#broiler feed making machine

[captain-lessship]

Bittersweet

Request: Wednesday Addams x Peter Parker-esque Male Reader. Just a lovably awkward cinnamon roll who’s unexpectedly charmed by Wednesday’s dark and macabre personality. Story wise, he’s trying to confess his feelings with some romantic gesture that’s tailored to her?

A/n: Yea I made it valentines themed… don’t fight me

You were panicking as you were whisking the chocolate you were trying to temper. You scowled at the TV Baking Show, “Double Broiler, my ass.” 

You jerked the glass bowl of chocolate off the pot of hot water and walked to the microwave. You threw it in there and pressed the numbers for one minute. 

You were trying to make chocolates for Wednesday. You and her were friends, you’d say. You had grown to enjoy being around her. 

She did too, or so she must’ve since she always sat beside you in classes. She didn’t talk all that much but that was great for your uneasy heart. 

You took another glance at your phone before deciding that you could definitely do it without their help. 

Valentines was coming up and that’s why you decided this would be a the perfect time. If she said no, at least you could eat the chocolate. But you really hoped she said yes.

You didn’t know exactly why  but there was something about her bluntness, something in the way she treated people she was close to; a sort of reserved care for them. You and her often spent time playing chess and you loved to listen to her cello music.

Honestly if she didn’t say yes to being your girlfriend, you hoped she’d still be your friend. She made you happy and when you realized you like her, you weren’t that surprised.

“The microwave is beeping.” 

You nearly jumped out of your skin when a voice jerked you from your thought. You wheeled around saw her. 

Wednesday. 

She must’ve been walking past the kitchen and heard it. 

“Oh!” you walked to the beeping machine and opened it and burned your finger on the hot ceramic bowl.

“What has got you in a fit? Is it a disease?” She said, lol at the counter tops.

You stared at her observing dark eyes. You hoped she hadn’t caught on. 

“Ah no, I am the peak of health.”

“You drink energy drinks for breakfast.”

You rolled your eyes as you grabbed a small towel to grab the bowl from the microwave, “Yea yea, anyway, what’s up?” You asked, carrying the bowl to the counter top, next to the molds for the chocolate.

“I was just wondering where you were.” She walked to the bowl and looked at the molds, “And what you are doing?”

You sighed, “I am making you chocolate.”

Wednesday look at you, eyebrow raised. “Why?”

You breathed in sharply, now or never. “Because tomorrow is Valentine’s Day.”

“Why are you celebrating a holiday built on capitalistic ideals and feeds on tempo displays of love?” She asked, looking at the bowl.

“Well… because I like you.”

She kept her eyes on the bowl. The silence was deafening.

“But if you don’t feel the same way, I totally get it and I could ju-“

She dipped her finger in the chocolate and brought it up to taste it. She then looked at you.

“This is milk chocolate so it should be paired with caramel.” She then looked to see another bowl of unmelted Chocolate, “Dark chocolate pairs well with sea salt.”

You smiled, she looked you dead in the eyes, “I don’t want them in a red box. But I like you too.” 

[princesscolumbia]

I'm starting to believe I may be autistic based on the overwhelming amount of the autistic experience I thought was...just normal, and since I have 4+ decades on this Earth trying to be Normal™, I've come after these foods over and over and over again trying to find something that makes it good, and in every single case here (for me), it's a matter of preparation or taste and because every one is more a category than an actual individual food item, very often you can find a variation in that category that you actually like.

If that's confusing, I'll do an example: There's basically two types of "chicken nugget" (technically, nothing is a "nugget" on a chicken, but that's another post), the kind that's breaded with batter and the kind that's breaded with crumbs. The batter is, IMHO, the clearly superior, but even in that category there's variations that change the taste, texture, etc. The crumb kind can suck my left ass cheek because it's like eating fucking dirt and I have crap all over my fingers and it gets in the dipping sauce and WHY does this shit exist?!

So that said, a breakdown of...

Things I've Discovered That Make This Shit Better (for me)

Chicken Nuggets

Batter breaded 100% of the time, but I prefer to think truly laterally on this one; bone-in chicken wings with rub (NOT sauced) and a dipping sauce on the side (usually blue cheese, but ranch will do if no blue cheese is available). No breading, no crumbs, no sauce getting all over your fingers. Yeah, you gotta deal with the rub, but that's what the term "finger lickin' good" is for. Also? The spicier the better.

Pizza

Do:

Find a LOCAL store/chain that PERFECTLY matches your taste. I'm talking the kind where there's one, maybe two locations in your city and they exist nowhere else

Figure out which of the Big 3 you can tolerate the most and order from them whenever you need to feed a crowd. Sure, you'll get that one asshole who complains about the brand of free pizza, but as you're dealing with someone who complains about free pizza, they can safely be ignored

Learn to make your own pizza sauce, both the "this shit took me two hours to make but it's goddamn ambrosia" and the "fuck, I forgot it was pizza night!" kinds.

If you need devices to take the load off of you because your spoon supply is low when it comes to cooking, get a bread machine and a food processor. Between those two you have all the tools you need to make home-made pizza.

If you like pepperoni, buy extra and keep it in stock, even if you don't home-make that often. Shit keeps for fuckin EVER and when you properly toast it under a broiler (yeah, I'm from America, deal with it) that shit slaps SO hard!

If you like Italian sausage, buy it pre-cooked from your grocer's

Do not:

Get frozen, shit's way marked up unless it's dollar store, and then you're getting dollar store pizza

On that subject, bread machine prepped dough is super cheap, like, "you don't ever think about the cost" levels of cheap and you have to restock the ingredients, like, once a quarter, if not year, and some of these ingredients can actually be bought at the dollar store, so DON'T buy crusts from the freezer section, it's SUPER marked up even at the dollar store

Buy from one of those "take and bake" places. Markup, markup, MARKUP and totally not worth it. Pay the employees to bake the damn thing or make it yourself

Mac and Cheese

Stop buying the boxes. Just...STOP. I get canned milk and a block of cheese to shred, and before I got comfortable with a box grater I used a food processor with the shredder attachment. I restock my elbow macaroni pasta once a month or so and have Alton Brown's stovetop mac'n'cheese recipe. It takes a little practice, but once you start making this, you will HATE how much you were LIED to about how mac and cheese is supposed to taste by those gawdawful boxes.

And it's customizable! Don't like sharp cheddar? Get medium or mild. Not a fan of cheddar? Pretty much any melting cheese will work and can be 1:1 subbed out. Too creamy? Cut down on the milk. Too dry? Add more milk. Not a fan of elbow pasta? Get fettuccini or penne or spiral, and since you're using a recipe that measures by weight and not volume, you can still do a 1:1 substitution with no calculator fussing

Oh, and if you prefer the shells 'n' cheese variety...surprisingly, the boxes are pretty good, 'cause the cheese is pretty much the same kind, and if you get the block from the dairy section it's got to be stored in the fridge and WILL go bad eventually if you forget to make it. Those boxes can sit on the shelf for a YEAR and once your executive dysfunction clears up you can make 'em in, like, 10 minutes.

Spaghetti

Wine. Specifically white wine or a light rosé. I'm not even kidding. It doesn't even have to be expensive, getting a cheap (sub $10) bottle from the liquor aisle at the grocery store is fine, you're not drinking it. Whether you cook a meat (I like Italian sausage for mine, but cheap hamburger is good, too) or are going meatless, you ADD ABOUT 3/4 CUP OF WINE TO THE SAUCE! Either you use the wine to deglaze your pan after cooking the meat or you pour it directly into your sauce once it's bubbling in the pot, but you LET IT COOK while your pasta is boiling. The wine REVOLUTIONIZES the flavor and if you've been raised on the sauce that doesn't have this because your parents were either clueless or bought into the lie about cooking with alcohol is bad or whatever, I guarantee you HAVE NOT had properly made marinara sauce for your spaghetti.

Also, SALT YOUR PASTA BOIL WATER! If you can't understand why people would shove strips of gluttony, wet dough in their mouths and call it food, well, neither can I, nor does anyone else with TASTE BUDS. You're missing the SALT! Two tablespoons for every gallon of water, adjust up or down based on the taste of your tap water. Also, once you've drained (DON'T RINSE YOUR PASTA OR I WILL TRACK YOU DOWN AND THROW POOL NOODLES AT YOU WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO HAVE SEX!) your pasta, pour about 1/4 cup of olive oil (OLIVE OIL! NOT THE "Partially hydroginated ultra processed can by used in your car and also will outlast your grandchildren" 'VEGETABLE' OIL!) in the pasta pot and dump the pasta back in the pot and "toss" it to coat the pasta in the oil. This adds a subtle flavor to the completed dish.

KEEP YOUR PASTA AND SAUCE SEPARATE UNTIL YOU'RE PLATING! I cannot emphasize this part enough.

If you wind up with leftovers, add some room temperature drinking water to the container when you reheat! Give that bitch a stir and you WILL thank me. The pasta absorbs the moisture from the sauce and leaves it a bit tacky, so the added moisture returns some of the 'brightness' to the sauce on re-heat.

Scrambled Eggs

Milk. I'm not even kidding. If you were raised on scrambled and they always came out tough and rubbery instead of light and fluffy, it's because some asshat taught whoever made it for you to scramble the eggs without milk. Also, remember this: Scrambled Eggs are supposed to be LIGHT YELLOW with shades of white. If it's coming out orange or even brown, it's overdone.

When you crack your eggs into the bowl, add about 1 teaspoon worth of milk per egg. Use a fork and beat that bitch like the dead horse point you argued on that Internet post that one time. Get your NON-STICK pan on the heat (you're not a professional chef that uses stainless steel to cook eggs, and even they use non-stick for eggs) and use a coating of SPRAY OIL. Butter burns too easily and too quickly unless you're REALLY good at what you're doing. Keep beating the eggs as you're pouring them, then GET THAT GODDAMN FORK AWAY FROM THE NON-STICK PAN I SWEAR TO GOD KEVIN IF YOU USE METAL UTENSILS ON MY NONSTICK PANS AGAIN...!

Get a silicon scraper/spatula and turn the eggs. You're not stirring them and you're not beating them any more, they've been beaten and broken, this is egg aftercare, you're treating them gently at this point. Let them cook, but don't keep 'em on one spot of the heat too long. Turn and fold until they look slightly damp. Not even kidding. Slightly...damp. If you cook 'em until they're dry they'll be overcooked by the time you sit down to eat. They will continue cooking between the pan and when you sit down to start eating.

Burger

Your burgers have been overcooked and are being topped with a ton of shit you don't like. Get the pre-frozen patties from the grocery store freezer section. Get foil, you're going to need a rectangle of foil about 1' x 1.5' for every 2-4 patties you cook.

Also, get a small sledgehammer, not even kidding.

