What did you accomplish today?

Roger A. Shrubber

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making puff pastry is an enormous pain in the genitals...especially when you can go to the store and buy it cheap, and it's good....making it requires several steps, getting your water the right temperature, getting the amount of water right (it's not a set amount, it depends on the temperature AND the RH while you're making it...)....i've seen chefs make it perfectly one time, then the next time it wasn't even good enough to call rough puff. if you're going to try, pick a day with around 40-50% RH. the dough needs to be around 75 degrees while you're mixing it, so you have to try to adjust your water temp to get your dough into that range, then don't waste any time getting it done.
 

curious2garden

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Thanks......yes, I bought the pastry.
I love those kind of hacks! Where you can cobble together homemade and retail and make a glorious dish easily
Has anyone here actually made their own puff pastry? I have. It isn’t fun.
I have. It wasn't terribly unpleasant (I was very young with tons of energy), but massively messy and time consuming for something that wasn't distinguishable from store bought (frozen). The cost to benefit had me buying frozen from then on.
 

DarkWeb

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I love those kind of hacks! Where you can cobble together homemade and retail and make a glorious dish easily

I have. It wasn't terribly unpleasant (I was very young with tons of energy), but massively messy and time consuming for something that wasn't distinguishable from store bought (frozen). The cost to benefit had me buying frozen from then on.

I made the mushroom gravy for it also. Steamed asparagus on the side.

Think I'm gonna do these tonight.
 

CrySmile

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I filed the paperwork today and decided to open my own bakery. I found the logo I dreamed of, or rather a picture of it. Now I'm designing menus and creating layouts. I believe that everything will work out. That's just want a very cozy, warm name, but I can not come up with yet. Do you have any ideas?
 

curious2garden

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I filed the paperwork today and decided to open my own bakery. I found the logo I dreamed of, or rather a picture of it. Now I'm designing menus and creating layouts. I believe that everything will work out. That's just want a very cozy, warm name, but I can not come up with yet. Do you have any ideas?
Is it copyright free or do you need to pay for licensure?
 

curious2garden

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I was contemplating grocery shopping today, I think I'll put that off for when it cools into the 90's :shock: . Got the sprinkler set out under the peach tree, ground is just soaking it all up, peaches are about golfball sized. I have young zucchini on the older plants and plenty of green tomatoes, should be getting ripe soon with this heat.
Just got back, my unsolicited advice is just fuckin' hide. It's a mess out there. Oh and 110, so there is that.
 

raratt

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Just got back, my unsolicited advice is just fuckin' hide. It's a mess out there. Oh and 110, so there is that.
I did also, we have a hint of a delta breeze but it is still about 95. Had to run to town to drop off an Amazon return first, then commissary, then pharmacy, then shopette for beer, then home and unload everything. Need to turn the car around and I'll be done for the day.
 
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