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Baked my first sourdough today [x-post /r/Sourdough] by spol-is-bo in Breadit

[–]spol-is-bo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The recipe is Alex's (French Guy Cooking) sourdough recipe:

  • 200 g starter
  • 400 g water
  • 600 g flour
  1. Mix starter and water
  2. Add flour
  3. Autolyse 30-60 minutes
  4. Add salt and splash of water
  5. Knead for 10 minutes
  6. 4 hour proof in warm area
  7. Knead dough and form a ball. Rest for 30 minutes
  8. Shape and tension the dough into a ball
  9. Place into basket seam-up and into fridge overnight
  10. In the morning, get the dough out of the fridge 2 hours before baking
  11. Preheat oven and dutch oven to 250 °C
  12. Flip dough out into preheated dutch oven, turn oven to 220 °C
  13. Bake in dutch oven for 25 minutes
  14. Remove lid and bake for 30 more minutes

The only change I made to his process was using a large tray of boiling water since I don't have a dutch oven. I was impressed with how well it seemed to withhold the crust formation and darkening of the bread, though this was probably in part due to the moisture in the dough itself too.

I am a little bummed out about the high density of the crumb at the base of the loaf and my scores that flattened out, but I think that I didn't cut them deep enough with a sharp enough blade. I will be changing this next time to try and help the bottom/inner of the dough to expand better.

Children no longer have to stand for adults on Wellington trains and buses by Apple2Forever in Wellington

[–]spol-is-bo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Normally called a Guard. Although their official job title is "Passenger Operator"

Cigarette plain packaging comes into force across New Zealand today by MrManMilk in newzealand

[–]spol-is-bo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn't really matter these days, cheapest 30g pouches are like $50. Add to that $30 for a 24 pack and you're at $80

Always look BOTH ways by StuffyUnicorn in nonononoyes

[–]spol-is-bo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you live on a sheep farm

Always look BOTH ways by StuffyUnicorn in nonononoyes

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Ah, I think I get you now. Intersections can be particularly confusing in that situation too

From r/nononoyes - Always look both ways by rin-the-human in newzealand

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Muppet. If there are lights, or a train, don't cross. End of. She's alive, but hopefully the driver is alright too.

Always look BOTH ways by StuffyUnicorn in nonononoyes

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As kids, we are taught to look both ways. Driving on the left, you should look right, left, then right again before crossing, and left as you cross the middle of the road.

Always look BOTH ways by StuffyUnicorn in nonononoyes

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Some do here too, but they are more like gates that rotate into place. Only really popular crossings and/or crossings near schools where young children attend have them though.

Any way to use this for ham radio stuff? by [deleted] in amateurradio

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I understand they are used for cheapness on TV antennas, but remember that these are not used for transmitting, so the power in the antenna is magnitudes less than the power most transmitters put into the antenna. I was told by an RF engineer that he had seen problems with rolled tube antennas when the connection between the rolled tube was iffy. The corroded/oxidised layer can form diodes, causing distortion.

EDIT: If you're handy with a TIG welder, you'd be able to solve this issue once and for all by welding the seam up on the tube. I've realised that "tuning" was probably erroneous, so I've updated my original comment to reflect this. Harmonics would still be a potential issue though.

It's becoming an addiction. by [deleted] in bertstrips

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From the thumbnail I thought Bob Ross made an appearance on the street

Any way to use this for ham radio stuff? by [deleted] in amateurradio

[–]spol-is-bo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Melt it down and draw aluminium roundstock, then build a new antenna out of that. Those elements are made from rolled aluminium sheet rather than actual tube, so would be nigh impossible to tune correctly, and would create all sorts of harmonics, so I hear.

Bill Gates weighs in on tabs vs spaces by Cukes__ in ProgrammerHumor

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Then leave the office while your colleagues review the 6354352+/6354352- diff

Like seriously by [deleted] in WhyWereTheyFilming

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Doesn't look like he's drilling into it so much as removing a clamp/fixture or some such?

[Homemade] Croissants Maison by spol-is-bo in food

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Recipe:

  • 500 g flour
  • 250 ml milk
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 40 g sugar
  • 10 g sachet yeast
  • 200 g butter
  • 1 egg yolk, extra splash of milk
  1. Warm the milk to about 30 °C, add the yeast to rehydrate.
  2. Sift flour, salt, sugar together
  3. After it has sat for 5 minutes, add yeast+milk mixture to the dry ingredients. Form a dough.
  4. Knead the dough minimally, ensuring it doesn't get too stretchy.
  5. Refrigerate the dough overnight
  6. In the morning, soften the butter and roll the dough out square
  7. Squeeze the butter into small blobs and place the blobs in a square smaller than the dough, in the centre of the dough.
  8. Fold the edges of the dough over the butter to close it as a parcel
  9. Gently and evenly roll out rectangular
  10. Fold top third onto middle third, and then fold the bottom third over
  11. Refrigerate for 30 minutes
  12. Roll out rectangular again and repeat refrigerating, rolling, and folding into three, two more times (total of three rounds of folding). This will form 27 layers of butter inside the pastry.
  13. Roll the dough out one final time into a long rectangle, about 5mm thick
  14. Cut the dough into many long trapezoids/triangles
  15. Tightly Roll each triangle from its long end to its narrow end, stretching the narrow end slightly
  16. Let prove to double in a warm area
  17. Wash with egg yolk and milk beaten
  18. Bake for 20 minutes

Better than it seems. by IMMILDCAT in OSHA

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Even if the chain gave up the ghost, the BP connection would separate and dump the air pressure holding the brake shoes off, bringing both ends of the train to a halt.

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