Get a BIG pan to cook your burgers. Get it on the heat and WAIT for it to come to temperature. Use the sledgehammer on the outside of the package of patties to break apart the ice holding the patties together. One good tap should do it. If you don't have a sledgehammer by this point, make a reminder for yourself on your phone to get one later (do it now, pull out your phone and add the reminder. You don't have meat on the burner yet so YOU HAVE TIME TO DO THE REMINDER RIGHT NOW) and bang the package on your counter until the patties separate. Kinda wish you'd gotten the sledgehammer first, now, don't you? Put the frozen patties down on the hot pan and sprinkle with salt. Yes, do it now. NOW. Shut up and add the salt. Wait until you can see enough brown creeping up the edges of the patties that it's about 3/4 up, then flip. If you timed it right you should see just a bit of darker brown compared to the rest of the brown of the patties and no pink. If you flipped too soon, that's okay, wait until the other side is more cooked and flip 'em back.

DON'T PRESS DOWN ON THE PATTIES. Don't. I will come by your house in a slutty nun cosplay and smack your knuckles with a ruler if you press down on the patties while they're cooking.

Once they're browned on both sides, put 'em in the middle of the foil you got out earlier, stack 'em if you gotta, then wrap those bitches up for 10 MINUTES! NOT ONE MINUTE LESS, KEVIN!

While you're waiting, warm up your buns. The hamburger buns. Get your ass off the stove, that's gross. Put your hamburger buns in the microwave for, like, 30 seconds. That should soften them up just enough to make splitting them a zero-effort thing.

Once your buns are plated and 10 minutes has passed, put the patties on the buns.

I kinda gotta have some sorta goo (mustard, mayo, etc.) on my burger, but I HATE relish. Pickles are okay, but I prefer not if I have a choice. My GF, though, likes the burgers I make with no goo on them at all.

Cereal

If you don't like cereal, I don't blame you. That said, if you want to power through and learn to love it even if it feels like you can't, make popcorn.

For real, make yourself some popcorn. Use a popper that'll salt the popcorn as it pops (air poppers are clean out for this, so is microwave popcorn, too much oil or butter) and once you have a batch popped, put it in a storage container overnight.

No, I'm not kidding.

Pour your slightly stale popcorn in a cereal bowl (YES, I'm serious!) and have a sweetener handy. I started with sugar (go with the basics to start, right?) and pour your milk, then sprinkle with some sweetener. Take a bite. Too bland? Add more sugar. Too sweet? Add a bit more milk.

Super cheap, fairly low effort, and you can sweeten to YOUR exact taste.

Do this on the reg and you'll probably never buy cereal from the store again.

Bagel and cream cheese

DO...

...NOT...

...OVERTOAST...

...YOUR BAGEL!!!

Bagels are already fully cooked. If you don't even care if it's toasted, don't bother. It's ultimately an unnecessary step that just adds heat, and if that's all you want a microwave works better for that application. If cream cheese is too "heavy" for you, there's other spreadable cheeses that aren't nearly as heavy that you can try instead. Find a cheese shop and say, "I have no idea what I'm doing here, but I need an alternative to cream cheese for my bagel, what do you have that's easy and spreadable?" They'll let you try samples, and the cream cheese the actual cheese shop has is probably better than that grocery store crap anyway.

Oatmeal

Your oatmeal is overcooked and overprocessed.

"Instant" oats should only be used for no-bake drop cookies. Never, ever use instant oats for your oatmeal breakfast.

Rolled oats are good for breakfast if you don't have the spoons to set up a slow cooker for steel cut oats. Just make sure to ONLY boil the oats for EXACTLY as long as the packaging says and NO LONGER.

Find the additives you like, there is no one way to have oatmeal. If you like your oatmeal with butter, salt, pepper, and a fried egg on top, nobody can stop you. I like a tablespoon of butter, a spoonful of brown sugar, a shake of cinnamon, and a pinch of salt. Find what you like, go wild.

of these foods that I consider classic, cliche autism "safe" foods, which one do you not like?

[crumblerr]

Optimizing Nutrition: The Role of the Animal Feed Pellet Crumbler

In the world of animal nutrition and husbandry, the quality of animal feed is a critical factor in ensuring the health and productivity of livestock and poultry. Animal feed pellets have gained popularity for their convenience and nutrition, but not all animals can efficiently consume whole pellets. This is where the Animal Feed Pellet Crumbler comes into play, offering a solution to break down pellets into smaller, digestible particles. In this article, we will explore the significance of the Animal Feed Pellet Crumbler in enhancing animal nutrition and its impact on the agricultural industry.

The Importance of Animal Feed Pellet Crumblers Animal feed pellets have become a staple in modern livestock and poultry farming due to their numerous advantages: Nutrient Consistency: Pellets are manufactured with precise formulations, ensuring uniform distribution of essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals in each pellet.

Reduced Waste: Unlike loose or mash feed, pellets minimize wastage as animals cannot selectively eat certain components and leave others behind.

Storage Efficiency: Pellets are easy to handle, store, and transport, making them a practical choice for large-scale animal farming operations.

However, pellets may not be suitable for all animals, particularly young or small ones, and this is where Animal Feed Pellet Crumblers come into play:

Improved Digestibility: Crumbling pellets into smaller particles makes them easier for animals to ingest and digest, especially in the case of poultry, piglets, and young livestock.

Enhanced Palatability: Smaller feed particles can be more appealing to animals, encouraging them to consume more and promoting better growth and overall health.

Reduced Selective Feeding: Crumbled feed minimizes the risk of animals selectively eating certain components, ensuring they receive the complete nutritional package.

Key Features of Animal Feed Pellet Crumblers Animal Feed Pellet Crumblers are engineered with features that enhance their performance: Adjustable Particle Size: These machines typically come with adjustable settings for particle size, allowing farmers to customize the degree of crumbling to match the needs of their animals.

High Capacity: Crumblers are designed for efficient and high-capacity production, ensuring that large quantities of feed can be processed in a relatively short time.

Uniform Crumbling: These machines ensure that the feed is consistently crumbled, maintaining the quality and nutritional integrity of the feed.

Safety Features: Modern crumbler machines include safety mechanisms to protect operators and prevent accidents during operation.

Applications in Animal Farming Animal Feed Pellet Crumblers find applications across various sectors of animal farming: Poultry Farming: Broilers, layers, and turkeys benefit from crumbled feed to ensure optimal growth and egg production.

Swine Farming: Piglets and weaner pigs require crumbled feed to meet their nutritional requirements during the early stages of life.

Livestock: Calves, lambs, and other young animals may also need crumbled feed during the weaning process to facilitate their transition to solid feed.

Aquaculture: In fish farming, crumbled pellets are essential for species with small mouths and delicate digestive systems.

The Animal Feed Pellet Crumbler plays a pivotal role in animal nutrition, ensuring that animals of various ages and sizes receive the nutrients they need in a form that is easily digestible and palatable. By breaking down pelletized feeds into smaller particles, these machines contribute to the overall health, growth, and productivity of livestock and poultry. As the demand for high-quality animal products continues to rise, the importance of Animal Feed Pellet Crumblers in modern animal farming practices cannot be understated. Their continued development and integration into feeding processes will contribute to the efficiency and sustainability of the animal agriculture industry.

[toysoldiers-rwby]

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Show Your Teeth

Characters: Fiona, Winter, May, Robyn, Joanna Rating: Explicit (tagged as thoorist) Tags: slice of life, sexual tension Word Count: almost 6k

Second Draft of ch 10. I tossed out almost 20k words to find an ending that was the right amount of tension and bittersweet. I think this one was too angsty. honestly i don't remember

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Dr. Pietro was too valuable to be in the middle of Grimm infested fields, thousands of miles away from the Kingdom. He was constantly wrangling in both the Watts and a few other scientist for his current project. It would explain Author Watts’ sour mood, his eagerness to experiment on Glade.  

But Glade was Glade, May realized with a smile. The stray that manipulated the military, the stray that outsmarted two fucking kingdoms! Being able to improvise and make the best out of being an illegal experiment…  

Glade did a double take, those glowing white pupils dilating like a cat. Ears flicking in confused circles as plume of fire they were blowing onto the metal faded to the embers died on their lips. Fire Dust glowed across their skin, high-lighting the fullness of their cheeks and hard planes of muscles beautifully.  

May only understood a few signs but she knew the sign “What?”  

She continued staring and grinning. “Nothing.”  

Glade crosses their arms and leans against the workbench. They’re posturing. With the military feeding them, they didn’t even need to flex to show off their muscles. That calm and confident grin echoing Joanna and Robyn’s. There isn’t enough raw arrogance to compete with Winter, maybe in a few years after the tuffs of curls grow out. But right now they look too adorable.  

Silvio looks up from his Scroll. His face starts at confused, slides down to contempt then utter disgusted as he looks between Glade and May. He takes a deep breath and Glade is already rolling those glowing blue eyes, “Gaaay! Oh wait…” He stares at Glade. There’s an analytically rude way his silver eyes flick up and down their body.  

They’re not in uniform. Too much grease, too much molten metal, Dust, and various other things that would permanently damage the thick fabric. Instead it’s a simple broiler suit, arms tied at the waste because fuck safety and stand in the raw Solitas air in their binder.  

“Would that still be considered Gay? How would that work with… y’know?”  

“That’s a stupid question for a genius,” May scoffs with a small smirk.  

“If I wasn’t freezing my balls off I’d pelt you snow,” Silvio glowers. He pouts, turning his chair and continues playing with Marrow’s weapon schematics. May’s Scroll pings.  

G.O.A.T: Fi and Win stares a lot too G.O.A.T: yall can admit im hot  

If they weren’t working on Winter’s weapon she’d throw her Scroll at that smug face. “Literally hot. I think I can see you steaming,” May says with a small frown. It doesn’t stay though. She’s far too happy.  

Things were getting better.  

It took till fucking mid-terms but it was fucking getting better. Glade sticks out their tongue, the Dust infused tongue piercing glowing brightly. Then they blow a kiss with embers and a wink- and the warm stutters her heartbeat. Glade chuckles silently and goes back to work. She can’t help but continue watching.  

Blacksmiths had all but died in Atlas. They have machines and factories and there was something captivating about watching the kiln from the fire and Dust dance against their skin. Something about watching someone’s passion in action.  

And yes. May wouldn’t feed that ego but Glade was hot.  

And criminal or not, they were a genius. They pulled the saber out of the kiln, setting it against the anvil and hammering it into shape. Glade may have been a pacifist but they were a fighter. There was no one else more qualified to make weapons than Aurora Glade-  

“They’re a good kisser you know.”  

May screamed turned around. They saw white wiggling ears and looked down to see Fiona smiling. She’d be laughing if she wasn’t breathing so hard. Face flushed adorably, even tinting her ears lightly- Gloveless fingers engulfed her vision.  

“Cold!” Fi’s hands cups her cheeks. May sends them tumbling backwards trying to escape but Fiona laughs and follows. She tries to find footing but its all snow out in the tundra and they fall deep into it.  

“Gay!” Silvio’s yell is swallowed by the emptiness and snow.  

Fiona manages a laugh and needs to gasp for breath again. May hisses, body shivering as snow melts against her thick Atlesian clothes. Then she’s too hot, Fi’s breath warm against her lips. Still too far.  

“I wish I could kiss you…” Fiona whispers.  

