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It's almost dumpling making time in my house. I wasn't familiar with all these wrapping options. Going to have to try some of these out with the kids to mix it up a bit.

How to wrap chinese jiaozi饺子 （dumplings）

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For anyone planning on making a Turkey in the near future...

Please read the small print if using a cold water bath.

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I do not know what this device is, but I would very much like to have one. And the technique here is so efficient.

As a disabled person who cooks and cans, and who likes FLAVOR, I use a LOT of garlic. When I make spaghetti sauce it's many bulbs. My hands will die if I have to manage these the usual way. I usually have to bribe someone into preparing the garlic for me.

For those who cry about the waste at the base, that would go right into the bags of frozen vegetable and herb bits to eventually be turned into amazing veggie stock. I also make and can this in mass quantities (90+ pints for one canning session/weekend).

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I didn't watch the Olympic coverage enough to know about these, but now I definitely want them.

if you’re craving chocolate muffins after the olympic muffin man videos, jordan the stallion on tiktok has the recipe for you

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This is essentially our go-to when we don't feel like cooking or if we need to clean out the refrigerator/use stuff up before it goes bad. Haven't tried with this sauce, so Imma give that a try... possibly even tonight. You can use any veggies, and they can be fresh or frozen.

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Going to have to try these.

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The pinnacle of playing with your food. Goodness this is delightful to watch.

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I hate you AI, I hate you sites making deals with souless corporations that think creativity can be replicated by an unthinking machine, I hate you money-hungry investors and ceos, I hate you opt-out models, I hate you tech bros, I hate you having to spend precious free time having to scramble our art in a desperate attempt not to getting stolen from, I hate you minimization of the hard work we put into our craft, I hate ''''machine learning''''' being compared to a very human person putting in the hours to better themselves, I hate you commodification of the very core of human's expression, I hate you scams being helped along by uber plagiarism, I hate you AI, I hate you AI, I hate you AI, I HATE YOU AI

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Oooh. Guess this is the sign I've been waiting for to order from King Arthur Flour.

According to the company’s website, “Baking Pitchfest 2024” offers a product edition geared toward baking brands founded and owned by people of color across the U.S., and a bakery edition, which focuses on people of color-owned bakeries in the Northeast and Washington state. “Half mentorship, half competition, Baking Pitchfest is an accelerator program designed to foster greater inclusivity and creativity in the baking world by providing equitable opportunities for People of Color entrepreneurs,” the website states, adding that winners will receive financial support, mentorship, and exposure. But the initiative has generated outrage amongst conservatives online, who have blasted the competition eligibility rules as discriminatory against white people.

One X user critical of King Arthur Baking’s contest posted an email she received from the company in response to her complaining. “Helping build joyful, equitable communities that celebrate diversity is an important part of who we are as a company,” the email states, later adding: “We love baking with anyone and everyone. Our simple expectation is that everyone show respect for one another.”

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I have a recipe that we make most years for a ginger cookie called Pepperkaka. I've seen a very similar recipe named Pfefferkuche (pepper cakes, apologies for the lack of umlaut). It's a family favorite and there are some similarities in those recipes and this one (though mine has been updated not to need potash).

"Sounds like it must sting, but hey, whatever gets you going!"

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Show up at work like hi boss sorry I'm late my I was helping my mother track down one specific 90s dungeon crawler for the purposes of obtaining a muffin recipe the developer hid in the files

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Chocolate guy 2.0! Just as amazing with different flavor.

Did you know that there's another Chocolate Guy called Kris Zhaokai?

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All brownies are delicious and have their value.

The debate of all time

If you don't like brownies then this poll is not for you. Please move along

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Cookies to try.  I have all these ingredients and I have some Girl Scouts coming over to bake with me in about a week.

Today on wild cookies

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Thank you @electricslug! I may have to give this a go!

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Yes to all of this.  I love that people aren’t kicked off and that it’s run like a good school. Get the lowest grades on a unit and you get tutoring!  Solo and group projects?  Yes!

OK. OKAY. YOU GUYS.

I am LOVING the fucking chocolate guy’s netflix show! It’s FANTASTIC! Anf hold on to your fucking boots y’all cause it’s actually not what I was expecting at all!

Do you miss the gentleness of the Great British Bake-Off? THIS SHOW IS SO KIND AND GENTLE! For fuck’s sake, NO ONE GETS KICKED OFF! No. No, Listen to this! When they lose the first challenge (a pastry one), the punishment is… They get private lessons with Amaury to help improve what brought their scores down instead of competing in the second chocolate challenge. 

When the one black lady contestant messed up the first challenge I was super bummed and like, OF COURSE. But NO. She got lessons! She struggled! she worked hard! and she won a later challenge! GROWTH MY DUDES! They are there TO LEARN and GROW and Maybe Win a Big Prize!

They ALL get to stay and keep doing their best! and at the end the one who did the best overall is the one who gets the money prize!

Look at this lovely line up! they make COOL LOOKING FANCY THINGS! Amaury tells us how he does some of the fancy things he does! They OFFER TO HELP EACH OTHER WHEN THEY FINISH EARLY AND GET PROPS FOR THAT! (not taunted for not using their own time better). The set up even kinda makes the one who is like, I’m in it to win it, is the villain and doing bad. The rest who are like, I’m here to learn and grow and maybe make friends! AUGH YOU GUYS!

Amaury is soft spoken and kind, and has a pretty voice and a pretty smile and that’s nice to watch too. The chefs are talented and artistic and they actually give the THE TIME to make nice things! It’s not “Wham out some half-assed garbage in 2 hours so we can shotgun the production and laugh at your garbage” like most cooking shows nowadays. NO! 14 hour challenges! They’re still hard, but they get to actually make cool stuff! fancy stuff! Stuff I want to look at and cheer for them!

The episodes average 38 min and aren’t a huge time commitment, the first episode being the longest one, and there are only 8 total so it’s not like you have to really get in for the long haul. \

WATCH IT! Pump it! we need more cooking shows like this and less that are sad and mean!