Month: November 2022
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Parachuting
I had composed a list of spaceflight animations for my kid since he was a toddler. They mostly run at ~5 minutes, but his favorite was the longest one, depicting the Space Launch System’s exploration missions to the Moon and to Mars. Recently, all the excitements around the launch of Artemis-1 got him interested in…
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Thank You
Americans say “thank you” more than anyone else, and “sorry”, too. In America, “sorry” hardly means being ashamed or regretful about what happened. It usually just means ”too bad” in a passive, polite manner. Americans also smile more. We smile, and say “thank you” and “sorry” all day long. You may be amused to know…
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Flakes, IV: The Biscuit
The biscuit is fluffy, soft, and flaky. That it should be flaky puts it in the flakes catalog. And unless we use lard or shortening for a flaky dough, they are flakes of butter strewn among flour that should only melt when they hit the oven. If you run a search for how to get…
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Salt Cured Cod Roe
Salt cured fish roe is appreciated across the world for centuries. It is bottarga in Italy and surrounding regions, karasumi in Japan, eoran in Korea, and wuyutsu in Taiwan. It is considered a delicacy and correspondingly expensive. Making salt cured fish roe is not difficult, but of course, provided that you have access to unprocessed…
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