May was about to pull her into one but Marrow and Harriet shouting stops them. Thousands of miles away from the Kingdom and it’s eyes and ears still follows. Fiona sighs, ears flicking in frustration. The Junior Ops were rather far for safety reasons, testing out upgrades and smoothing out kinks as the geniuses upgrade them. There were some pros to being in this ‘Accelerated Program.’  

But stealing small moments right in under Atlas of them gives a certain thrill. May’s hands manages to slide into Fiona’s and she brings it to their lips. Fi sputters, that blush running deeper, lower down that lovely neck.  

“Nice to see you two being productive.” The drawl is both familiar and unfamiliar. Fiona gasp out another bubble of giggles and May laughs. The Glyph is actually warmer than the snow as it pulses under them. It gently pulses and lifts May and Fiona off the ground.  

The pair is meet with more than Winter’s eyes. Robyn and Joanna are grinning down at them, far to amused to play stoic like the Specialist. All three of them are flushed and panting slightly. But… for some reason no matter how deep Winter’s breath were, it wasn’t fulfilling. She was fighting in a binder again-  

“May isn’t your partner anymore,” Fiona teases with a grin. May ignores the small sting in her chest. “Your not allowed to be jealous if I top her-”  

“I don’t need to hear this!” Silvio yells a little more aggressively. He stands up, hugging his thick coat tight to his body. The civilian snow gear almost makes him penguin walk to the Junior Ops. “Marrow! Give me your gun!”  

“I thought you said-”  

“Give it!” Marrow yips and immediately surrenders his weapons. Silvio then retreats deep into the airship. Leaving Marrow confused, unarmed and pouting.  

Glade gives RMJT (Ramjet) and their supervising officer a side-ways glance and a smirk but continues to work on Winter’s weapon. With some steam and wind Dust, they cool it down sharpen the blade in long arching fluid motion. The muscle on their arms on full display and almost as nice as Joanna’s. May would need to feel them to get a fair evaluation though-  

"Kitten."  

“Stop calling me that!” May swats Joanna’s handsome face on reflex. Joanna laughs and gently pushes her hands off.  

“But you even paw,” Joanna hums low and playfully. She worse than Fiona when she feels like it and judging from the light in her eyes, she felt like it. “We still have a bet. If I win you finally start using my crossbow staff.”  

“We never decided on what I’ll get if I win,” May argues. There were so many ideas she had. A date night with just Joanna was always fun and calm. She did promise to take her around to show off the glowing street art in Mantle.  

“Why bother? That’s never going to happen,” Joanna winks and is already walking a little ways from the airship. May finds herself following, staring at that broad back and the muscles testing the fabric of her coat. She huffs in frustration but reaches for her staff and extends it. A quick double to confirm that all the Dust chambers are full.  

May nods.  

Joanna doesn’t fire her crossbow bolts. She splits that staff into two axes and charges. May’s mind fire scenario after scenario, the smile still on her face. Joanna is stronger and has a longer reach. She doesn’t need a two handed weapon to over power her and her long arms is enough for the axes.  

May smirks. Two weapons makes it harder for May to block so she’ll just dodge- Joanna fires a bolt at her feet. It glows purple and the pull of gravity nearly drops May to her knees. Instead she tucks and rolls left, then scrambles back to avoid the an axe head. The other end is loaded and May barely hits it away to avoid it. Only this time the bolt explodes far to close behind her and topples the two.  

The Marigold scowls. She vaguely remembers that Joanna was a cop, one of the best in Mantle. She’s older, has more experience fighting people than Grimm. She also has stronger Aura and more reserves. That explosions does nothing to her while May’s ears are ringing and the snow crunches unevenly under her feet.  

Joanna lets her blink the world back to focus. She’s grinning, tapping an axe bladed crossbow on her shoulder. "Gonna call it kitten?" Her partner taunts playfully. If this was last semester May might have thrown her staff or go invisible. Then throw her staff.  

She only grins. “Not even in your dreams.” May does go invisible. Joanna immediately couches down, grabbing a handful of snow and flies it into the air. May grins. Smart, resourceful. Gullible. Chambering fire dust, she melts the snow. Solitas is cold enough that water instantly freezes again, leaving a mist that blankets the field. May throws the gravity bolt back with enough Aura to pull Joanna to the ground.  

She was going to follow up with lightning but May always underestimates how strong Joanna is. The gravity bolt doesn’t pin her, barely hinders her as she charges towards May again. For a moment they were in the Field.  

For a moment, Joanna doesn’t attack and just presses her lips to May’s. She surrenders into it almost instantly. Joanna’s kiss was always slow burning. There’s a lingering sense of power and control. Like a beast in hibernation. It’s one of those things that is given to you.  

That moment passes as Joanna continues to shove May out. Their lips part far to soon. It’s worth being pinned into the snow by her girlfriend though. Hidden in the snow, Joanna breaths hot against the back of her neck.  

“I win.”  

“I don’t exactly call this a lose…” May mumbled. Joanna easily lifts them both up and May’s blushing to hard and staring at the ground. Heart beating too fast for something so simple. Maybe she did like being handled… Her teammates laugh. The Ice Queen can’t. Winter does relax, the barest hint of a smile on her face.  

Then she’s looking at Glade. The saber is finished and sings as it cuts through the air. With a press of a button the secondary splits from the handle and drops into their free hand. They test the pair out, feeling the balance, checking the sharpness. After a little more teasing and a small impatient frown from Winter, the weaponsmith finally surrenders it.  

“An adequate display,” Winter hums, keeping her expression and voice void of the pride in the eyes. Glade was amazing and they knew it. They frowned deeply at the insult and May laughed with Fiona. They were adorable. Even with the eerie glowing eyes. “Would you like to prove me wrong? I believe Watts is still trying to get combative readings from your neural augments.”  

There was an interruption from the Junior Ops. Of course it was Harriet who scoffs, “Stop playing with your pet,” Harriet said. "We’re here on business, Specialist Schnee."  

… Pet. May grits her teeth. She takes a deep breath trying to let the comment wash off. Winter’s constant reminder floats through her head. The need to play nice and play up Robyn’s image.  

It was Robyn’s fame that saved Fiona’s scholarships when the public learned Winter was promoted. It was Winter’s image that lets her be around Glade so much that their sign language was second nature in just a few months.  

Atlesian 101. Public opinion is everything. At the end of the day, they were all social creatures. All victims to a mindless and easily fooled community.  

But Robyn was a Mantle Rat. She doesn’t see the manipulative threads. She heard a bitch insult a friend who’s been stripped of everything and leaps into action.  

“What did you call Glade?” Robyn hisses. Fiona is standing by their leaders side. It wasn’t that Fiona was sweet and kind and without spite. It was that she didn’t have the protection May had, couldn’t act on her anger without a family name and money.  

So Fiona practically snarl and bare her fangs stuns May for a moment. The pair make the face of RMJT. They’re charming and cute smiles were plastered all over the net and zines. If a photo of them got leaked right now, Fi would lose her scholarships. They both looked ready to throttle the hare.  

“Get over yourself, Hill,” Harriet sneered in that Atlesian tone. May scowls. She’s faster than Robyn so she’ll be second in line to beat the asshole up. "Maybe if you were a real Atlasian Huntress you’d realize Glade is just a toy." May’s heart is in her ears. Roaring. Angry. Two years till freedom. May desperately reminds herself. Two years till they can finally bring Atlas down-  

Fiona moves first so Robyn follows her partner. Joanna’s long arms catch Fiona in a bear hug while May struggles with Robyn.  

"You called them Winter’s pet!" Fiona angrily yelled, thrashing in Joanna’s arms. Somehow May managed to shove Robyn her way. Joanna’s strong arms easily pinned the two in a bear hug. Fiona looked at the only other Faunus. Marrow had wandered over, no doubt to stop all the yelling. “Marrow! You can’t be okay with that!”  

“I- I’m not!” the underclassmen stuttered, tail low between his legs.  

"Then fucking do something!"  

“Assault isn’t the answer, Ms. Thyme,” That cool commanding voice. May sighs. That mask slips on too easily sometimes. May can’t blame her… She’s a Schnee she was literally born into it. Everyone calms a little. Winter isn’t even looking at RMJT but the airship side door. //Focus in use  

The workbench and kiln are abandoned… Winter clears her throat. Glade pokes their head out.  

Brows knitted up in fear above those glowing blue eyes, their ears a timid low. They looked at Robyn and Harriet, both their shoulders tense and absolutely pissed. Then they looked back at Winter and vigorously shake their head no, trying to hide away again.  

From the corner of her eyes, May saw Marrow bit his lip, tail twitching as he tried not to giggle. May was eager to latch to the lighter mood. Her anger doesn’t melt so easily. But… but Glade was scared. So she takes a deep breath and smiles softly. Not enough to be friendly because Glade was a solo vigilante.  

If they had to keep their relationship a secret they definitely had to keep their history with Glade buried.  

Still Her chest was bubbling at how cute timid Glade was. Marrow cracked laughing softly and May couldn’t help but to snort. Winter gave a sigh, frustration genuine on her face. For a moment even May thought she was irritated at the ‘criminal’ but the twitch in her arms told a different story. Winter fought against her true nature, pushed aside all the comforting gestures she’d learned for Weiss and gave Glade a wary thin look.  

“I assure you, you’re safe… Unless you doubt my ability to beat everyone here?” Winter asked slowly, toeing the line of intimidating and teasing. Glade made more adorable Faunus noises.  

May couldn’t help but to smile. Everyone else, save for Harriet, thought it was adorable so she was allowed to too. Before Winter could try coax them in, someone kicked Glade out of the airship. Silvio scowls glaring hard at the students.  

“Aren’t you fucking assholes suppose to be smart?” He ask. “Do you know how much Grimm you just brought in?! Two hordes of Megoliaths!”  

Winter sighs. She’s had a lot of practice so it comes out natural. It almost convinces May. “Harriet, take the fighter and the others. I need a word with RMJT.” Winter said, glaring hard at Robyn.  

During the short time it takes to load up the workstations and for the Junior Ops to leave, May realizes that Winter might actually be made. As soon as they were gone, Winter tapped a few buttons on her Scroll. May could feel the guarded edge on the back of her mind and in her Aura fade off as the hidden cameras in the room shut down.  

//HH & Winter Rift. White knights flaw. PICKUP HERE Immediately the Schnee exploded, that cool demeanor all fire and frustration.  

“What the fuck were you two thinking?!” Winter yells at Robyn and Fi. Again. At least it was almost two weeks. Still May sighs and tries to find a way to de-escalade the situation. It’s hard when she sides with Fi and Robyn. Fiona’s hackles practically raise, fist balled up tight as she glared at her former leader. Robyn looked ready to throw another punch.  

Before either of them could get a word in, Joanna’s massive figure stepped between them. She only crossed her arms, staring down at all three women. The interruption was enough for them to catch their breath. Mostly Winter who leaned against the table, almost struggling to breath as she rubbing her temples.  

“Fi… you should know you need to pick your battles. There are still people trying to get you expelled and I’m not there to-”  

“We don’t need your protection,” Fiona hissed, ears twitching low. "Focus on Glade, Silvio, Weiss and Whitley." That hit May and cracked Winter. So many emotions she needed to keep under control flashed across her face. May pressed her side into their girlfriend’s, hoping to ground her. Eventually the pain and fear faded to… guilt.  

