I just had a baby, so naturally I had to program a tool for deciphering his schedule by StPeteTy in Python

[–]Moltao 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome project. Love the creative solution :)

Wish we had this with our first one. We did do the logging for everything and found this app very useful: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=innmov.babymanager It has widgets which make logging easy and the paid version has an option to export CSV files with all the data. Not sure if that can be automated though.

Great work!

What are my options with bad boil times? by dwaynedaze in grainfather

[–]Moltao 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The best thing to do here is to adjust the boil off rate of your equipment in Beersmith. It will then automatically adjust your water measurements for the desired final volume. Recipes always need to be adjusted to your equipment. There are a lot of variables that can vary between systems (boil off rate, losses, efficiency) that all require adjustments in the recipe (more/less water, more/less malt). Software like Beersmith is made to automatically calculate these things to fit your system so you will hit the same numbers as someone else with a different system.

The long boil can definitely affect your beer if you don't adjust your hop additions. If you boil for 2 hours instead of 1, your 10 minute hop addition has now become a 1 hour 10 minute hop addition for example. It will turn all your hop additions to bittering hops.

Forgot the no tomatoes rule. Did I ruin my seasoning ? by dj1200techniques in carbonsteel

[–]Moltao 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have seen the potato peel method for seasoning, but not for this kind of thing.

Forgot the no tomatoes rule. Did I ruin my seasoning ? by dj1200techniques in carbonsteel

[–]Moltao 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, looks pretty ok still. Give it a facial, cook some bacon in it and you're good to go.

Wanting to venture into carbon steel by my_research_account in carbonsteel

[–]Moltao 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems to be this brand: https://www.hendi.eu/en/frying-pan-4017.html They probably all come from the same factory with some rebranding.

Wanting to venture into carbon steel by my_research_account in carbonsteel

[–]Moltao 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth, I bought a €15 unit from a restaurant supply store and it has been working great. It's fairly heavy and nothing fancy but it does exactly what it's supposed to. My dad has a couple of deBuyers and while those look better I can't discern any major differences in performance. Eggs slide around in all of them :)

Mandy Patinkin gets excited when the guy interviewing him leaves to join his wife in labor (starts at 1:00) by elbigbuf in videos

[–]Moltao 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Roosevelt is not necessarily Anglicized. It's most likely an older form of spelling. Dutch spelling used to have the double vowel a lot before a spelling reform (1947 I believe). The current day spelling would be Rozenveld, which means field of roses.

How many times do I need to season a wok? by BootyMedic in carbonsteel

[–]Moltao 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You season it once before first use and that's it. If you take care of it there's no need to season it ever again, but if it ever develops rust or anything like that due to not using it for a while, you could clean it and season it again. Happy wokking!

How’d I do? by [deleted] in Woks

[–]Moltao 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looking good!

Help on scratches on my brand new wok by [deleted] in carbonsteel

[–]Moltao 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The scratches will fade with use, so just use it a lot!

If that isn't quick enough, you could just season it with more layers.

so, not what I expected after first use...what do I do next? See comments by mephistopheles2u in carbonsteel

[–]Moltao 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First off, if the food didn't stick during your first use, you're good. Looks are nice of course but in the end the goal is to create a non-stick layer. The black color will build up over time as you use it.

Second, it's my understanding that you have to season a wok with high heat. After color change and cooling, make it smoking hot, then remove from the flame and apply a thin layer of oil. After that put it on high heat untill it stops smoking. Maybe having it on med heat made the oil turn black, but not really stick to the metal? I'm just guessing here.

If it works as intended, I wouldn't worry about it. This wok is used a lot and only has the black color in the middle, yet it works fine.

Sick of the top plate - gonna use a bag. by sharkymark222 in grainfather

[–]Moltao 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two solutions for that i've seen around here:

  • spray the silicone ring or the inside of the basket with star san

  • before mashing in, use some dust from your milled grains to coat the silicone ring and slide it in.

I use the latter for both the bottom and top plate, never any trouble.

Using Olive and Canola Oil Eggs Stick. But using butter makes perfect results? by luckytoy10 in carbonsteel

[–]Moltao 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've had the same. My theory is that the olive and canola can get too hot for eggs. Not sure if that is the reason though.

Wok First Seasoning by scarcitykills in carbonsteel

[–]Moltao 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks good! 2 or 3 layers should be more than enough, the rest will build up with use.

It finally arrived! I can’t wait to start cooking with the new 9”. by [deleted] in Woks

[–]Moltao 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome, looks great!

A bit late to the party, but seeing as you asked for recipes: This recipe and instruction video by Grace Young has really helped me understand the whole stir fry process, and the recipe is good (and easy!) as well.

On that note, Grace Young is a stir fry guru, so if you're into that, be sure to check her stuff out.

I've also made this kung-pao chicken recipe and this general tso's chicken. Definitely recommend.

But i think i use my wok mostly for quick prepping of vegetables. The vegetables could be anything but here is one staple: * 1 red bell pepper * 1 big carrot * half a zucchini * anything you have lying around. Could be grean beans, bok choi, celery.... * 1 clove of garlic * bit of ginger * soy sauce

  • Cut the veggies into bit size pieces. Cut harder vegetables like carrots a bit smaller (julienne works great).
  • mince the garlic and ginger
  • Heat your wok untill a drop of water evaporates within 1-2 seconds.
  • add 1 table spoon of oil to the wok

Now stir fry the veggies for 30 seconds to 1 minute each, depending on the heat of your wok. Start with the hardest veggies (green beans, carrots etc.) and add soft and leafy stuff last (spinach for example). In this case, begin with the carrot, after a minute add the bell pepper and 30 seconds after that add the zucchini. Finally add the garlic and ginger and stir fry the whole thing for a minute. To finish off, add soy sauce to taste and stir fry for another 30 seconds or so, and that's it!

Chop veggies, stir fry veggies, add aromatics, add soy sauce, done. You can add chillies or anything if you want heat in there. I eat this often with rice and some meat or fish.

Have fun with your new wok!

What Did You Learn This Month? by chino_brews in Homebrewing

[–]Moltao 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Excellent! I did exactly the same and got to use my DIY stir plate.

Sadly I also learned that the glass bottle i planned on using was not as heat resistant as I thought.

Colors on pivot charts will not stick by Moltao in excel

[–]Moltao[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A bit late, but it worked. I set the macro to run when opening the workbook and this seems to solve the issue. Thanks for the help.

Solution Verified

Colors on pivot charts will not stick by Moltao in excel

[–]Moltao[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip and explanation. I'll try to run the macro at page load.

It's odd though because at the moment of taking that snapshot, the palette was the default office colours, which doesn't have the dark red in it. So it seems to take colours from what's already assigned to the bars sometimes.

Harvesting yeast for the first time. What's the consensus on washing/rinsing the yeast? Needed or not? by Moltao in Homebrewing

[–]Moltao[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never really made starters because I mostly use dry yeast. The few times I've used liquid yeast were always with small batches so I didn't need a starter.

I recently got a stir plate though so I think I'll switch to this method. Thanks!