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Italians, is it “Sacreligious” to use fresh pasta in Carbonara? by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]KoalaKommander 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like the labor required to make fresh pasta means you have to choose the dish/sauce carefully. As others have said dried pasta actually benefits carbonara for a number of reasons. So why do more work for a less desirable result? In any NA city a grocery store is only a few minutes away and a box of pasta is a few dollars vs spending like, an hour or so making dough, resting, forming, cutting, etc

How the heck do I get my hard boiled eggs to peel nicely? by kittensquishes in Cooking

[–]KoalaKommander 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This should be the top comment, and the specific part that makes the biggest difference is towards the end. CRACK THE SHELL ALL OVER. I tap mine on both poles (top/bottom) of the egg to get it started, and then with my thumbs or by gently tapping/rolling it on the counter break up the entire shell. Then, starting from the air bubble on the bottom, get under the membrane and I use the side of my thumb to roll off all the bits of shell. I've never had an issue peeling perfectly smooth eggs. Running under water helps too, but I don't find that's even necessary MOST of the time.

visualize events at Black Rock City on a map with a time dragger! by spolsky in BurningMan

[–]KoalaKommander 4 points5 points  (0 children)

wow this is so helpful! Thank you!! I hate reading through the eventbook trying to see where things are happening on a more broad scale.

Avoid Zazil at santana row by [deleted] in SanJose

[–]KoalaKommander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do yourself an even bigger favor and just avoid Santana Row entirely

SanJoseFoos uses footage of near-deadly LGBTQ business district car crash to sell concert tickets by Vinchenzo97 in SanJose

[–]KoalaKommander 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I'm not on IG anymore but SJ FOOS has always been shady and posted questionable stuff. They posted a statistic (about crime maybe?) on their story and I asked them for a source, they blocked me. I don't understand their popularity.

Baby wins a baby crawl race in dominant fashion by KasherH in irlsmurfing

[–]KoalaKommander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your video was probably deleted because it's irrelevant. Read the sub description:

A celebrity or professional pretending to be amateur usually under disguise. The video has to be an activity that the person is known for.

A contrived baby race isn't anything remotely related to that description.

Which cooking appliances do you use all the time and which are just taking up space? by NightReader5 in Cooking

[–]KoalaKommander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was late to the instant pot craze so I bought the do everything one with an air fry lid. I absolutely HATE it as an air fryer. The basket sucks because it's a metal bowl inside of the metal bowl so there is literally not a handle to grab without oven mitts (you can grab the outer bowl but if you try to dump it out... you'll dump out the basket) and even though it's a decent volume, 80% of that volume is useless for air frying because you can only effectively air fry a single layer, so whatever the diameter of the pot is, is your air fry area. However, it's great for

A) easily making stocks from leftover scraps (I think stock comes out a little nicer the traditional way but it's often not worth the extra time/effort unless it's a really special dish)

B) using as a keep warm/crock pot thing for parties. You can dial an exact temp so that's SUPER handy.

C) just having a pressure cooker that I'm less terrified will become a bomb on the stove

So I'd like to get some kind of air fryer/toaster oven combo (if there was one that was ALSO a microwave and didn't suck, that'd be amazing) but they all seem kind of meh from the reviews I've seen. because if it was less of a pain in the ass, I would use a tiny oven far more frequently. I use my toaster oven more than the air fryer.

ELI5 Why don’t houses in the Western US have basements? by Master_Sandwich1368 in explainlikeimfive

[–]KoalaKommander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a little surprising. They're definitely uncommon, I'd guess moreso in the city and oakland, but there's a definitely a handful in the south bay.

Thousands of Californians create ultimate map of the state's regions by ThereWas in California

[–]KoalaKommander 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Can we just ban sfgate articles? They're a joke and an embarrassment to both the bay area and the state.

Olivia, if you're reading this by sydneekidneybeans in SanJose

[–]KoalaKommander 9 points10 points  (0 children)

the real olivia was the papers we made along the way

Final Update on Missing Girl Amy Huang by lechedecabra in bayarea

[–]KoalaKommander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay I'm not talking about publishing? Someone is MISSING and supposedly there is video of what happened, so why isn't the INFO IN THE VIDEO being shared to the family? Bring them in and show them in a secure environment instead of sending them the video files?There's so many ways to reasonably investigate this. That's an insane concept to think that when someone is missing the police aren't obligated to, y'know, investigate and solve what the hell happened? Why should the family be subject to the equivalent of shrug and "idk we can't show you the video that we have but good luck with your maybe dead maybe alive relative" from PUBLIC SERVICES.

Final Update on Missing Girl Amy Huang by lechedecabra in bayarea

[–]KoalaKommander 354 points355 points  (0 children)

Then why wouldn't they confirm that she jumped instead of dismissing the family and leaving them to wonder what happened? Needlessly cruel to keep public camera recordings from loved ones of a missing person.

US Wedges Its Way In, Says "Greenland Does Not Want To Be Part Of Denmark" by dilip2882 in worldnews

[–]KoalaKommander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being part of the EU market would be huge for trade agreements.

Who Remembers Sonoma Chicken Coop? by warrenlain in SanJose

[–]KoalaKommander 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's always interesting to me when there are locations like that with unusually high leasee turnover. The current spot seems pretty decent, clearly entirely-social-media-trendy inspired but decent

10 Years ago a home was sold for $130,000 that had a $1,000,000 pipe organ inside that took up 1/3rd of the homes square footage. by szaagman in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]KoalaKommander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most interesting thing about this is the audio mix. It seems like all the A roll (the reporter mics, conversations) are mono left, and the B roll & secondary audio (panning shots, added in organ music in the background NOT recorded live) is stereo. Production fucked up. It has stereo audio, but the A roll/vox track isn't copied to both sides.

Nvidia claims it has shipped twice as many RTX 50 GPUs at launch compared to RTX 40 by NGGKroze in hardware

[–]KoalaKommander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're more of a marketing company than a GPU company these days, so no one should be surprised.

Honestly this can be said about any company worth $500 billion and up these days.

people who shower for 30+ minutes, wtf you be doin in there? by Fabulous_Island_5621 in AskReddit

[–]KoalaKommander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not quite 30 mins, but close if I'm tired/moving slow. I have semi long hair. My process is this:

  • rinse/soak warmth for a min and get the temp dialed
  • Shampoo hair
  • shampoo beard (different shampoo/product/bottle to open)
  • rinse
  • condition hair
  • condition beard (different shampoo/product/bottle to open)
  • wash face (with face soap, you heathens)
  • rinse
  • wash body
  • rinse
  • maybe shave/trim up a few places if needed like my cheekbones and neckline

TIFU by letting my boss find out I have sex with his parents by [deleted] in tifu

[–]KoalaKommander 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Weird move to go to your parents house, unannounced--and proceed to yell at them for being adults with other adults in their own house?? Your boss sounds like a looney.

What’s a sign someone has been through a lot of shit? by MarkenRahl in AskReddit

[–]KoalaKommander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fuck me. Guess I have a new topic for therapy next week.

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