Then Winter shook it off.  

It was replaced by fustration. “Point is there is a lot of people that don’t want to see you four graduate,” Winter said. RMJT rolled their eyes. They were the under-dogs. An estrange elite, two nontraditional Mantle Rats who said fuck the law and a Faunus that was better than a Schnee in both academic and fighting- Winter was still talking. “They have a lot of power if you give them any kind of leverage you’ll never graduate.”  

“We’ll be fine.” Robyn huffed.  

“No you wont,” Winter hissed at Robyn. She stood up, back straight and shoulders tense. Brittle. May gently put her hand on Win’s shoulder, only to have… her former partner shake it off. Winter soldiers on, “You have no idea, what Atlesians are capable of. You need to do better!”  

“I know!” Robyn yelled back. They were within each other’s melee range now. “I have people swarming me every day reminding me I’m the Hero of Mantle. I know!”  

“You wanted follow my grandfather. Step up and lead by example, Hill.”  

The importance of image finally clicks for Robyn. Realization settles in as her shoulders relax for a moment. Robyn tries to smooth out those hard edges but pitty and fustratin shines through. “So do you,” Robyn nearly hisses. “You’re the only one keeping them prisoner.”  

That makes Winter pause. She looks at Robyn and something filters across her face.  

Pity or envy?  

Before RMJT can say anything the bay doors open and Glade was the first one to jump out. Winter actual held them back. May remembered something Winter said at the beginning of summer. That Glade’s Dust was potent enough to level an entire block. They saw that masterful application during their work and now…  

And now Glade is finally away from civilians.  

Even from the possible safety of the Bullhead, high in the air, May could feel the heat piercing the Solitas cold. A blaze of fire rolled through the snow and ice, leaving the dead rocky ground bare. The weaker Megoliaths burned in the fire.  

The Dust in their boildersuit fade from red to dark orange. The herd was culled again, this time impaled by earthen spikes. A quarter of the herd was cut down in seconds. The Alpha Megoliaths roared, legs shattering the earth spikes under its feet. They could see the ground shaking from the sky. If Glade’s Aura and Dust doesn’t attract the second horde, the small earthquakes would have.  

Glade was skilled enough to avoid capture by Vale’s Glynda Goodwitch. Skilled enough to wrangle Grimm, skilled enough to have the entire Kingdom of Mistral after her and elude them for a year. Skilled enough that violence was a choice for them. And even stripped of everything they bite back in a differnt way.  

Winter crosses her arms. The movement pulls May to the argument that the two leaders could never really settle. What to do with Glade? "Their semblance is similar to General Ironwood’s Mettle." Winter explains. May hates their semblance even more. “Glade can Focus on an aspect, personality, emotions, senses, a task, Dust, lying… acting.” Winter said. There was something at the end of it. It dipped and strained… like she was stabbing her own heart. “Atlesian 102.”  

And suddenly May’s freeze and burns.  

“Give them what they think they want.” May mumbles. Focus on a lie or an act, May grits her teeth. Pretend like nothing is wrong for the sake of your friends or play up the torutred experiment to gain sympathy.  

“Everyone loves to see their hero and knight save someone. And the Faunus experiment is the perfect damsal.” Winter practically growls under her breath. May watches her. Anger deep in her eyes. Winter didn’t ask for the image, for the fame. It followed her from her family now in the military it has grown like steel wires.  

She waits a few moments. When RMJT responds with silence she finally leaps from the aircraft. She landed gracefully next to Glade. She let some of her Ice Queen image chip and crack to give Glade a pat on their head. The Specialist didn’t draw her new saber, fresh from the kiln and anvil. Instead she stepped back and let Glade fight.  

Glade never needed their help.  

Not with the Geist.  

Not after their surrender.  

May and Robyn looked at each other, conflicted and a little confused. How much was an act from their semblance? Robyn groaned into her palm. The look of regreat solid on her face before she leaped out.  

“Sometimes I think she forgets she’s dating Winter,” Joanna whispered to May. It felt like that most days… May blames the distance. The physical one, between Atlas and Mantle. “Come on. Killing Grimm will calm us down and we can’t get showed up by a civilian.”  

"How does adrenaline and hot sweaty women equal calming?" Fiona muttered. It was a half hearted joke. A little real but overall a bad deflect. May takes a breath.  

Glade is okay. Just a manipulative bitch. Hopefully. And if they’ll still be there tomorrow. Things will get better. Hopefully.  

May follows the rest of RMJT out of the airship.  

Joanna was right. Fighting Grimm burnt the argument and fight out of them. Despite all the show, Glade gased out far to quickly to be effective Hunter. They did kill a lot of the first herd and the second was no match for eight nearly qualified Hunters.  

Snow was starting to return to the area where Glade orignally landed. There was a small tent picked up with a few chairs. Fiona waving at them while Joanna gave a broad grin and blowing a kiss. Robyn plays along, a hand over her heart and swooning into May’s arms. Until the estranged Marigold snorts and drops her.  

But just because Joanna was right doesn’t mean Fiona was wrong.  

May stands above Robyn for a second. Admiring the messy plantium locks and the flushed tanned face- Robyn winks. “Ugh-” Instead of sinking down into the snow and kissing her girlfriend she kicks the snow into her face. Joanna and Fiona laugh, loud and joyful. They were all too tired to be guarded. It feels less like a fight, less like a mission watching a ‘criminal.’ Their stupid smiles always made it feel like a date.  

As soon as May took a seat in on the chairs she didn’t want to move. She hiss curses under her breath feeling her body throb. A Sabyr kicked her jaw, a Sulfur Fish stung her calf… but the thob was in her gut and growing lower and lower as she watches her partner.  

Joanna pushed Elm out of the way earlier, taking a hit from a Megoliath. It must have fucked with her shoulder because she’s rolling it, stretching her coat tight against her back muscles. May feels that solid heat ghost under her fingers. She doesn’t have the same hair routine but giving Joanna massages was good in its own way.  

She wasn’t strong enough for a deep massage but that just means May kept on trying. Enjoying warm skin under her hands, the hard shift from muscle to muscle. Every twitch was like Joanna was flexing.  

May feels Marrow’s tail thawt against her leg in a lazy motion. It sped up a little as Joanna slips a sleeve off, brunching up her shirt to push a the knot directly and showing an unfair amount of muscles.  

She wants to kiss her. Fuck public image. Fuck all the pretending, the cold attitutdes. May was tired of all the Atlesian bullshit. She killed dozens of Grimm and at least deserves to kiss her fucking girlfriends. Joanna was barely out of breath and May wanted her gasping.  

“Hey, Robyn,” Marrow called out, breaking her out of her daydream. “You can’t arrest people, can you?”  

“I quit so I could attend Atlas Academy, wags.”  

“Huh… Well that,” He gestured to Joanna. Robyn walked over, quietly observing as Elm walked up and tried to massage the kink gone. Both their muscles flexing and tested Atlesian thick clothing. "That should be illegal."  

“You know what is illegal?” Robyn asked. May could hear that stupid smile in her voice and she was groaning loudly to drown out Robyn but it didn’t work, “Not kissing my girlfriend- Damn it! Look alive, May!"  

May snapped to attention just as a Megoliath roared into view. Everyone switches back into fighting mode. May ran after her leader, twisting the chamber in her staff. It clicks empty, empty, then she felt electricity hum as lightning Dust chambers in.  

“Joanna!”  

“For the record I hate it when any of you do this!” Joanna yells. She still held her out her hands for May to vault off of and May only grins. Blame it on all the times Winter carries her around or all the rush from the Glyphs, or maybe she just likes being handled by Joanna. Her partner only frowns as hearing her thoughts. She still throws May high into the air and barely has time to dodge the Grimm herself.  

Elm jumps in, holding onto the trunk with Roots further anchoring her to the ground. May yells a warning, plunging the staff deep into the Grimm’s eye. It doesn’t bleed, doesn’t smoke, it just… sinks in with a bone shuddering wet noise. The lightning Dust pours into the Megoliath. Joanna helps Elm clear the twitching tunk and stomping legs.  

An explosion throw’s May’s off.  

It wasn’t silent like the crossbow bolts so it had to be something Fiona stole. May’s limbs burns like she’s been fighting for an hour. She sinks deep into the snow and it doesn’t help. It does the opposite. All the blood is pooling between her legs, all the running and fighting had everything rubbing just right. May tries not to think about the last time she had sex. About how the snow feels like Winter’s cool hands crawling into her neck.  

With a shuttering breath she stares up at the bright sky. Focuses on how warm the rare Solitas sun is on her skin because they were in public. Fiona eclipses the sun for a moment. Then a moment longer as her body falls-  

“Fi!” May screams, trying to scrample away. The snow gives and gives under her hands and Fiona finally craches into her. Even the sharp headbutt does nothing for the low arosual in her gut. If anything it just gives her shaft a reason to thob harder. It has everything to do with Fi’s groan and not how her brain was mixing pleasure and pain. With Fiona’s hands firm on her chest. Sweet laughter against her neck.  

May drops her Aura for a few seconds. The idea was that the snow would chill her blood. But so many hours, wrapped around Winter’s fingers… May groaned slamming her Aura back on. She wanted those cool hands on her thighs. Clawing. She wanted Fiona seated higher on her chest.  

Who’s idea was it not fuck? Winter? It has to be Winter’s.  

Fiona’s laugh draws May out of her pout. “Woops,” Fiona mumbled unapologetically. There was something in her voice. The faux innocent tone and sinfully slow drawls. “It’s a good thing Joanna won, you really need something for distance.”  

“Shut up,” May growled. As revenge she hangs limp. Fiona is strong enough to carry her but she just… so tiny. And tired. The snow makes things harder than it should be and they fall back into it. Out of stupid habits May holds Fiona tight, as if they were falling out of another crashing airship. As if Fiona wasn’t already laughing on the way down.  

“This is your fault y’know,” Fiona said with a grin. Looming over her, elbows blocking May. It fucks with her breathing and then more. Fiona’s eyes flicker down. That heated gaze slowly growing intense, like the day in the changing room. She licks her lips, her ears straining forward for more soft noise. She knows Fi can feel her heart race. That innocent smiles grows sweet and beutiful and so far from innocent.  

Her knee slides up.  

Pausing between May’s. That low throb was firmly settled between May’s legs now. She glances away but that only opens her up. Fiona’s lips and nose press into her neck. Her pulse is far to alive against such a soft kiss. Too soft. May wants more. Her body already arching for it.  

“Fi…” May was starting to tremble.  

“We deserve a second,” Fiona says as if it was a warning. Then her teeth digs in hard. May presses her hand against her mouth, breath loud and sharsh as her back arch but Fiona’s hand quickly comes up to pin it down. Her ears flutter pointedly. May wanted hands and teeth, Fiona wanted it all including her moans. She sucks hard and gives May a teaser for what it could feel around her pulsing cock.  

