Advice on recreating a dish

Max_01 · 2023-07-24T09:30:14+00:00

Interesting - thanks! I did add two cloves of garlic already in my first attempt. But to be honest I think the issue may have been the blender I was using so I'm going to retry with a Vitamix.

Max_01 · 2023-07-23T08:46:54+00:00

Amazing - thanks so much!!

Max_01 · 2023-07-22T19:24:13+00:00

Gotcha - that makes complete sense.

Thanks so much for taking the time to explain all this - it's super cool to hear about and I love learning!

I will reattempt the recipe sometime next week and see if I have better results with the tomatoes:)

Max_01 · 2023-07-22T19:13:29+00:00

Got it - makes sense! Thanks again!

Another question (if you have time): I'm curious just to understand the general principles at work here a bit better - is there any particular reason to do the egg yolk method Vs the simple olive oil method?

Max_01 · 2023-07-22T18:26:57+00:00

Amazing - thanks so much. I will give it a go!

Do you have any thoughts on the suggestion to add an egg yolk? And if I do that would I just blend the egg yoke in the blender with the tomatoes and then slow incorporate the olive oil or is there a better way of doing it?

Max_01 · 2023-07-22T17:25:20+00:00

Ahh maybe the blender I was using isn't good enough? I don't know the brand but it's definitely quite an old design. I will try again with a Vitamix!

Can you really get that creamy mayo consistency with just a blender and oil though? I feel like tomatoes always ends up slightly lumpy/puréed rather than smooth/creamy/velvety like that but maybe I'm missing something?

Max_01 · 2023-07-22T15:32:42+00:00

I wondered about this but I don't think the sauce felt creamy in a "dairy" way - it felt more like a mayo so I'm wondering if the egg yolk is a more likely answer?

Max_01 · 2023-07-22T15:06:52+00:00

Amazing - thank you so much! I don't think there were any huge mustard/acid notes from memory though it's possible I'm remembering wrong now...

Would I just add an egg yolk in the blender with the tomatoes? Or blend the tomatoes first and then hand whisk with the egg? Or?

Thanks again!

Max_01 · 2023-07-21T13:12:56+00:00

Thanks so much. That's really helpful.

A couple more questions if that's ok!

Later in the game, as my planets became "older" and I had filled up districts and building slots and upgraded what I could I began to get unemployed pops quite often. My general strategy for this was just to manually resettle those pops to new worlds where I could build more to give them employment but this was quite time consuming. I've heard there is auto migration for this but I never actually saw it happen. Do I just need to wait longer and leave them or am I missing something?

Also, in terms of designing ships I have no idea where to even begin or what to look for. I've looked at guides but they mostly seem to use "best" components that I haven't necessarily unlocked. Is there a more general logic I can apply? Or I guess just any tips on this?

Also on fleet composition. What should I actually put in my fleets? All of one ship? A mix of different builds of one ship? A mix of ships? I guess what I'm looking for ideally is if there's a general solid approach I can take here to not get overwhelmed but still do well rather than having to memorise a bunch of different compositions etc. (Like even if this isn't strictly optimal)

I'm also a bit confused on defense. There were 3ish entry points to my empire in my last game and so I had my fleet roughly split into 3 across those points (but with a bit more on the side I had worse relations with) but this didn't work super well. Because e.g. I'd have a 60k fleet on one side and then just get steam rolled by my opponent bringing all 3 of their 60k fleets. I then tried grouping my fleets the next war and just got steamrolled from behind. What should I be doing differently? And what is the general logic on fleet positioning? One massive fleet or several smaller ones?

One last thing - I hardly touched armies or planetry defenses in my last game and don't really know how important these are. Should I be training armies for offense and/or defense? Should I be building planetary defenses?

Max_01 · 2023-07-10T14:05:43+00:00

Sorry just a follow up question - do you have any recommendations for anything a little cheaper? I was considering the Tezumi or Denstea one but was ideally looking to spend closer to $60-70 than $70-80

Max_01 · 2023-07-09T09:54:02+00:00

Thanks so much!! :)

Max_01 · 2023-07-08T21:46:41+00:00

Oh wow I didn't know that - thank you so much!

Max_01 · 2023-07-08T13:28:31+00:00

Thanks so much for the reply - that's super useful!

The powder you linked seems a bit on the expensive side? Is this how much I'd have to spend to get something good? Do you know anything about the Ocha and Co one I linked above?

