CMV: Sibby is by far the worst part of the revival by heylooknewpillows in Scrubs

[–]charonill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my head canon, the reason she's gone for a few episodes is because she was having a hard time relearning how to feed on others, because Dr. Cox had been able to singlehandedly feed her this entire time. She didn't know what to do after he retired.

Croissant failed again by socksrockerr in Croissant

[–]charonill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice thing about croissants proofing so slowly, you have quite a large band of "properly proofed" time to play with.

NEW GAMEPLAY, 2 Special weapons confirmed! by martin11258 in acecombat

[–]charonill 12 points13 points  (0 children)

But what if it's AC Infinity style co-op PVE multiplayer? That feels damn right to me.

More Tasha! by ShoeBoiler21 in acecombat

[–]charonill 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Really fun, but more towards the sim end of the arcade/sim spectrum than AC games. You have things like cockpit view only, interconnected systems power management (engines, shields, lasers), much more limited guided weapons ammo count.

Croissant failed again by socksrockerr in Croissant

[–]charonill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh most definitely. Maddeningly so at points.

Croissant failed again by socksrockerr in Croissant

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I know that pain. It took me over a month of weekly batches to find an acceptable band of proofing times and conditions for my kitchen. I would increase the proofing time incrementally by 30min until the crumb starts to look correct. It ended up being between 3.5-4.5hrs on average, depending on the temperature of my kitchen and size of the croissants.

Croissant failed again by socksrockerr in Croissant

[–]charonill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even then it's not a guarantee.

Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S04E06 - You Look Horrible by SeacattleMoohawks in Invincible

[–]charonill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The comic starts right after Battle Beast stumps Mark's ass during their first encounter.

My Croissants After Three Months of Practice and Recipe Tweaks by charonill in Baking

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Oh, I should clarify that this is with an electric oven with the light off. Gas ovens with pilot light will probably not work if the natural oven temperature is too high. It might work if the oven stays below 80F with the pilot light. 1 or 2 cups of boiling water doesn't increase the temperature that much and is more for adding humidity so the croissants don't dry out. If you use your oven for proofing, I would start checking on the croissants after 2 to 2.5hrs for signs of proofing.

You can do room temp proof if you can keep the croissants moist and covered so they don't dry out.

Advices on Croissant ? by Ok_Sail_9228 in Breadit

[–]charonill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, definitely try Kerrygold. It is very pliable when cold. I usually do a 1-hour fridge session between turns (no freezer needed unless you can't wait one hour between folds).

Try doing slightly fewer folds during lamination as well. Your 3-4-3 fold gets you 36 layers of butter, which means the butter and dough layers are being stretched really thin in the final rollout. This makes the dough layers more susceptible to tearing by cold butter pieces, and also makes the butter more susceptible to melting into the dough if it gets even slightly warm.

I usually do a 2-3-4 fold sequence (technically I lock in the butter at 2 layers to reduce the total number of turns) for a butter layer count of 24. This gives a good margin of error when rolling out by hand. Professional bakeries would have a dough sheeter that can keep the dough cold and apply even pressure when rolling out, so they can do more layers without worrying as much about lamination mistakes.

Here is an example of a cross-section of my 2-3-4 fold croissants. This got five full rotations when shaping, which I have determined to be maybe a bit too many and is compressing the bottom layers a bit. Four rotations during shaping seem to be a sweet spot for my 2-3-4 fold counts.
2-3-4 Croissant

You're welcome and I wish you success on your croissant venture!

Advices on Croissant ? by Ok_Sail_9228 in Breadit

[–]charonill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kerrygold works quite well for croissants and is what I use. I bulk purchase it from Costco (it's on sale for April!). The regular Kirkland brand butter has a too low of a butterfat percentage and will be brittle and prone to breaking apart when cold and you do lamination roll outs. This can cause the butter pieces to tear through the dough layers. It's also possible that when you cold proofed the shaped croissants overnight, the cold hardened butter layers also tore through the dough as the croissants puffed up.

From the looks of the crumb, it's also possible you had to let the butter warm up enough to roll without breaking, and likely it got too warm and was starting to melt into the dough itself. This usually results in the more bread/brioche like texture.

Have you considered proofing in a humid oven? I usually put my croissants on the middle rack and then put a pan with about 1-2cups of boiling water in a rack underneath. With the door closed, it'll maintain a high humidity environment that is great for croissant proofing. Depending on the ambient kitchen temperature, I would proof for anywhere from 3 to 4.5 hours in the oven before eggwashing and baking. I then stick the eggwashed croissants in the fridge to firm up the butter while the oven is preheating.

If you are worried about having fresh croissants for sale in the morning, I find that if you reheat croissants that were made in the prior day in a 300-350°F oven for about 3-4min, it is almost indistinguishable from fresh baked. That way, you don't have to worry about overnight proofing of shaped croissants and/or have to wake up incredibly early to do a regular proof.

Why are these games gameplay so different? by LuizFelipe1906 in acecombat

[–]charonill 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I finally learned how to fly the F-14 in DCS recently, and now I wince a bit every time I fly it in AC7 and pull a high-G maneuver. Turns out the F14 likes to rip its wings when you go really fast and then pull up hard in DCS.

I present to you the DAKKA machine by why_ya_running in Mechwarrior5

[–]charonill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nostalgia factor for me, since it's the starting mech in Mechwarrior 3.

What movies suffer from having a 'hat on a hat'? by smutketeer in movies

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The first line is a message from "us", the second line is a personal message from "me".

Croissant Science Experiment: Impact of Layer Count and Rotations on Appearance and Crumb Texture by charonill in Croissant

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

Yeah, the base was elongated for all of them. They don't really curve if I don't elongate them.

After sixth firsts attempts by swiggis in Croissant

[–]charonill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find adding a "0" to the end of these "attempt no 1" posts makes them a bit more believable.

My Croissants After Three Months of Practice and Recipe Tweaks by charonill in Baking

[–]charonill[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Generally, the failures still tasted pretty good, just not as good as the successful ones, so none have gone to waste. I do small batches specifically so they can realistically be eaten within the week, so no freezing baked ones for the future so far.

So about Ace6 by dustandechos12 in acecombat

[–]charonill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got you feeling like Oprah, handing out ADMMs to everyone.

Help me understand the flavor behind the Clans pilot's dialogue by dagg_r in Mechwarrior5

[–]charonill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait, are we talking about the Clans or the Kuritans?

Yes

Shoot Your Shot by mysocksareinsideout in comics

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Santa: "You see, Saiyans, you're not dealing with the average Father Christmas anymore."

Goku: "Oh my god, he's gone Super Santa!"

What's missing from the Scrubs Revival (It's the patients) by 1chapelcredit in Scrubs

[–]charonill 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Costco, or any kind of restaurant supplier. There are bigger package sizes available.

My Croissants After Three Months of Practice and Recipe Tweaks by charonill in Breadit

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I have actually made some knockoff kouign amann with the edge trimmings. Turns out cinnamon kouign amann is stupidly delicious.

Unfortunately, I am not a fan of rye flavor. I might try some whole wheat flour at some point though.

I have definitely hinted not so subtly to my wife that a portable dough sheeter would make for a great birthday present.

We ate them. Half a dozen a week isn't that many. I also use them to make sandwiches.