She doesn’t stop until May tugs her hair. After May feels pre-cum sliding down her shaft. Fiona growls and huffs. Teeth teasing the bruise but it was already healing. It still hurts, so Fi tongue sooth the spot. Low and slow like it was May’s shaft- Their Scrolls ping and Fiona looks ready to break it in her hands.  

G.O.A.T: stop. i can SMELL you horny idiots from here happywool: that’s a bad thing?  

She steal a kiss from May. Even burried in the snow, fighting in the cold, the kiss is warm and sweet. Even if Fiona’s sharp teeth nip with fustration.  

Her knee shifts higher. A hand palms May’s chest.  

G.O.A.T: SERIOUSLY. I CAN’T EXACTLY GET LAID foxhot: sounds like a u problem G.O.A.T: just finish the grimm so we can get Win home  

That stops Fiona dead in her tracks.  

mt.spur: what happen angeldust: Nothing important. G.O.A.T: i disagree and stop being a dumb bitch G.O.A.T: she’s fighting with her binder on angeldust: So are you! G.O.A.T: i didnt feint bitch  

May and Fiona rolls their eyes and share another kiss before Fiona pulls her onto her feet. "The sooner we finish the sooner we can finsih," Fiona says with a wink and runs off. May watches her with a small smile and tries to shake the snow out of her hair and clothes.  

The rest of the evening slips into a mix of auto-pilot and a straight up blur. The simple social outing for the ‘criminal’ was an extra hour, almost two. The Grimm was easy but they kept coming. Like every other week. RMJT has been out on so many missions half their classes were online, in the damn airships. The ones that weren’t were Combative Training, Advance Stealth Operations or Body Conditioning.  

Her Scroll kept going off too much to call it a nap and she feels to restless when she finally realizes they’re back in Mantle.  

May sets her back down the table and stretches out the kinks in her back. She groans as a few joints pop back into place. A pair of hands slide onto her shoulders, pressing into areas she didn’t realize were tense.  

The hands were too big to be Fiona’s, too small to be Joanna’s, too warm to be Winter’s. She blinks in surprise. For such a flirt Robyn was actually rather reserved. Most of her advances only happened when Winter was around. And sure enough, somehow the they manage to drag the Specialist.  

Or with Joanna, carry.  

A feint blush is on Winter’s cheeks now and she lets out a sigh. May has gotten used to all the touches and her partner’s casual show of strength. But Winter probably regressed up in Atlas, with only Glade.  

“You can set me down now,” Winter mumbles.  

“Not even a please,” Joanna playfully huffs. Instead she sits down on the couch. Her hands interwined with Winter’s… pressing it against her thighs.  

Just like the changing room.  

The room suddenly feels hotter. May’s blood was already hot from all of Fiona’s teasing and now its rapidly pooling in her shaft- Where’s the lamb. May looks around to see the women walk out of their bedroom, a bag in one hand and twirling the knife in the other.  

Now in the privacy of their home, Fiona is a little calmer. Her grin is still dark, her ears still strained but she doesn’t look like shes ready to pounce.  

Her prey is already caught after all.  

Fiona looks at May and winks. With a touch the coffee table and everything on it gone and she replaces it with the bed in their room. May finds her self menuvered, seated on the edge with Robyn behind her.  

May can only stare dazed at Winter. The women was… she was the image of Atlas perfection. Control, yet she’s trembling with Joanna’s hot breath on her neck. Power, though when that knife slices into her uniform she’s praying Fiona’s name.  

“Fi… fuck,” Winter mutters. Her Aura flares where the knife licks her skin. May whimpers and shifts between Robyn’s legs. Her leader murmers something. Something about how good girls don’t interrupt a show. A hand strokes May thighs, promising a reward for good girls.  

Fiona briefly smiles over her shoulder. The knowledge that this show was also for them… May throbs against her clothes. Whimpers with as Joanna hums, staring at the tent her pants. Winter looks ready to feint. Breathing shallow and eyes clouded. Still Fiona goes slow. Those flexing abs revealed inch by near minute.  

“Hurry, please Fiona… I’m going to pass out-”  

“Oh!” Fiona’s blinks, that dominance replaced by surprised concern. She laughs nervously, knife swiftly gliding through the shirt, coat and binder. Winter’s Aura lights up her skin as the blade tilts her head back.  

Exposed. Volunrable. Submissive.

[cooking-thru-shortstack]

Strawberry Tart with Goat Cheese Filling -- 5 Stars

Vegetarian - yes

Vegan - no

Dairy free - no

Gluten free - no

So obviously this is amazing. Just read the title. It's decadence, it's delicious, it's divine.

No improvements or additions. Just make sure the crust is fairly thin -- no need to worry about anything leaking or turning soggy, as the layer of hard chocolate protects it.

Ingredients for the shell:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting

1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp confectioner's sugar

1/8 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking powder

1 stick (8 tbsp) cold butter, cut into small pieces

1 large egg, lightly beaten

1 large egg yolk, lightly beaten

Ingredients for the filling:

5 oz soft, mild goat cheese

1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp confectioner's sugar

1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

8 oz créme fraîche

3 oz semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped

1/4 cup strawberry preserves

4 cups strawberries, hulled and sliced (about 1 pound whole)

Make the tart shell: In a food processor, pulse the flour, confectioner's sugar, salt, and baking powder. Add the butter and pulse to combine until the butter is in small pea-size pieces. Combine the whole egg and egg yolk and, with the food processor running, slowly add the egg through the feed tube. Stop the machine just as the dough begins to come together. Transfer the dough to a flour-dusted surface and knead it once or twice to make sure it is well mixed. Wrap the dough in plastic, flatten it into a disk and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.

Make the filling: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, blend the goat cheese, confectioners' sugar and vanilla at medium speed until smooth. Add the créme fraîche and gently mix at low speed until just combined (do not mix this in a food processor as it will curdle). Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate until needed.

On a well-floured surface, roll the dough out to form a 12 inch circle. Press the dough into a 10-inch tart pan with a removable bottom and tuck the excess between the dough and the dart pan sides to reinforce the edges. Prick the dough all over with a fork and chill in the refrigerator for 15 minutes or until firm.

Line the tart shell with foil, fill with dry beans or pie weights and bake for 20 to 25 minutes until firm and dry. Remove the foil and continue to bake, uncovered, until golden brown, about 15 minutes more. Cool completely. (You can make the tart shell up to 2 days ahead.)

Melt the chocolate in a microwave oven in 20 second intervals, stirring in between, until it's melted and smooth. [I don't trust a microwave so instead I melted the chocolate in a double broiler.] Pour the chocolate into the cooled tart shell and smooth with a spatula. Chill in the refrigerator until the chocolate hardens.

In a small saucepan, heat the strawberry preserves and 1 tablespoon of water over medium heat until the preserves liquefy enough to create a glaze. Meanwhile, spread the goat cheese mixture over the layer of chocolate in the tart shell and top with the sliced strawberries. Brush the strawberries with glaze. Serve immediately or refrigerate for several hours before serving.

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Customized 1-2t/h feed pellet production line

Who is suitable for this 1-2t/h feed pellet production line? It is specially designed for the small farm owners, and the animal feed suppliers who firstly begins to enter the poultry feed production industry. 

What raw material can use? This Line can used for all kinds of grain, such as maize, corn, wheat, soybean, barley etc. There are also other kinds of materials, like premix, vitamins, wheat bran, salt and others according to different formula.

What kind animal feed can produce? This poultry feed pellet production line can produce feed for meat chicken, broilers, laying hens, and small baby chicken feed, and cattle feed, pig feed, duck feed, sheep feed ect.

Feature

1.We can provide different capacity production lines according to your requirements.

2.We could make powder feed unit,premix feed unit,and pellet feed unit.

3.Stainless steel materials and Carbon steel materials for spare parts ,dies and rollers.

4.Overseas engineers can participate in the installation project up to the turnkey stage.

Go to see the next animal feed machines.

Main Machine Of Production Line

Crusher: It uses a positive pressure, high-speed rotating rotor to generate a large centrifugal force, and the raw material is sucked into the pulverizing chamber to be pulverized.

Mixer: The machine is mixed with the high speed rotation of the stirring blade in the surface barrel and it is suitable to produce prower/mash feed.

Pellet machine: The machine can press solid and viscous media through a die. Raw materials going in, your product comes out and is cut to size.

Dryer: The machine is used in drying food and animal feed pellet, and the high temperature make raw material on steel belt recycling drying.

Seasoning: The machine is used for continuous seasoning pellets, which automatically controls the speed and material capacity.

Cooler: The cooling machine can reduce feed pellets temperature to a slightly higher level than room temperature, which can ensure the quality of the fish feed.

Packing: The process of weighing, bagging and slitting the finished product by automatic packaging equipment and are shipped in two forms: bulk and bagged. Come to see the fish feed packaging machine.

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Types of poultry Equipment's?

1. Incubator Incubator is a similar flesh outfit that's used for setting the raspberry’s egg in artificial ways. Generally in natural conditions, the flesh birds door the egg, but they can maintain and door a limited number of eggs.

So, when it's necessary to door a large number of eggs, you must use an incubator. There are numerous types of egg incubators on the request.

2. Egg Tray This is a piece of outfit used in setting the eggs. Just like the name, it's a charger- suchlike an outfit where the eggs are placed for the slice.

3. Ventilation Addict The ventilation addict is a type of outfit used for icing maximum ventilation in the flesh ranch. It's also a type of outfit used in reducing the temperature of the flesh ranch during hot rainfall.

4. Laying Nest is another piece of outfit that helps the catcalls for laying of eggs. One of the advantages of this outfit is that it increases the egg productivity of the flesh catcalls.

5. Egg Washer is an outfit that makes use of a greasepaint called the egg washing greasepaint. Water is added to the egg washer and also the egg washing greasepaint is added also. It's used for washing the eggs before delivery.

6. confluent A confluent is a similar outfit that's used for feeding the flesh catcalls. Generally, some foods are kept in the confluent and the flesh catcalls start eating food from there. Plastic or essence affluents are used substantially to feed the cravens.

7. Water Pot Water pots are of colorful types. Water can be served by a simple water pot or through a channel. In a channel system, you can keep a pipe from one corner to another corner of the house or use a drop water system.

8. Heater Heat operation is veritably necessary for flesh husbandry. A bulb, heater, or another heating outfit can be used to warm up the flesh pen.

9. Egg Handling Nest Egg handling nests or coops are used for transporting eggs from one place to another place. It reduces the threat of damage to eggs while transported for marketing purposes.

10. Brooder Machines give warmth and lightning to the sprats

Egiyok is one of the most popular apps that provides all types of poultry services like egg rates, broiler, and chicks rates. Here you also provide some other services like poultry equipment, poultry transportation, doctor consultancy, poultry feed, etc. 

For more information visit our website i.e Egiyok or download EGIYOK APP.

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Difference between feed pellet machine and wood pellet machine

Feed pellet machine is also named as pellet feed mill, fodder pellet mill. It belongs to animal feed processing equipment, which can directly extrude corn, soybean meal, rice husk, straw and grass into small pellets.

