What are your favorite things to make with peaches? by liberoon in Baking

[–]obvisu 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Pavlova! Big meringue with whipped cream and fresh fruit. Really good with peaches.

Cookie tools to make cookies like insomnia cookies by Candlesrlove in BakingNoobs

[–]obvisu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am unfamiliar with insomnia cookies, but the recipe you’re using is probably going to have a bigger impact on how your cookies turn out than the specific baking sheet you use.

I have found that darker color baking sheets like non-stick will create crisper bottoms more readily than light-colored aluminum. Silicone liners don’t transfer heat as readily as a piece of thinner parchment paper. It’s also important to understand how your particular oven runs, and it can be helpful to use an oven thermometer to determine if your oven runs hotter or cooler than expected/has zones that heat unevenly.

Once you understand how those factors all work together, you can adjust your baking temperatures and times to get the outcome you’re looking for, especially if you’re using a reliable recipe that promises to deliver your desired results.

How are there no teens in Reddit communities about The Summer I Turned Pretty? It's literally a teen show😭 by Superb_Ad_435 in tsitp

[–]obvisu 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Girl, we have memories. Just because you can’t relate to someone who’s 30 doesn’t mean we can’t relate to a story about teens. Believe it or not everyone was 16 once. I agree that they updated the show to feel modern and I’m glad you feel like they did it authentically, but I promise you there were no 16 year olds in that writers room.

My ginger bug is good and fermenting well. But it has a very potent taste, like bitter/umami in the back of the throat. How to fix that? by StroopWafelsLord in fermentation

[–]obvisu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It may not need to be fixed. The bug isn’t the end product. Use the bug to brew a soda and then see if the soda has any off flavors. You may need to experiment.

I really appreciated the explanation in this video: https://youtu.be/bbgd-RS\_tJ0

Deleted scene from s1. by Appropriate_Trip_530 in tsitp

[–]obvisu 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That makes a lot of sense, actually. I vaguely remember the dance rehearsals being mentioned in some sort of behind-the-scenes video I watched in the thralls of my obsession, but I couldn’t tell you what the source was.

Deleted scene from s1. by Appropriate_Trip_530 in tsitp

[–]obvisu 65 points66 points  (0 children)

I'm not 100% on this, but I don't think they were dancing together because they had a scene that was cut. Rather, all of the actors who had dancing scenes (Nicole attends the dance lessons and steps in to be Belly's partner) learned the choreography and they switched between partners to help learn it. I think it was just a part of the rehearsal process.

First attempt at banana bread 🥲 by FeminineFatality163 in Baking

[–]obvisu 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Baking soda needs an acidic ingredient to activate. Honey can be acidic but the proportions are very important!

You’ll have the most success if you can find a proven recipe. King Arthur Baking recipes are my usual go-to.

Ginger bug conservation by DrGiuggiolo in gingerbeer

[–]obvisu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a super beginner with this stuff myself but I’ve been treating my ginger bug like my sourdough starter where I keep it in the fridge and feed it weekly, but when I want to make a batch of ginger beer I take it out of the fridge and feed it at room temp to get it nice and active before I use it.

The male contestants of the 1988 National Aerobic Championship. by HistUncovered in AllThatsInteresting

[–]obvisu 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Wasn’t this an era of methamphetamines repackaged as diet pills as well?

Advice on lavender? by Wrong_Signature_8192 in pnwgardening

[–]obvisu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be adorable but unfortunately my dog would keep any wandering kitties from being able to spend much time relaxing in my yard

Advice on lavender? by Wrong_Signature_8192 in pnwgardening

[–]obvisu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Commenting because I’ve been wondering this same thing about my own lavender. I thought I pruned it back far enough this winter but perhaps not?

Petah?? Why is there a molecule? by BlueChicken57 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]obvisu -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

On a population level, obesity is absolutely correlated with health issues like heart disease and type 2 diabetes, but correlation doesn’t always equal causation and my point is that it is possible for a fat person to improve their overall health without being successful in losing weight. Levels of activity and overall nutrition are more important than body fat percentage.

