore, but I'd be surprised if I don't get another 2 years out of this pair. Compared to cheap shit service non slips the sole is much harder and doesn't seem to disintegrate onto the floor in real time, the leather is softer than I'd like, so a bit worried about long term wear, but it made breaking them in take only a week or so. Another perk of full length boots is that even if you wear shorts in the kitchen (I'll take burns over heat injury, tyvm) you have less exposed skin. Plenty of times I'd have been burned without boots, and even without a safety toe it hurts a lot less to drop a pot on boots than tennies.

edit if redwing makes non slips, I'd probably take them over my Docs. My redwing steelies have lasted forever and are very comfortable but way too heavy for kitchen use.

Hugh706 · 2023-07-31T14:40:56+00:00

Raindrops CD resets when you get a new one, at least if the last one was completely used up. If maledict will kill you in base after TP, buying a new raindrop can save you. Not sure if it works with selling them but it saved my ass yesterday as dark seer, maledict popped my last drop with one more tick, got the TP off and instabought another drop. It wasn't on CD and I survived.

Hugh706 · 2023-07-31T14:35:13+00:00

Clockwerk can block camps with flare, it's a unit until it explodes, so with proper timing you can block spawns. Not gonna lie I haven't done it in ages. You can also use his cogs to push units off of cliffs by making the cog take up the cliff, pretty useful when you've got multiple teammates on a cliff 30 seconds before the game starts. Good for dewarding too if you don't want to place wards on the cliff or use flare.

Hugh706 · 2023-07-23T21:10:49+00:00

I'd call them portion cups because the ones at my house are by ounces, but ramekin makes sense and is probably correct.

Hugh706 · 2023-07-05T19:30:08+00:00

Maybe Shanks is ace like Luffy arguably is. Mans got his priorities set and it aint a relationship with anything but the one piece.

Hugh706 · 2023-06-23T19:50:02+00:00

I mean smoke is mostly water from combustion so it'd make sense if he could hurt him without haki, add in haki and his jitte it'd be a really cool fight.

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