[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

The forbidden ingredient:)

It's a glaze of mostly powdered sugar and coffee, a little lemon and vanilla.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

You always talk about your experience dating and it is crazy to me, I live in a different world. How you are attracting so many incompatible people, it's so strange. I would be a bad fit for probably 80% of guys my age (like most people, probably)but only the 20% who do sort of fit ever responded to me in any way, or we figured out fast that it wouldn't work. And when I was younger, I'm sure it was less than that 20%!

How are you somehow only attracting people who are not attracted to you? Surely your 20% exists, and it seems like the odds of finding one would be pretty good. Like basically - if you just keep the cat picture up, why is it not cat ladies responding?

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Not baked, but (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) by RBWells@lemmy.world to c/sourdough@lemmy.world

Sourdough donuts

Used the recipe on Perfect Loaf, way too long to detail here but the ingredients are, for 18 of them (he always has these weird odd measurements like 101, I do often round them with no ill effect but will write them as the recipe states):

203 g very active starter 100% hydration

253 g all purpose white flour

253 g strong white bread flour

187g eggs - use extra yolk to adjust to this weight

101 g butter

101 g white sugar

91 g water

10 g salt

It takes a couple days to finish these (I start Friday midnight to get Sunday morning donuts) but most of that time is waiting not working).

Couple of notes- he says the final rise takes 12 hours but that must be in a cold climate, here in the subtropics it took about 7 to be perfect. And when he says careful attention to shaping he means it, but it's easy if you keep the dough chilled, with the butter in the dough it's not too sticky. Don't be afraid to really stretch it when forming the little dough balls, you want a tight surface all over. If you can shape buns, and your starter is robust, this is about a foolproof recipe.

https://www.theperfectloaf.com/naturally-leavened-bomboloni-doughnuts/

I can't see the picture in the header, hopefully you can. Will put below too.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

I find myself in agreement with those luxuries. Nice socks, good coffee, and being able to get whatever food I want at the grocery do signal to me that we are well off. I can remember having only a bag of potatoes and 5 days till payday after paying rent & power & water, and our neighbor bringing us some vegetables he dumpster dived because he was worried about us, so comparatively rich for sure, but also I would argue that not having to worry about the household budget because there is enough each month is also objectively well off, and those things are luxurious.

I am sitting here enjoying some good locally roasted coffee right now in fact and feeling so grateful for the position we are in at this moment. Will it last? Who knows? Maybe not. But enjoying it while we have it.

Rich? It depends on how you measure it I guess. Compared to the median maybe? But neither of us could quit working and survive.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

My kid gave me that glass - her friend did a Dewars demo and it is a promo glass from that event. It is really nice.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

OMG this is so good, thank you!

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Leña (thelemmy.club)
submitted 23 hours ago by RBWells@lemmy.world to c/cocktails@lemmy.world

1 oz tequila claro (Tequila Ocho, la mejor)

1/2 oz mezcal

1/2 oz Luxardo Bitter Bianco (see note)

1/4 oz Ancho Reyes rojo

1 oz fresh pineapple juice (see note)

3/4 oz fresh lime juice

1/3 oz agave nectar (again, see note)

Shake all with ice, pour into chilled rocks glass over fresh ice. It is delicious.

Notes: I don't have that luxardo, used half Campari half bitter rhubarb liqueur; doubled the pineapple juice because I literally just made it and it's amazing. This doesn't need 1/3 oz of agave, less is better. Finally - it was quite difficult to make one of these with those teeny measurements. I would recommend making two at a time.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

80 proof. I didn't even know vodka came in an overproof variety!

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Nui Nui (www.foodandwine.com)

Has anyone made this? I have no allspice dram, to me this looks like a recipe that would make a fantastic pitcher drink for Thanksgiving, it reads fall with the cinnamon & allspice.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

My work mandated we use the copilot. And the only thing I have found it really good at is converting or extracting information from a PDF to build me a spreadsheet. The native conversion programs in both Adobe and Excel suck so bad.

I have some suppliers who won't send a spreadsheet or CSV nothing that is data, only a PDF.

It's a stupid and computationally expensive way to do it but does solve a problem for me, a problem that doesn't need to exist at all but has frustrated me for years.

Two birds, one stone. I can honestly say to my boss that I am using the copilot for work, and it's a workaround for the insufficient reporting I get from our payroll provider in particular, but also some bulk invoices that are detailed and only come as PDF.

