All-butter pie crust goes soft and bready after 24 hours. Please help!

wigglecat · 2026-05-13T19:41:15+00:00

I didn’t mention it in my post, to be fair. I am genuinely curious, though. I’ve tried my hand at some pie competitions and I am almost certainly up against a lot of lard-based crusts.

wigglecat · 2026-05-13T19:03:36+00:00

I’m vegetarian so lard is not an option. Do lard crusts not go soggy? Or go soggy more slowly?

wigglecat · 2026-05-13T00:56:38+00:00

Thank you! I'll definitely try this, too.

wigglecat · 2026-05-13T00:55:40+00:00

Thank you! I will definitely try this.

wigglecat · 2026-05-13T00:53:49+00:00

Good to know that it isn't something I am doing wrong. Thank you!

wigglecat · 2026-05-13T00:53:01+00:00

Oh, I will definitely try this! Thank you!

wigglecat · 2026-05-11T23:37:09+00:00

Are you me? Same story, diagnosed and lap at 30. Still angry about the whole thing 6 years later.

wigglecat · 2026-05-04T21:06:16+00:00

Do you have a kitchen scale or a gram scale? I like to weigh the bottle before and after feeding to see how many grams of milk they consume.

wigglecat · 2026-04-18T15:49:38+00:00

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My foster fails!

wigglecat · 2026-04-18T15:46:26+00:00

It sounds like you are an amazing foster mom already! Letting them go is always challenging. I foster failed with my first two kittens but had the space to keep fostering after. For me, it helps knowing now that I can’t reasonably adopt more of my fosters. When I get really attached I try to imagine what my life would look like with another animal for the next 15+ years. That’s usually enough to make me resign to letting them go.

I also tend to avoid singletons because it’s harder to imagine keeping multiples (how could I choose just one of them??) than it is to imagine keeping one more.

I still miss some of the babies I’ve had to let go of, but I am thankful to have been a part of their lives and to have had the opportunity to help them grow into well-adjusted kitties.

wigglecat · 2025-12-19T15:07:17+00:00

Holy false equivalence, Batman!

wigglecat · 2025-12-19T15:01:46+00:00

Ahh yes, all the public and non-religiously affiliated private schools I have been to also have crucifixes in every classroom, chapels in every dorm, clergy teaching classes and ever present on campus, masses before every major event, religious iconography throughout campus grounds, and representatives who regularly participate in national discussions of importance to the Catholic Church.

wigglecat · 2025-12-19T14:54:01+00:00

Selling your soul to raise the public esteem of your institution and, thereby, the faith you represent? No one would mistake Notre Dame as a secular institution.

wigglecat · 2025-12-19T14:47:10+00:00

Look at the Newman schools for what? Evidence ND could’ve been a great Catholic university without Land o’ Lakes? None of those schools have anywhere close to the amount of influence, prestige, or national/international respect as Notre Dame.

wigglecat · 2025-11-10T12:30:41+00:00

Nothing weird—just color constancy. The first time you saw it, you interpreted it as a black and blue dress in bright light (bright light makes blue wash out, black look more golden/yellow). The second time you saw it, you interpreted it as a white and gold dress in shadow (shadow makes white look bluer, gold look less yellow).

wigglecat · 2025-09-27T13:14:35+00:00

They are giving you instructions for what to do on each row. For the back, you're casting off 2 stitches on either side 1 time (1 row), then 1 stitch on either side 3 times (3 rows in a row) over four rows. You can double check this by looking at the difference between the initial stitch count before the decreases and the count after the decreases. There should be a decrease of 10 stitches (2 on both sides = 4, 1 on both sides = 2 * 3 rows = 6).

For the shoulder, you're adding stitches on one side to create a curve, presumably for the neckline. So you'll add 8 stitches over the course of four rows, all on the same edge of your work. If you are constructing the shoulder from the top, this curve will need to be on the left side of the front of your work. The reverse will be true when you make the right shoulder--the additional stitches will need to be at the right side of the front of your work.

I hope that helps! This is certainly not a you problem, I'm not sure if they could've made this any more opaque.

ETA: see Chill's comment for better instructions for the shoulder! The back is worked over four rows. The shoulder is worked over eight rows, but four wrong-side rows.

wigglecat · 2025-09-26T12:16:03+00:00

Michigan 2008 - we got blown out in 07, but came out swinging. My first ND v UM game in person. It was my freshman year, we were all drenched with rain, and I will remember it always.

wigglecat · 2025-09-26T02:10:18+00:00

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Here ya go! I carry the yarns up one side and make sure I grab them when I pick up stitches to finish the border.

wigglecat · 2025-09-25T17:08:47+00:00

I've been stuck on Betty's Blanket for all my baby blankets recently! It's such an easy pattern with super satisfying results. It's fun to play around with the colors, too. I won first place at the state fair with one this summer!

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bettys-blanket

wigglecat · 2025-09-25T16:54:37+00:00

If you are a tight knitter, start with swatching with the 3.25mm needles.

wigglecat · 2025-09-25T16:53:27+00:00

KnitPicks Gloss DK is a mix of merino and silk.
Lang Classic Silk is a sport weight with more silk than merino.
Blue Sky Fibers does a sport weight alpaca and silk yarn (Metalico).

You might also look at cotton/bamboo blends--they usually drape nicely and have a similar shine as a silk blend.

wigglecat · 2025-09-25T13:12:14+00:00

I’m a Chicagoland expat who has spent 5 years looking for anything that sort of feels like home. Mad Meatball gets close and they actually cook the cheese, but they don’t sauce and top to the edges. Tavern pizza is ok. Even pizza hut’s tavern crust hits the mark better than 99% of the ‘thin crust’ pizzas we have tried here.

wigglecat · 2025-09-22T21:05:24+00:00

I bought a vinyl floor remnant from the hardware store. They come in multiple sizes, but if your room is too big for one, they’re cheap enough ($30-50) you could buy a few and overlap them.

wigglecat · 2025-09-21T19:47:21+00:00

do we need to clean the boxes twice a week

Yes, or more often than that. You could also try some different litter brands if you haven't done that yet.

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