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I will never again . . . (Part 4)

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JoNorvelleWalker

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3 hours ago, TdeV said:

 

Blissfully with contents?

 

Well, no, the wine rack still needs to be assembled.  Working on that now.

 

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JoNorvelleWalker

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1 minute ago, blue_dolphin said:

 

I'm sure everyone here would join me in saying, "Please be careful!"

 

Thanks.  Assembly complete.  No blood spilled.  Nor wine.

 

Now I have to clear a path to the wine closet.  But that will be another day.

 

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I will never again attempt to toast chilli flakes, and then take a deep sniff to "appreciate the smell". The invisible cloud of death burned my throat and nostrils for several minutes. Which spices are generally toasted?

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liuzhou

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... forget to tick the 'don't cut' box when I order baguettes for delivery.

 

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The '不切' box is for 'don't cut' but the app defaults to '帮切' meaning 'help cut'. 


Who the heck cuts baguettes like this? How can I make bánh mì with these?

 

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liuzhou

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... order food delivery at the weekend. Many people run second jobs on weekends delivering food but they don't know the city so well as the regular drivers.

 

It is painful to watch the tracking map on my phone and see them go in the wrong direction.

 

Luckily, I didn't order ice cream today. It would have gone on a long tour of the city and would have evaporated long before it reached me.

 

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On 3/7/2024 at 5:21 AM, liuzhou said:

Who the heck cuts baguettes like this? How can I make bánh mì with these?

 

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make Bahn mi crostini: schmear with pate, layer on the meats, then garnish with pickled veg, a dab of aioli, and cilantro.  Have a cocktail and be fancy ;)

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liuzhou

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11 minutes ago, pastrygirl said:

 

make Bahn mi crostini: schmear with pate, layer on the meats, then garnish with pickled veg, a dab of aioli, and cilantro.  Have a cocktail and be fancy ;)

 

I live within spitting distance of Vietnam and visit as often as possible. They'll ban me forever if I use bread hacked to pieces like that!

 

I'm a purist when it comes to my bánh mì!

 

 

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liuzhou

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On 3/7/2024 at 9:21 PM, liuzhou said:

Who the heck cuts baguettes like this? How can I make bánh mì with these?

 

 

Situation resolved

 

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JoNorvelleWalker

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7 hours ago, TdeV said:

 

I often make my hard-boiled eggs with a fairly soft centre. What went awry, @JoNorvelleWalker ?

 

Yes, I enjoy hard boiled eggs with a still soft center.  These eggs would have been great for ramen.  However soft yolks aren't fluffy after going through a tamis.  I was left with a filling more the consistency of heavy cream.  I didn't even try to pipe it with a pastry bag.  Quite a disaster actually.  And did I mention the eggs were a mess to peel?

 

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I shall never again invent a new method to cook basmati in my Zojirushi.  The Zojirushi display is not always the easiest for me to read.  About half way through the cycle I realized the rice type was set to "Brown".  I pressed cancel but the little elephant got quite upset.  Unplugging didn't help.  Eventually I was able to select "keep warm".

 

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7 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I shall never again invent a new method to cook basmati in my Zojirushi.  The Zojirushi display is not always the easiest for me to read.  About half way through the cycle I realized the rice type was set to "Brown".  I pressed cancel but the little elephant got quite upset.  Unplugging didn't help.  Eventually I was able to select "keep warm".

 

 I find the Zojirushi regularly confuses me. I think I've started it and I haven't. Or, I think I've set it to 6 pm but it's actually set for 6 am. 😑

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I always user the 'time' feature.  I set the time of day, then set the time to have the rice done.  I never have to change either because the rice can be prepare ahead of time as far ahead as you want and the finish time for me is always the same.  Easy Peasy.  The only bug is when the Daylight saving interferes.

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liuzhou

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1 hour ago, TdeV said:

I find the Zojirushi regularly confuses me. I think I've started it and I haven't. Or, I think I've set it to 6 pm but it's actually set for 6 am.

 

Doesn't it have a 24-hour clock?

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12 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

Doesn't it have a 24-hour clock?

 

It does, but no option for am or pm.

 

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6 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

It does, but no option for am or pm.

 

 

er, the point of using the 24-hour clock is to remove the need for am and pm therefore removing any ambiguity.

 

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TdeV

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5 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

er, the point of using the 24-hour clock is to remove the need for am and pm therefore removing any ambiguity.

 

 

But many clocks do not have a 24 hour option, so it's easy to forget that one device does!

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I don't particularly like 'military time' either but it's easy to get used to.

You could write your commonly used times on your manual for easy reference.

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JoNorvelleWalker

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7 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

er, the point of using the 24-hour clock is to remove the need for am and pm therefore removing any ambiguity.

 

 

I never said there was a difficulty with the clock.  My problem is that I can't read the type of rice without a magnifier.

 

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9 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

I never said there was a difficulty with the clock.  My problem is that I can't read the type of rice without a magnifier.

 

Welcome to the club.  My whole life is like that.  I have magnifying glasses everywhere.

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1 hour ago, lindag said:

Welcome to the club.  My whole life is like that.  I have magnifying glasses everywhere.

One thing that I have found useful is to take a picture of it and then enlarge the picture. It's also handy just to refer back to the picture when you need to.

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I shall never again momentarily remove a container of perfectly square, perfectly clear ice from the freezer only to find the container on the counter in the morning.  Actually it was on top of the Ninja CREAMi.  But in my kitchen that counts as counter space.  And it was the afternoon.  On a hot day.

 

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I shall never again take ice out of the freezer in order to rearrange the space to accommodate an erstwhile container of perfectly clear cubes.  Only to find the bag of ice on a cutting board when I got home from work.

 

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