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Now we’re getting somewhere

04.16.2009 · Posted in food, info, stuff

According to the pedia, if you’re going to make ramen noodles you’ll need flour, water, salt (I assume NaCl), and either Sodium Carbonate or Potassium Carbonate, or both to make an alkaline solution (kansui). Supposedly this solution is similar to well water in the regions where these noodles were invented, and gives them their characteristic ...

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The Hardcore

04.16.2009 · Posted in food, info, stuff

Have developed an interest in making foods from the ground up, made bagels the other day and am researching udon noodle making. Meaning making the actual noodles– most recipes rely on having the noodles ready and focus on what stuff to add to them. Ramen noodles may be next, for after we finish the tamales. ...

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Hurr

04.15.2009 · Posted in food, info, seafood, stuff

Tamale recipes are surprisingly difficult to find online, or maybe I’m just not searching right. In either case if you’re going to make them you may as well go whole hog, too bad about Beeler’s though. And I’m not talking about the lame website. Also not sure what I think about slow fish although if ...

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Project time

04.08.2009 · Posted in food, info, stuff

Looks like someone’s made some progress on the old USB -> Playstation controller thing (or at least the documentation thereof) since I checked last, maybe I can actually put that one to bed. I will probably require help, hopefully the Noisebridge thing will work out. Just made bagels using the first recipe that came up ...

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The purge

04.06.2009 · Posted in gaming, info, stuff, visual

Ooh, this stuff is piling up. So first off, we got a new stove to replace the old broken crappy one. There are a bunch of places to check out some hot stove action, if you’re into that kind of thing. The one we got is in pretty good shape, a little rust and a ...

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