Woof, busy!

Aug 17, 2009 10:55

Busy weekend! In a good way, though ( Read more... )

friends, social stuff, domesticity, life in review, gaming/cam, motorbike

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tura August 17 2009, 19:31:00 UTC
Are you guys available next week-end to help me take my scooter the rest of the way apart? I really want to try and get it up and running soon. I have both Saturday and Sunday off and my schedule is completely clear. I think it would be great if you got a bike (and joined the Aristocrats, of course).

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lampyridae August 17 2009, 21:01:07 UTC
I have the MSF class both days, but I'll ask Scalpel what he's up to.

And awww thanks for the Aristocrats invite. Hope the jumping-in isn't too rough! :D

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scalpel August 17 2009, 21:03:21 UTC
She'll be taking the Motorcycle Safety Course, but I'm available.

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sculptruth August 17 2009, 20:09:30 UTC
Say, how much is that Madass bike? I like it! A lot!

Ok. Food nerd alert.

Natural peanut butter is more peanut-y than Jiff or Skippy. Rather than switching the butter for more peanut butter, I'd recommend adding more salt to the batch to bring out the flavour and maybe cutting back a little on the flour. What happens often in baking sweets is people think you don't need salt because it's a sugar-thing when actually the opposite is true - you need salt to enhance the flavour of the sugar-thing. This is why so many chocolate-y baked goods are a grave disappointment.

End food nerd alert!

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lampyridae August 17 2009, 21:07:37 UTC
Oh, that may have been it. The recipe didn't call for any salt at all so I bet it was designed for Jif. It's currently equal fat-to-flour, so maybe I'll try tweaking that too.

Off the top of my head:
1c fat
1c peanut butter
1c sugar
1c brown sugar
2 eggs
2c flour
1t soda
2c chips
At...I want to say 325 for ~11 minutes.

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sculptruth August 17 2009, 21:17:00 UTC
Oooh, yeah. Definitely need salt. And seriously, use real butter if you can. It's actually healthier than margarine and the danger to your cholesterol is minimal unless you've got some scary congenital/hereditary problem (or any actual problem at all). I know you're supposed to use unsalted butter in baking and I do, except for cookies. I use salted butter for that, because my grandmother did, and her cookies were the absolute best in the world.

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sculptruth August 17 2009, 21:22:35 UTC
Of course I'm biased.

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