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[JDTAY]

You know, falling births used to be one of my largest worries, but these days I'm more into immediate doom. If anyone still has a taste for this stuff though, the CDC just put out a report that says America saw a 4% birth decline in 2020, the largest decline since the 1970s, and the lowest birth rate ever. Total fertility, births expected over a lifetime, has also fallen to 1637 per 1000 women.

MSN

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[Null]

Get going stud.

 

[Null]

Identity at the Crossroads of अवतार and Avatar: What’s Real about Hatsune Miku?

As a young lad in the 1984, I listened to the song by Rez Band that asked “Who’s Real Anymore?” Wendy Kaiser’s answer implicitly raises Holden Caulfield’s indictment o…

religion.ua.edu

 

[kuru]

Get going stud.

That remembers me of a night that got unpleasant a few hours in. Don't take 'em if you don't need 'em.
Especially not off-brand ones, you can never be sure of the actual active ingredient amounts.
Turns out those pills work really, really well.

On a similarly carnal note, I started making my own Pretzels. All proper with caustic soda and I am just in awe how idiot proof and delicious it is. I need to be flogged for not trying this earlier. Wurstsalat season is open!

 

[Null]

caustic soda

Sounds tasty.

 

[kuru]

Sounds tasty.

Is that not the word I was looking for? Caustic Soda was recommended by linguee.com.
Maybe that's just good old bakery jargon that's uncomforting to you.

 

[levi]

I've heard it referred to as lye before now, but it turns out that's the same stuff as caustic soda or at a push caustic potash. I reckon caustic soda alone should do the job just fine.

 

[Null]

Is that not the word I was looking for?

No, this is.

 

[levi]

No, that's a pansy-assed chemical you add in place of yeast which in the presence of anything acidic produces carbon dioxide, ideally in tiny little bubbles distributed through the dough. According to wikipedia the act of washing the surface of the dough with sodium carbonate (washing soda) or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) causes the maillard reaction to occur which is a kind of wonder reaction that makes the mmm in coffee, whisky and all kinds of roasted goods.

 

[Null]

No

No U.

Baked Baking Soda: The Secret to Better Homemade Pretzels

Learn how baked baking soda improves the color, taste and texture of pretzels.

www.tasteofhome.com

The Real Reason You Boil Pretzels In Baking Soda - Mashed

Soft pretzels aren't particularly difficult to make, so long as you follow one necessary step. Soft pretzels have to be boiled in baking soda before they're baked. Why is that?

www.mashed.com

Baking Soda and Pretzels - Article - FineCooking

Pretzels are very similar to bagels in terms of cooking technique and ingredients. So why do pretzels have baking soda on the outside?

www.finecooking.com

Why You Need To Boil Your Pretzels in Baking Soda - Savvy Eats

Welcome to Day 2 of Soft Pretzel Week! Thanks for all your post suggestions...I'll be adding to this week's line-up. But first, some Brain Food for you all. When I posted my traditional homemade pretzels, quite a few people asked me why I boiled the pretzels in baking soda + water before baking...

www.savvyeat.com

 

[Null]

Sneks.

 

[Phlyra]

https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=-poMzZhMkX8

 

[Djoga'Ro]

"Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet" entered its second season.

 

[Null]

Inb4 someone says you can use lye in the pretzel manufacturing process.

I know you can.

Always remember, don't post anything useful if you can't extract it from a service and take it with you to use elsewhere.

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[kuru]

This completely went under my radar https://www.gog.com/game/panzer_dragoon_remake

 

[Null]

 

[JDTAY]

Only six more days until the National Hurricane Center starts issuing advisories for the Atlantic. Over in the Pacific, the season got started six days early with Tropical Storm Andres. I wonder how early the Atlantic season will start, since technically the start is still supposed to be June 1st.

 

[matzesu]

Im happy whe dont have that much Huricanes or Tornados in Germany (Allthough on the more flatt part of Germany, there where also Tornados but not that much as in the USA), but yesterday when i made my Weekly E-Bike Tour, i had a Situation where i was barely blown from the Forrest Road, and i had luck i ditnt fell..
Whit Bike and my EDC, i should weight about 180 Metric Pounts, (90 kg), so the Wind was quite strong..

 

[Djoga'Ro]

"barely" heißt kaum. beinahe ist "almost".

 

[Phlyra]

What does the Pyra community make of the recent Audacity telemetry issue? I only really have Purism’s article and TLG’s video as points of reference but, given all the testing Pyra s/w is going under, I did wonder what perspective the Pyra community has on it?