1, Different Raw Materials

Feed pellets are mainly made from corn meal, grass meal, straw meal, cottonseed meal, soybean meal and rice husk etc. These materials are relatively soft and moist so they can be processed directly with a small amount of liquid. When the pellets mill working, there will be a heating process, after that, the feed pellets will be even more soft and smooth.

Biomass pellets are made from more various and harder materials. Logs, wood chips, waste wood, sawdust, sunflower stalk, cotton stalks, bamboo dust, coffee husk, wheat straw, palm husk and almost all the biomass waste you can think of can be processed in to pellets. Biomass pellets mills deal with raw materials contain more fiber, so the process is more complex than making feed pellet mills.

2, Different Shapes

Because of the reason we mentioned above, feed pellet mills and biomass pellet mills are different from the appearance. Generally speaking, feed pellet is smaller and thinner. The largest feed pellet mill is about 1 meters high and weighed several hundreds kilograms. While the smallest biomass pellets mill, for example, the wood pellet mill is more than 2 meters high and weighed around 5 to 6 tons. What’s more, biomass raw materials are hard to process, so you may need a complete biomass pellet line to help you from chipping and crushing the raw material till packing the pellets.

3. Different Input Costs

If it is a pellet production line with the same output, for example, the pellet production line that is also 1t / h, the feed pellet production line with feed pellet granulator has a lower investment cost than the wood pellet production line.

Richi machinery produces a variety of animal feed pellet machines and wood pellet machines. If you need a large amount of pellets, you need to set up a pellet production line. We can provide you with a complete solution from the early design to the later equipment installation and training.

High quality pellets can withstand repeated handling as can occur during bagging, transportation, storage, and moving in feed lines without excessive breakage or generation of fine particles. Here we describe what factors influence the quality.

Feed pelleting can be defined as conversion of finely ground mash feed into dense, free flowing pellets or capsules, in a process that involves steam injection (moisture and heat) and mechanical pressure. There are several advantages for feeding broilers pelleted rather than mash feed. The main advantage is the improved bird performance (improved feed intake, weight gain and feed conversion). Birds fed pelleted diets spend less time and need lower maintenance energy requirements during eating and digestion in comparison to those fed mash feed. The other benefits of feeding pelleted diets include increase feed density, decrease feed dustiness, wastage and selection, better mechanical handling of feed on the feed lines, and destruction of feed-borne pathogens. Therefore, the full genetic potentials of modern broiler strains cannot be achieved without pelleted feed. In order to achieve these multi-benefits, the pellet durability should be of a standard quality (not contain too much fines), otherwise, the bird’s performance will be adversely affected.

Pellet durability index

High quality pellets can be defined as pellets that can withstand repeated handling as can occur during bagging, transportation, storage, and moving on feed lines without excessive breakage or generation of fine particles. Pellet quality is usually expressed as the pellet durability index (PDI), and measured by using a tumbling can device, in which the pellet sample to be tested is first sieved to remove fines, then tumbled in the tumbling can device for a defined period of time. The tumbled sample is then sieved to remove fines, and the amount of intact pellets is determined. The PDI can be calculated as following: weight of intact pellet after tumbling / weight of intact pellet before tumbling x 100. Other devices can be used to determine the pellet durability such as Holmen pellet tester, lignotester, etc.

Factors affecting pellet quality

Several factors have an effect on the quality of the pellets. First of all the feed formulation (raw materials and additives used). Some feed ingredients have a good impact on pellet quality, while others could adversely affect the quality. Unfortunately, corn-soy diets are not the ideal diets to achieve the desired pellet quality. Dietary inclusion of wheat grain or wheat by products (wheat midds, wheat gluten) can increase pellet durability, because of the high protein (gluten) and hemi-cellulose content of wheat in comparison to corn or corn co-products. Similarly inclusion of oat as a partial substitute of corn can increase pellet quality.

We can rank feed grains according to their positive impacts on pellet quality from best to worst as followings:

oat,

wheat,

barley,

corn,

sorghum.

It was previously known that starch and its gelatinisation is the most important factor for achieving the desired pellet quality. However, recent reports indicated that the positive impact of protein on pellet quality is much more important than that of starch. Dietary inclusion of oil has an adverse effect on pellet quality. This is attributed to the coating effect of oil to the feed particles which prevent their penetration by the steam, also oil reduces the friction generated between die and feed particles with subsequent decrease in the starch gelatinisation rate. Inclusion of binding agents (e.g. water (simplest binder), lignin sulphonate, hemicelluloses extract, gelatin, etc.) and/or surfactants can increase pellet quality, pellet throughput, and lower power consumption (Table 2). The Feed pellet quality factor (FPQF) is a tool used to predict the pellet quality of the feed formula. Estimation of the FPQF for certain feed formula: each feed ingredient has a pellet quality factor (PQF). The PQF has a score from 0 to 10, where 0 predicts poor pellet quality and 10 good pellet quality. We can estimate the FPQF for each ingredient by multiplying the PQF by the % of inclusion of the feed ingredient in the formula (Table 1). The overall FPQF equals the sum of the FPQF of all ingredients used in the formula. Generally, values below 4.7 are indicators for poor pellet quality, while values higher that 4.7 are indicators for good pellet quality.

Affect of ingredient particle size and grinding on pellet quality

The second factor influencing feed pellet line quality is the feed ingredient particle size. Although doubted by some researchers, it is accepted that decreasing ingredient particle size has a good influence on pellet quality. However, over grinding is not recommended to avoid power wastage, reduced production rate and suboptimal gizzard development. On the other hand, coarse grinding eases pellet break down and decreases starch gelatinisation (high degree of gelatinisation is required to produce good pellets).

Affect of steam on pellet quality

Processing obviously has a large effect on pellet quality as well. When mash feed passes through the conditioner, it is exposed to high pressure steam. This steam provides the heat and moisture required for starch gelatinisation, particles adhesion, feed semi-digestion, and feed pathogens damage. The steam temperature and the time that mash feed stays in the conditioner have major influence on the durability of the produced pellets. Conditioning the feed at a temperature of 80° C is sufficient to produce good quality pellets. The minimum time that feed should stay in the conditioning tube to produce durable pellets is 30 seconds. Long time conditioners, in which the feed can stay in the conditioner for about 3-4 minutes, can be used to improve pellet stickiness.

Thicker dies have positive impact on pellet durability

Also die/roll specifications should be kept in mind. Pellets are produced via roll pressing of the hot mash against metal die. Thicker dies (long die channels) have a positive impact on pellet durability due to increasing the friction time between feed particles and die wall with subsequent more starch gelatinisation. Most of starch gelatinisation occurs when feed passes through the dies. A similar result can be obtained by using small hole dies. This means that dies of 60 mm thickness are better than those of 50 or 40 mm thickness, and that dies with holes of 3 mm diameter are better than those with holes of 5 mm diameter. However, using thicker or small holes dies have negative impact on pellet throughput. Additionally, increasing the distance between roll and die from 0.1 to 2 mm resulted in an increase in the pellet durability.

The cooler should be taken into consideration.

After leaving the pellet mill, the temperature of the pellets ranges from 70-90° C and the moisture from 15-17%. Proper cooling (via a stream air cooling machine) is required to lower pellet temperature to about 8° C above the ambient temperature, and moisture % to be 12%. The cooling machine can be either a horizontal or vertical type. Quick cooling leads to removal of more moisture and heat from the surface of the pellets than their core, and the resultant pellets will be brittle. On the other hand, prolonged cooling produces very dry pellets that can be exposed to abrasion and can be of low palatability.

Conclusion

Pellet quality can be influenced by several factors, including the ingredients, diet formulation and processing. A good rule of thumb is the pellet quality factor (PQF), that each feed ingredient has. The PQF has a score from 0 to 10, where 0 predicts poor pellet quality and 10 good pellet quality. From experience we know that starch and its gelatinisation is the most important factor for achieving the desired pellet quality. However, recent reports indicated that the positive impact of protein on pellet quality is much more important than that of starch.

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Herm Machinery Produces Affordable Feed Pellet Mill Machine For The Poultry Industry In Ghana

With the increasing modernization of agriculture, the poultry sector has become more extensive. In this respect, the feeding of poultry has also improved. The modern feeds used for the poultry group are predominantly grains like barley, wheat, and rye; oilseed pulp like sunflower seeds, cotton seeds, soybean, peanut, and hazelnut pulp; proteins of animal origin such as fish, meat-bone and blood flour and energy sources and vitamins, minerals, premixes from vegetable oils and medicinal additive. The amount of feed and nutritional content may vary depending on the weight and age of the poultry.

Poultry Feed Industry In Ghana

The feed price is important because the cost of feed in the poultry industry is prohibitive. In May 2020, the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) in Ghana set aside approximately $86 million for investment loans for the country’s poultry industry. Local poultry breeding companies are allowed to reduce feed costs by purchasing poultry feed pelleting equipment to produce feed, and of course, investors are encouraged to invest in the poultry feed pellet industry.

How To Make Poultry Feed Pellets?

(1) Raw Material Crushing Section:

The feed hammer mill can grind the raw material ingredients to the required size. The grind fitness is different for different grinders. We supply four types of feed grinders. The hammer mills are suitable for small-sized or medium-sized feed pelletizing plants. The wide chamber fine grinders and water drop hammer mills are usually used in large-sized and medium-sized feed pelletizing factories. The ultra-fine feed grinder is designed for grinding raw materials of special aquatic feed.

(2) Feed Material Mixing Section:

Mixing is considered to be one of the essential operations in feed pellet processing. Lack of proper mixing may lead to reduced diet uniformity, affecting the feed pellet quality. We supply two kinds of high-efficiency feed mixers: twin-shaft mixers for mixing powdered or particle materials and screw belt mixers for mixing powdered materials. Both of them can be equipped with an atomizing spraying system to add needed liquids, which can improve the feed pellet quality.

(3) Feed Pelletizing Section:

The feed pellet mill is the main equipment of the whole production line. There are two common kinds of feed pellet mills: ring die feed pellet mills and flat die feed pellet mills. If you want to produce feed pellets in large quantities, the ring dies feed pellet machine is the ideal choice. If your demanded quantity is small, you can choose the flat die feed pellet mill. Also, we supply the aquatic feed pellet mill for pressing fish feed pellets shrimp feed pellets, etc. If you have more questions about customized feed pellet production requirements, please feel free to leave a message or send an email for more support.

(4) Feed Pellet Cooling Section:

The feed pellets pressed out by the feed pellet mill are hot and moist. They can't be crushed, screened, or packed immediately. A counterflow feed pellet cooler is designed to cool or dry the feed pellets. It can decrease the temperature and moisture of the feed pellets, preparing for the following sections.

(5) Feed Pellet Crushing Section:

Different poultry, livestock, or aquatic feed pellets are of different sizes. Some big ones should be crushed into small ones. Roll-type feed pellet crumbler is just the equipment for feed pellet crushing. Double-roll feed pellet crumbler is suitable for crushing poultry feed, such as chicken feed, duck feed, goose feed, etc. Three-roll feed pellet crumbler is suitable to crush aquatic feed including fish feed and shrimp feed etc.

