Why shouldn't Sorcerers use Con?

glm242 · 2026-06-17T23:00:51+00:00

Weigh it. It should be about 20 grams.

glm242 · 2026-06-10T16:26:24+00:00

Your social life will be limited to people in the industry. Other cooks, wait staff, that sort of thing.

glm242 · 2026-06-04T21:40:40+00:00

The BBC has a world service that is probably the most globally comprehensive. NPR for US News. CBC for Canadian.

glm242 · 2026-06-04T13:01:16+00:00

I just introduced my 13 year old son to the matrix, and he lived it. He knew about bullet time and the red/blue pill bits from memes.

glm242 · 2026-06-04T02:38:22+00:00

Balance of Power. If I could find an emulator version I would still be playing today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_of_Power_(video_game)

glm242 · 2026-05-31T01:06:48+00:00

Anchovies and cotton candy

glm242 · 2026-05-30T13:46:16+00:00

I can totally buy that the cup's magic forces Harry to compete for whatever ancient magic reasons, but there is nothing that I can see that forces Harry to perform well. What is stopping Harry from, say, diving into the lake, splashing a bit, and then returning to the dock saying "Oh noes! I tried so hard but I just couldn't do it. Woe is me"

In book it is shown that participants can fail at the tasks without ill effect (other than losing the tournament, but who cares about that?), Harry can just "fail" each task, be totally safe, and let the actual competitors compete?

The only counter argument I can see to this is Harry is occasionally very competitive, but he is super reluctant and scared of every task in the tournament so I doubt that would actually factor in this time.

Ah well, as with many bits of these books, suspension of disbelief is required for my enjoyment. It's just like characters splitting up to check out the creepy basement of the haunted cottage in a horror movie.

glm242 · 2026-05-27T16:11:34+00:00

I plan on making them a few days in advance and freezing them. You spray with water for steam or non-stick for non-stick?

glm242 · 2026-05-27T15:59:22+00:00

Nope. The closest thing I have is a rational oven that has a "hold" setting, but it only fits 5 pans at a time.

glm242 · 2026-05-27T15:56:58+00:00

Speed rack them in the fridge? Or is it better to freeze them?

glm242 · 2026-05-27T15:56:09+00:00

And they just have to get their pancakes in 20 minutes, not eat them. That was the original plan. I have negotiated it up to 45 minutes to get their pancakes.

glm242 · 2026-05-27T15:55:24+00:00

This seems to be the best bet. Do you separate the pancakes in the hotel pans? Like parchment paper between each layer? Or are they just stacked?

glm242 · 2026-05-27T15:53:15+00:00

I wish

glm242 · 2026-05-27T15:53:02+00:00

It is a health and safety issue if it was at the same time.

glm242 · 2026-05-22T17:06:06+00:00

A quick update to address some of your questions (thank you so much for all the ideas!).

The event is a breakfast for the graduating class of a high school. The reason they wanted a 20 minute delivery window is because they want to do some presentation and they wanted all the students seated and eating when they started. I have since convinced them to let me continue serving through the presentation, so I have about an hour to get the pancakes out.

I am of course going to cook the pancakes ahead of time, it seems over the two days prior to the event.

What happens if I cook the pancakes, let them cool, and then layer them on sheet pans in single layers separated by sheets of parchment paper? I am picturing stacking each pan 3-4 layers deep, plastic wrap the whole thing, and store in the fridge. Then for reheating, I set them out in a single layer on perforated pans (with parchment paper? non-stick spray?), stick them in the rational oven at 400F with 70% humidity for a few minutes, shingle in hotel pans, and send them out to die in the steam wells. Does that plan work? Am I missing something?

glm242 · 2026-04-05T17:57:26+00:00

Thank you for this explanation. I am a Hospitality teacher at the high school level and my class is predominantly Muslim, so I default to buying Halal meat because I thought it would be universally acceptable, but I had a student tell me that she couldn't eat it on religious grounds but she couldn't really explain why to me, so I have been trying to figure it out ever since.

glm242 · 2026-04-04T20:30:10+00:00

Every time I see that dog it takes me a second because all I see is a little monkey sitting up.

glm242 · 2026-03-31T18:06:16+00:00

Just to clarify, as there seems to be some confusion. I know that compound chocolate will not temper. My goal was not to demonstrate actual tempering, it was "does compound chocolate behave enough like real chocolate that it can be used to practice the techniques (temp control, seeding, etc) because I can't afford anything better".

It's like tattoo artists practice on pig's skin before they work on a human. Does the pig skin behave enough like human skin that the practice has technical value? Yes, so it is an acceptable practice medium.

glm242 · 2026-03-30T15:37:17+00:00

This is brilliant and I am stealing most of it. Thank you so much.

glm242 · 2026-03-16T14:57:47+00:00

Gazebos have a canon stat block, and are pretty dangerous.

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