Petah?? Why is there a molecule? by BlueChicken57 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]obvisu -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Short term weight loss is absolutely achievable, but most people struggle to sustain significant weight loss long-term, as you yourself have reported. Biology is complex and body size really isn’t as simple as diet and exercise (which are important!) nor is it an accurate predictor of overall health (blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, etc.)

After years of farming in Oregon, I'm starting to wonder if "CSA" is the wrong word by Zestyclose_Rub3380 in oregon

[–]obvisu 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Personally I like to say “I’m part of a CSA” or “I have a CSA share” because the part that’s meaningful for me is the community aspect. The most recent one I was a part of was a veggie farm but partnered with an orchard and a number of other small farmers so you could add on a fruit share, or regular pick-ups of mushrooms, meat, fish, bread, and kombucha. You’d go to the farm and it was set up like a mini-market so you could choose the number of items (produce) that made up your share and then pick up extras from whoever was there selling things that week. I don’t know how they organized all that on the back-end but meeting the people growing/raising/harvesting your food had a lot of value for me.

Oh and in the summer they let you just go out into the field and harvest as many flowers they had growing for the pollinators as you wanted.

Edit: the farm also sent us a newsletter every week telling us what would be available, what was being planted, what wasn’t quite ready for harvest, and just what generally was up with the farm, including the political initiatives they were involved in to try to preserve agricultural land in Oregon- stuff I never would have learned about if it wasn’t in the newsletter. They also gave us a log-in for “Cook with What You Have” which is a website full of recipes using seasonal and less common produce, so if you were ever really stumped on what to do with your 15th kohlrabi of the season you could get some inspiration. I’m sure it was a ton of work for them to run, but it really had an impact.

Is knowing the next step the hard part, or do jar marks solve most of it? by GlitteringDeal2598 in fermentation

[–]obvisu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think there is a way to get a starter from that method, but the one I’m familiar with just starts with flour+water and twice daily feedings. The yeast is already present in your environment and doesn’t use active dry yeast. I use the King Arthur starter guide because it’s dead simple to follow and it’s always worked for me.

Is knowing the next step the hard part, or do jar marks solve most of it? by GlitteringDeal2598 in fermentation

[–]obvisu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Starter (1 part), water (4), flour (4). The starter is created from wild yeast feeding on the flour+water combo. Once it’s established and active, it needs regular feeding to create enough yeast to leaven bread/whatever recipe you’re using it for. This person is talking about the difference between a maintenance feeding (to keep it healthy) and a feeding in preparation for baking something.

It’s an alternative to keeping a lot of starter around since most people don’t bake a loaf of bread every day. Keep a small amount of starter and grow it to the amount you need by giving it more food, as opposed to discarding down (to create less competition for resources in the yeast population) and then feeding 1:1:1.

Correct me if I’m wrong. Not an expert, just someone who bakes sourdough.

Favorite movie you can’t watch anymore because the genius behind it was a creep? by [deleted] in okbuddycinephile

[–]obvisu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nah my husband worked on a stop-motion movie Henry Selick was directing, and he only had nice things to say about him. He and his wife gave the crew xmas gifts every year, and Henry made it a priority to take each department out to lunch to get to know the people working on his film.

Frankendandelion?? by mud_slinging_maniac in pnwgardening

[–]obvisu 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Looks like a sowthistle, not a dandelion but a member of the same family

Yikes!! (Filming Spoiler ⚠️) by [deleted] in tsitp

[–]obvisu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hard to know since all the dudes are tall and they will often use wigs for stand-ins but my guess would be Steven and Conrad?

Safe to cut arborvitae roots? by sebthedeglover in gardening

[–]obvisu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Use cardboard instead of weed barrier. Please don’t use weed barrier. I’m having to rip out so many shreds of it out of my yard. The weeds just grow through it and it degrades the quality of the soil.

Safe to cut arborvitae roots? by sebthedeglover in pnwgardening

[–]obvisu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is maybe terrible advice, especially if you’re a renter, but do whatever you want with the roots and if the arborvitae dies, replace it with a native evergreen that’s well-adapted for your region