(6) Feed Pellet Screening And Grading Section:

The crushed feed pellets are of different sizes, and there may be some powder. The rotary grading sieve can be used to screen and grade the feed pellets. After processing, you can get the qualified feed pellets without fine powder.

(7) Feed Pellet Packing Section:

The feed pellets should be packed for transporting, storing, or selling. Automatic weighing and packing machines can weigh and pack the pellets automatically with high accuracy.

(8) Automatic PLC Control System:

Advantages Of Poultry Feed Pellets

Establishing a complete poultry feed pellet production line, can improve work efficiency, and reduce feed costs, for users to increase profits. It can not only suppress poultry feed but also can process cattle, sheep, pig, and other feed pellets. When making your own feed particles, different materials can be added according to the different needs of animals to ensure the safety of feed and the comprehensive nutrition of animals. Feeding granulated feed can increase poultry intake and avoid poultry pickiness, which is conducive to digestion and absorption. It can shorten the growth period of poultry, is easy to transport, and can be kept for half a year.

Henan Herm Machinery Co., Ltd was established in 2010 and has been devoted to the research and development of Feed Mill Machinery ever since. With more than 10 years of experience, Herm® has become a leading manufacturer and supplier of animal feed machines and complete animal feed production lines, cattle feed plants, poultry feed plants, animal feed pellet production lines, etc. It always endeavored to improve the quality of products and aims to meet the new requirements of the international market. 

If You Are Ready to Start a Feed Pellet Plant Business, please contact us for the feed mill machine. We Can Provide Professional Design and Comprehensive Guidance According to Your Needs. Get in touch with us now!   Welcome Contact Us! Henan Herm Machinery Co., Ltd Email: info@hermmachinery.com Phone/Whatsapp: 86-18037508651

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Farmers Directory

Farm from scratch

One of the foremost common mistakes of farmers - the incorrect alternative of activities. If you're engaged in agriculture alone to supply food for your family, then simply want the acceptable business. true is additional sophisticated with farm management in keeping with the established business set up. it's vital not solely to calculate all the prices, however conjointly sanely assess the quality of all the work.

For example, if you opt to sell preserved bacon, you are doing not have to be compelled to have a piggery. you'll be able to obtain fat, then smoke it and sell it. bear in mind that the success of farming - within the speedy implementation of the ensuing product. Farming is associate business with made traditions, thus if you have got not grownup something before, mastering the secrets of agriculture in a very short time won't work.

Looking for recommendations on farming from scratch? we'll provide helpful recommendations on the breeding of broilers, quails, pigs, kine and tiny ruminants. find out how to make a henhouse or a barn, build a lake within the country along with your own hands for breeding fish or equip a barn.

On our web site https://farmersdirectory.co.nz/ag-contractors-canterbury/ the house owners of personal farms, farmers, gardeners and novice businessmen can notice loads of usefull and fascinating information: photos, video, diagrams and drawings. you may learn new recipes of feed and the way to treat common diseases of rabbits, calves, sheep and chickens.

Poultry reception

In this section, you may notice helpful articles and videos regarding breeding quails, guinea fowls, chickens, broilers and chickens. At home, you'll be able to have interaction in poultry with negligible price. First, decide for what you breed the bird: for meat or for eggs. therefrom the selection of breed of birds and take care of it'll depends.

It is thought of profitable to breed broilers, as a result of in mere forty five days you'll be able to grow associate adult. don't forget that birds, like alternative animals, want wholesome food, thus it's vital to perpetually fill up their diet, to stop diseases and external parasites.

Livestock - a profitable branch of the farm

It is believed that breeding is taken into account the foremost profitable farming. so as for this direction to bring sensible profits, it'll be necessary to take a position a substantial quantity of cash to buy fields, cowsheds and milking machines. With the correct approach with negligible prices you may be ready to breed rabbits and goats. To do this, it's not necessary to make a special space and observe special conditions. begin farming with light-weight industries, so you may expand your business.

Farming along with your own hands as a business isn't a straightforward task, which needs winding up comprehensive measures for composition sheds, pens, drinking rooms, storage facilities and a walking yard. On our web site you may notice helpful recommendations for novice farmers and professionals. Use new instrumentation and technology to facilitate home farming.

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Beans and Garlic Toast in Broth (Tejal Rao) - 4 servings, 15 min + 2 hrs beans

A simple dish of creamy, thin-skinned beans and broth on toast is easy to make, and a comfort to eat alone or feed a crowd. If you make the beans ahead of time, they can keep in the fridge for 3 days but may need a splash of water added when you heat them up. The broth is a great way to make use of Parmesan rinds, if you happen to be saving those, but if you don’t have any lying around, you can still make the broth rich with umami: Whisk a heaped tablespoon of white miso with a little of the bean broth to make it smooth and lump-free, then add it back to the pot. It will add a similar, savory depth. The dish seems plain, but it won’t be if you season the broth well and garnish each bowl generously with olive oil, grated cheese, and herbs just before you eat it.

INGREDIENTS FOR THE BEANS:

1 cup dried beans, such as cannellini or cranberry

1 small onion, peeled and left whole

2 garlic cloves, peeled and left whole

Up to 4 ounces Parmesan rinds

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1 teaspoon kosher salt

TO ASSEMBLE:

4 thick slices crusty sourdough bread

Extra-virgin olive oil to taste

1 garlic clove, peeled

2 tablespoons parsley leaves, washed and chopped

1 tablespoon marjoram leaves, washed and chopped

Finishing salt, such as Maldon, to taste

Finely grated Parmesan, to taste

Freshly ground pepper to taste

PREPARATION

If you remember, soak the beans in cold water overnight, or for 10-12 hours. Rinse beans, and place in a large heavy-bottomed pot with onion, garlic, Parmesan rinds, olive oil and salt. Cover beans with water, so the water level is a couple of inches above the beans, and bring to a boil, then turn heat down so it’s simmering gently. Put a lid on the pot, and cook until beans are tender, adding more water as needed to keep the beans submerged. This could take 1-2 hours or more, depending on the beans and whether or not you soaked them. (If you’re using an electric pressure cooker: Add 5 cups water, set the machine to high pressure and cook for 25 minutes, then allow the machine to slowly depressurize on its own.)

Use a spoon to fish out the onion, garlic and cheese rinds; discard. Taste a couple of beans along with the broth. It should be opaque and slightly creamy; adjust the seasoning with more salt if needed.

Brush both sides of each piece of bread with olive oil, and place on a foil-lined sheet pan. Run the pan under the broiler for 2 minutes, so the bread is crisp at the edges and nicely toasted, then flip bread and repeat. While the bread is still hot, rub a garlic clove along one side of each piece, as if you were grating the garlic on the bread, pushing just firmly enough for the clove to fray and dissolve slightly into the bread.

To assemble, place a piece of bread at the bottom of 4 wide, shallow bowls and ladle hot beans and broth on top. Wait a few seconds for the bread to absorb some broth, then ladle a little extra on each one, so it’s swimming. Garnish the bowls generously: Drizzle olive oil all over the beans, sprinkle with herbs and crunchy salt, cover with finely grated Parmesan and grind a little black pepper on top.

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Course Post #4: Does Progress Mean Resisting Change Until it Harms Us?

In “Resisting Reduction: Designing our Complex Futures with Machines”, Joichi Ito describes an idealized pseudo-religion, “Singularity”, whose adherents believe that a path of continuous profit and technological development will solve all the world’s problems, including the ones that Singularity itself causes. This over-simplification has a high chance of causing all sorts of problems.

The most ironic part of the whole system is that, despite their dedication to the development of amazing new technologies, Singularists are actually resisting progress. They do so because believing in ideals is easier than believing in reality; it is human nature to keep going in one direction as long as we keep receiving positive feedback, only questioning our actions when the negative feedback outweighs the positive. The potential of receiving negative feedback sometime in the uncertain future rarely achieves the same effect.

A good example of this is the continued use of antibiotics to mass-produce cheap meat. While many European, African, and South American countries have imposed restrictions on adding antibiotics to animal feed, U.S. lawmakers and farmers alike insist that such measures are ridiculous, unnecessary, and downright anti-capitalist. They claim that the antibiotics are necessary in order to prevent widespread livestock disease, cautiously avoiding any mention of the fact that better living conditions for said livestock would be just as effective.

Above is pictured a Pilgrim’s Pride chicken farm just outside of Pittsburg, Texas, where the chickens spend almost their entire lives (1-2 years) in cramped warehouses with little to no natural light. Reflecting on his visit to a chicken farm, Michael Specter says, “I was almost knocked to the ground by the overpowering smell of feces and ammonia. My eyes burned and so did my lungs, and I could neither see nor breathe….There must have been thirty thousand chickens sitting silently on the floor in front of me. They didn’t move, didn’t cluck. They were almost like statues of chickens, living in nearly total darkness, and they would spend every minute of their six-week lives that way,” (qtd. http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/01/why-we-havent-seen-inside-a-broiler-chicken-factory-farm-in-a-decade/#.WnfdzCM-KCR)

 There’s no question that chicken farms like this must use antibiotics in order to keep their animals alive in these awful conditions which, non-coincidentally, began cropping up after the advent of low-grade antibiotic livestock feed in the 1950s. Despite animal abuse and the spreading presence of antibiotic-resistant supervises resulting from humans frequently consuming antibiotic-containing meat, though, consumers in general can’t imagine a change that doesn’t involve going back to a time where most people could only afford meat once a week. Refusing to make progress is the path of least resistance, and asking people to step off it is like politely asking pigs to fly.

This isn’t to say people will surely use antibiotics until we end up with some mutant Tuberculosis epidemic that kills millions. As Joichi Ito says, the key to avoiding continuous positive feedback is “embracing a diverse array of measures of “success” depend less on the accumulation of power and resources and more on diversity and the richness of experience.” In other words, we need to redefine what it means to be successful and focus less on accumulating riches.

Above is a picture of a chicken farm that raises pastured chickens. Farms such as these are a step in the right direction - the direction of protecting people from disease and chickens from abuse. Commercial chicken farms will no doubt continue using inhumane methods as long as abandoning those methods would hurt their profits, but at the same time, people concerned less with material wealth and more with health will continue raising chickens as well. Progress does mean resisting change, but not necessarily until it leads to irreversible harm.

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How to Create Your Ultimate Outdoor Kitchen

Biggest Real Estate Companies In Abu Dhabi Buy Apartments In Abu Dhabi As summer approaches and temperatures start to rise, nobody wants to spend time inside sweating over a sweltering oven. With an outdoor kitchen, you can make the most of the beautiful warm nights by spending them with your loved ones.

Regardless of whether you have thousands to spend or an only few hundred to binge spend, create your own outdoor kitchen and enjoy all it brings to the table.

Upgrade your grill

A corroded, dusty grill doesn't motivate lingering outdoor evenings. Upgrade your outdoor grill and deal with it lasting through the year for a stand-apart outdoor kitchen. A standard grill will cost you $150 to $300, and first in class outdoor extents might be upwards of $1,500.