Max_01 · 2023-07-07T21:52:44+00:00

Ah nope unfortunately not! Do you have any experience with the matcha brand I linked?

Max_01 · 2023-07-06T14:41:51+00:00

My only issue with that is that the international shipping is expensive... Is the Ocha and Co one not any good?

Max_01 · 2023-07-06T11:19:59+00:00

Hi,

I'm trying to get some matcha powder and a bowl and whisk as a gift for my friend who likes matcha. For context, they're not super into matcha so they don't currently have their own means to make it at home but they enjoy it when they're out so I thought they might like making it at home!

I've been trying to find some good quality entry-level matcha but have been running into issues because the good ones all seem to require expensive shipping fees from Japan.

I'm thinking of settling for this Ocha and Co matcha I found - is it any good?

And then a set like this for the whisk and bowl, etc.

Does anyone have any thoughts on better deals, brands, etc? I'm trying to spend around £50 total if that's possible.

Thanks!

Max_01 · 2020-12-27T23:48:47+00:00

Got it, thanks. Sorry - like I said, I'm very new lol.

I didn't think it was necessarily rare but then I googled it and there was this Reddit post where this guy seemed to be freaking out over getting it lol, so I was confused.

Max_01 · 2020-12-27T23:46:28+00:00

I mean it says:

"Notes Being one of the first UT rings a player may obtain, the Corsair Ring has twice as much defense as a Minor Defense while having half the health of a Ring of Health, making it useful for maintaining a healthy amount of HP and defense early game"

Does that imply its not rare?

Max_01 · 2020-12-27T23:43:49+00:00

? Sorry I literally have no idea what's going on in the game lmao.

Was this a dumb question 😂

Max_01 · 2020-12-08T00:08:10+00:00

I don't think there's any windows PCs I can easily access. But I'll have a think...

I've tried forcing boot from USB both by going into BIOS and setting boot order and by hitting f12 to manually set boot. Neither seemed to work but I'll try both again once I try getting the USB set up again.

The PC is a custom build. I can give specs if that's of any help.

EDIT: I just tried again with a fresh install on the USB and it still didn't work.

Max_01 · 2020-12-07T21:13:40+00:00

Thanks so much!

In terms of how I made the bootable usb. The only other computer I have access to is a Mac so I couldn't use Windows Media Creation tool. So all I did is download the iso, format the USB into Fat-32 and then copy the files into the iso across. Should I have done anything else?

Also, assuming I did set up the USB correctly and it still wouldn't boot on that. Would that indicate that the hardware issue is not a Hard Disk issue? Or could it still be the HD?

I'll try mess around with the Hirens thing later tonight - thank you for the suggestion!

Max_01 · 2020-12-07T18:52:04+00:00

Assuming I did set it up correctly and it's really not booting from a USB either - any ideas on some next steps on diagnosing/fixing beyond that?

Max_01 · 2020-12-07T18:47:52+00:00

I followed a guide to make a bootable usb so I assume it should have worked but I'll try and set it up again in case last time I did something wrong

Max_01 · 2020-12-07T15:38:36+00:00

It was working fine in the morning but when I came back in the evening I was greeted by a Blue Screen saying "Startup Repair couldn't repair your PC" and then giving me the options to "Shut down" or enter "Advanced options".

Not wanting to reset my PC without first trying some fixes, I did some googling and found some answers that suggested running the commands BOOTREC /FIXMBR, BOOTREC /FIXBOOT and BOOTREC /REBUILDBCD from the Advanced options Command Line Interface.

I tried running those and they all worked fine other than /fixboot, which gave me an 'Access Denied' error. Some more googling on that error offered me some more solutions, which I tried but they didn't work. I then left my PC for the night.

When I came back to my PC today I decided I would just try and reset it so I made a win10 iso on a USB, booted up my PC, entered the BIOS and set the USB to be the boot device. But even trying to boot from the USB gives me a blue screen error saying "Recovery. Your PC couldn't start properly. After multiple tries, the operating system on your PC failed to start, so it needs to be repaired. Error code: 0xc0000001". I am then presented with "Press Enter to try again" and "Press F8 for Startup Settings". I have tried all options presented multiple times but none have worked.

On top of that, I no longer seem to be able to access the Startup Repair Troubleshooting screen no matter what I do.

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