So yes I am in this group. I've only used it for file type conversion, and once to "write" a process document just so it would be formatted in Word, I went in and wrote over most of it.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I manage to pee without a penis. He, pee nis. Could someone who has one explain why he can't just sit on the toilet like we do and why it would cause incontinence?

But absolutely support the right of adults to modify their bodies however they want. For any reason or no reason. Hope he gets the result he's looking for.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Scavenger's Reign

Wicked Little Letters

I agree on Chernobyl it was so good.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

That's not quite true. Medical billing here is hopelessly complicated, a universal system would likely have universal rules, and streamline the process of billing and payments.

So if a medical practice now needs 5 people to do the insurance billing, it might need only one if there was one payer (Medicare) or two if there was a German sort of system, but not 5.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago

More entrepreneurship. Plenty more people would work for themselves or start businesses if they didn't have to worry about healthcare.

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submitted 3 days ago by RBWells@lemmy.world to c/support@lemmy.world

When you have a minute can you transfer the community to !hcsothrowaway@lemmy.world he should be the main moderator, I will be the secondary. Tagging him in this comment but we are already agreed on it.

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Minor Demon (thelemmy.club)

1.5 oz rye (Emerald Giant overproof)

0.5oz each of mezcal, Aperol, and Ancho Reyes (rojo)

1 oz lemon juice

Squirt of agave

Shake all with ice, and I would say serve up in a coupe but it's summer, still 90f at 19:00. So I'm having it on ice, and just enjoying the hot weather.

Variation on a Devil's Soul. It would benefit from a float of the Heirloom Pineapple Amaro (and being served up), but had enough oddball ingredients I didn't want to add another. But if you have it, go for it.

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Rhinestone Cowboy (thelemmy.club)

2 oz bourbon

3/4 oz lemon

3/4 oz peach liqueur (I used apricot)

2 oz ginger beer

Sprig of mint for muddling and one more for garnish. I used mojito mint, it barely survived our double tap freeze, so it was fresh from the garden.

Mix the first 3 ingredients then use a little of that mix to muddle the mint, then put in the rest & shake with ice, top with ginger beer.

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submitted 2 weeks ago by RBWells@lemmy.world to c/support@lemmy.world

Is this the place to ask to take over an abandoned community?

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A Mastiha Cocktail (thelemmy.club)

Had to pull out the kitchen scale because all my measuring cups are in the dishwasher. I assume grams are ml but not sure so giving weights here.

50g vodka

25g Mastiha

15g Chartreuse

20g lemon juice

Was meh. I shook some of it with the peel of the lemon, that helped some. Not willing to toss it with the Chartreuse so I spritzed it by adding a bottle of yuzu lime tonic, it's good now but not what I was after.

I was looking for something to do with the mastiha, and had half a lemon but vodka was not the right base for this, I was not feeling gin today, wishing I had grappa or pisco, and I think lime also would have been better than lemon.

But mastiha & Chartreuse - yes. A definite affinity.

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Posting because it's so pretty!

2oz bourbon (Evan Williams Bottled-in-Bond)

1 oz lemon juice

1 oz Aperol

1 oz Amaro Nonino

Spoonful of Campari

Shaken with ice and poured over new ice in a frozen glass, then parked in the freezer for 5 minutes because summer is here and it's 32C, 90F outside so everything has to be cooled. But beefed up with the extra whiskey and the Campari it's fine to be diluted a little, better than warm.

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Maximilian Variation (thelemmy.club)

Kitten for scale.

1 oz tequila claro

1 oz good mezcal

1/2 oz St Germain

1/2 oz Amaro Nonino

1 oz lemon (was too much so a squirt of agave, would change that to 1/2 oz)

Shake all with ice, and if it wasn't so hot, serve up in a coupe.

The kitten was found in our neighbor's car. Less than one pound, fearless little guy. Currently passed out on my lap. We call him Legolas.

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Not drinking on weekdays but as my youngest kid is making us supper, I have time for an aperitif.

4oz tepache

4oz light tonic

2oz of the spicy seasonal Publix lemonade (Yuzu/pineapple/habanero - either this is so successful they keep making it or I'm the only one buying it but I think it's the best one they ever made)

It's good. A little spicy, a little bitter and very refreshing.

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I often use the big mixer with the dough hook because I don't have time, but the no kneading just mix, rest for 15-45 minutes then stretch & fold every half hour is so pleasant. Feeling the dough develop, getting lighter and stronger each time, not really counting the rounds because it tells me when it's ready to be left alone to rise. It's a very enjoyable process, and more reliable for me than a more standardized method.

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