Prior to purchasing the greatest and best grill, consider how you will utilize one. Will you feed the entire soccer group? Or on the other hand perhaps grilling a few steaks for a sentimental supper for two? Search for a grill with highlights you will actually utilize and not simply the most recent patterns.

Improve your seating

In the event that your rudiments are exceptional, at that point you'll want to upgrade your patio furniture and seating alternatives as well. On the off chance that you plan on dining outside frequently, put resources into an actual dining table and proper seats. Having a gourmet supper off your lap minimize an in any case sumptuous experience.

In case you're searching for more versatile pieces, smooth contemporary choices coordinate pleasantly with most outdoor kitchen arrangements. Hope to spend a good chunk of change on quality furniture, however recollect: With the best possible consideration and maintenance, it can keep going as long as top of the line inside pieces. Make sure you have an arrangement for the slow time of year, regardless of whether that is moving outdoor furniture to indoor capacity or securely covering it to shield it from the elements.

Include the extras

Want a prep sink? Wine refrigerator? Ice machine? Worked in smoker? You got it. The sky's the breaking point with regards to custom additions — or rather, your financial plan is the cutoff. Ponder your space before making a list of things to get.

Perhaps a full gourmet specialist's kitchen won't exactly fit in your terrace, yet a beautiful wine refrigerator and some additional counter space are exactly what you have to take your outdoor kitchen to the following level.

A few highlights require introducing or expanding utilities (think: water or power), so remember about compact additions, for example, a bar truck — which includes class without problem.

Make it agreeable

Consider how you will give conveniences to make being outdoors agreeable, for example, shade, heat (if utilizing your space all year), and perhaps even a few extras like a TV or sound equipment.

Tucking the seating near the house may help you exploit a porch or shade. Something else, structures, for example, a light-strung pergola include shade during the day, light around evening time and atmosphere constantly.

On the off chance that you have the room, the addition of a fireplace takes into account a longer entertaining season. Outdoor kitchens don't have to be only for summer, after all.

On the off chance that you like to have some indoor solaces while enjoying your beautiful outside desert spring, TV and music can be associated outside — in spite of the fact that it very well may be costly. Bluetooth or compact speakers, a projector and an enormous sheet, or even a good old radio are more spending plan delicate choices for those hoping to add somewhat enjoyable to their outdoor space.

Apply your own style

Create an outdoor kitchen that suits your style and taste. In case you're working with a current space, make certain to grasp the style and hype the highlights, for example, dim wood, stone and exemplary segments.

In case you're starting without any preparation, investigate your indoor design and see what highlights you like. At that point consider consolidating those color plans, design styles or even furniture shapes into your outdoor kitchen.

While you can't turn out badly designing your outdoor space, consider designs and colors that are versatile so you're not limited on the off chance that you want to blend things up in the future.

Make it yours

Your outdoor kitchen ought to be a happy with, loosening up space for entertaining or loosening up after a difficult day of work. Make yours a getaway that works for you.

When arranging your outdoor kitchen, consider including a couple of little extravagances that will make you eager to enjoy your space. These can be as little as beautiful tea lights spread around or as extensive as a wood-consuming pizza broiler.

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What Is the Difference Between Commercial Appliance Repair and Residential Appliance Repair?

It's the same job to fix your home washing machine, dryer, or oven as to fix a restaurant oven or a laundromat washer and dryer-right? Wrong. While these appliances do basically the same thing, residential and commercial units often differ in key ways. 

Some appliance repair companies do fix both residential and commercial appliances, but not all technicians are licensed or qualified to do both. Appliances are expensive, and having one break down can range from frustrating and inconvenient to, in the case of commercial units, a significant problem leading to a loss of income. 

It's never a good idea to trust appliance repairs to someone who's under-qualified. Do your research by visiting various companies' Web sites and by asking over the phone if they have experience with your brand and model.Washer/Dryer RepairYour home washer and dryer probably clean a few loads a week. 

The units at a laundromat, on the other hand, are in near-constant use throughout business hours. Commercial washing machines and clothes dryers are built to stand up to the strain of serious hard work. They're utilitarian in terms of design but may have more cleaning power than a smaller, sleeker residential unit. 

Additionally, commercial washing machines and dryers are generally either coin- or card-operated. Most technicians who are trained in commercial washer/dryer repair will know how to handle those malfunctions that are unique to commercial units, such as the coin system not working. 

Dishwasher RepairAs with washer and dryer models, the biggest difference between residential and commercial dishwashers is the sheer volume of items being washed. You might run your dishwasher once every few days, but a restaurant needs a constant stream of clean dishes for diners to use throughout the day. 

Commercial dishwashers are often designed to complete the wash much quicker than a home unit and to sterilize the dishes at a much higher heat. A dishwasher repair technician will need to understand the cleaning requirements in a commercial setting.

Particularly for restaurants, you need an high end care appliance repair pro who can make your dishwasher adhere to all health codes. Cooking Appliance repair a huge amount of food goes through a restaurant kitchen, and commercial ovens, stovetops, and ranges have to be up to the challenge of preparing hundreds of meals a day. 

Like other commercial appliances, restaurant kitchen units are built for speed and volume, rather than style. They get hotter faster and are configured for efficiency rather than sleek home design. 

Many commercial ovens are not self-cleaning. Commercial kitchen appliances may also require more gas or electricity to function, so you'll need to bring in a stove repair expert who knows the energy requirements for your unit. 

And, as with commercial dishwasher repair, you need an oven repair technician who can ensure that your unit meets all health codes. Dishwashers, washing machines, clothes dryers, and cooking appliances aren't the only appliances that come in residential and commercial models. 

Refrigerators, ice makers, garbage disposals, and other appliances can differ depending on their intended use and the setting in which they're installed. 

Don't just assume that an appliance repair company that advertises it works on all brands and models is qualified for commercial appliance repair-always to ask. 

And don't forget the biggest benefit of a commercial appliance repair specialist: He'll understand how important your appliances are to your business and will strive to get your unit working again absolutely as soon as possible.

Whether you're a homeowner or a business owner, you depend upon your appliances to get you through each day. When an appliance breaks down, you need it fixed properly and as quickly as possible. 

That said, anyone who runs or works in a business that relies on appliances to function understands the differences between the demands put on commercial versus residential appliances.

Your appliance repair expert should understand those differences, too. When you're researching appliance repair companies online, look for a team that is trained and certified in the type of appliance repair you need. 

You want to trust your valuable appliances to someone who knows what he's doing and who will be able to give you expert repair service.

Commercial and residential appliances differ in terms of:

The Work Required of Them

The appliances in your home must stand up to the demands of daily life, but their job is small compared to the work a commercial appliance does each day. Where your home oven or stove makes three meals a day, a commercial cooking appliance might feed hundreds of customers during each meal service. 

You might do a few loads of laundry a week at home, but the washing machines and dryers at a laundromat are running almost constantly throughout business hours. Commercial and home appliances are designed differently so that each unit can best perform the work being asked of it.

Structure and Components

Commercial appliances tend to be more specialized in function than residential appliances, especially in the kitchen setting. In a commercial kitchen, cooks often have a separate stove, oven, broiler, griddle, and range for maximum efficiency and ability to cook many different dishes simultaneously. 

In a home setting, these appliances are often combined into one unit, because of the decreased need to perform all functions at once-and because of space considerations. 

In terms of appliance repairs, a technician trained to work with residential appliances may not have any experience or training with commercial models. Because the structure and components of each model can differ so drastically, the two skillsets are typically not interchangeable.

Aesthetic Needs

A final major difference between residential and commercial appliances is their appearance. Most commercial appliances are designed to be strictly utilitarian. They'll be streamlined in terms of function, but how they look is significantly less important than how they do their job. They also need to be extremely easy to clean. 

Home appliances, meanwhile, are available in a variety of different designs, shapes, and sizes to work with homeowners' space restrictions and home decor preferences. 

While the aesthetic differences between commercial and residential units may not affect your appliance repair hiring decision as much as the functional differences, if the look of your appliance matters to you, this is something to keep in mind.

What's the bottom line? If you own or operate a business, bring in a commercial appliance repair expert when one of your units stops functioning. If you need help at home, contact a residential appliance repair company. 

And, whenever you're searching for a professional to conduct appliance repairs, look for a company that offers the right balance of training, knowledge, skill, speed/efficiency, and price.

How Is Commercial Appliance Repair Different From Residential Appliance Repair?

It's the same job to fix your home washing machine, dryer, or oven as to fix a restaurant oven or a laundromat washer and dryer-right? Wrong. 

While these appliances do basically the same thing, residential and commercial units often differ in key ways. Some appliance repair companies do fix both residential and commercial appliances, but not all technicians are licensed or qualified to do both.

Appliances are expensive, and having one break down can range from frustrating and inconvenient to, in the case of commercial units, a significant problem leading to a loss of income. 

It's never a good idea to trust appliance repairs to someone who's under-qualified. Do your research by visiting various companies' Web sites and by asking over the phone if they have experience with your brand and model.

Washer/Dryer Repair

Your home washer and dryer probably clean a few loads a week. The units at a laundromat, on the other hand, are in near-constant use throughout business hours. 

Commercial washing machines and clothes dryers are built to stand up to the strain of serious hard work. They're utilitarian in terms of design but may have more cleaning power than a smaller, sleeker residential unit. 

Additionally, commercial washing machines and dryers are generally either coin- or card-operated. Most technicians who are trained in commercial washer/dryer repair will know how to handle those malfunctions that are unique to commercial units, such as the coin system not working.

Dishwasher Repair

As with washer and dryer models, the biggest difference between residential and commercial dishwashers is the sheer volume of items being washed. 

You might run your dishwasher once every few days, but a restaurant needs a constant stream of clean dishes for diners to use throughout the day. 

Commercial dishwashers are often designed to complete the wash much quicker than a home unit and to sterilize the dishes at a much higher heat. 

A dishwasher repair technician will need to understand the cleaning requirements in a commercial setting. Particularly for restaurants, you need an appliance repair pro who can make your dishwasher adhere to all health codes.

Cooking Appliance Repair

A huge amount of food goes through a restaurant kitchen, and commercial ovens, stovetops, and ranges have to be up to the challenge of preparing hundreds of meals a day. Like other commercial appliances, restaurant kitchen units are built for speed and volume, rather than style. 

They get hotter faster and are configured for efficiency rather than sleek home design. Many commercial ovens are not self-cleaning. 

Commercial kitchen appliances may also require more gas or electricity to function, so you'll need to bring in a stove repair expert who knows the energy requirements for your unit. And, as with commercial dishwasher repair, you need an oven repair technician who can ensure that your unit meets all health codes.

Dishwashers, washing machines, clothes dryers, and cooking appliances aren't the only appliances that come in residential and commercial models. 

Refrigerators, ice makers, garbage disposals, and other appliances can differ depending on their intended use and the setting in which they're installed. 

Don't just assume that an appliance repair company that advertises it works on all brands and models is qualified for commercial appliance repair-always to ask. 

And don't forget the biggest benefit of a commercial appliance repair specialist: He'll understand how important your appliances are to your business and will strive to get your unit working again absolutely as soon as possible.

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