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Thanks to @MLA for sending me a few FJPF2145s. To avoid turning them into smoke immediately, I’m currently still in the simulation phase. So far, the battery section appears to behave properly, at least in theory🙃 I’ll also try simulating a few alternative devices to see how they compare. From what I’m seeing so far, a Darlington configuration might actually make more sense in this position. More updates once I move from theory to reality.
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The recipe I'm currently using and loving is similar, but even simpler. 2 cups self rising flour. I stick butter. I cup buttermilk. The self rising flour needs no added leveners and these biscuits rise quite tall. I use salted butter, because that's what I have. No pastry cutter though. I use a grater and grate the frozen stick of butter directly into the bowl of flour. I loosely distribute the butter and flour with my fingers, then add the buttermilk (I've also made my own with vinegar, but like the texture of buttermilk better). Same as your recipe, I'm careful to just incorporate and not overwork the dough. I'll usually fold it about 3 times after getting all of the flour hydrated by the buttermilk. Finish with the dough about 3/4" thick. And same as you, I use a biscuit cutter without twisting. I have a quite heavy round cake pan, and find they rise better in this 2" tall pan over a sheet pan. I just butter the bottom and sides. The large size biscuit cutter (about 3 1/2" diameter) takes about 18 minutes at 425 degrees. The next size down takes a few minutes less.
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You can make cake flour out of AP flour by simply adding some cornstarch.
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I use what I think is a very simple recipe, from Melissa Clark (NYT cooking), with slight tweaks based on what I actually have in the kitchen. Ingredients Yield:10 to 12 biscuits 230grams (about 2 cups) all-purpose flour 50grams (about ½ cup) cake flour 15grams (about 1 tablespoon) baking powder 8grams (about 2 teaspoons) sugar 6grams (about 1¼ teaspoon) fine sea salt 9tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cubed 1cup buttermilk, chilled I rarely have cake flour so just use 2-1/2C of whatever I have. I rarely have buttermilk so use a substitute of 1T of white vinegar and a scant C of whatever milk is in the fridge. If I am feeling really lazy I'll use salted butter and scale down the salt or sometimes I don't have unsalted butter. The technique is simple, whisk together all the dry ingredients, cut in the butter with a pastry cutter, stir in the buttermilk while try not to over mix. Turn onto a floured surface, roll until ~3/4" thick, and I use a biscuit cutter to cut the rounds making sure not to twist the cutter. Allegedly that seals off the outside and doesn't let them rise properly while baking. I've never had this recipe fail. I'm lazy, so I never brush the tops with butter - which is what 1 of the 9 (heart-attack-inducing) TBS of butter is for. So I usually just use 8 in the dough.
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and now for something completely different part 3
bbest replied to kevin gilmore's topic in Do It Yourself
Hello all! There is interesting amplifier Headtrip 3 level 2 https://www.wellsaudio.com/headtrip . Who heard it, says that it is better then CFA3. How you think - does it make sence to make clone of this amplifier or may be it is already exists? -
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I'd love you to share your thoughts, and possibly your recipe. I love making biscuits with my new recipe. And I usually make biscuit sandwiches the next day.
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RIP Caltech astrophysicist Carl Grillmair, fatally shot on porch of his rural SoCal home.
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but you'll spend that 15 minutes on the crapper.
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Brent you're no Freddy Mercury. You'd be the cheap impersonator 'Freddy Uranus '.
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Vegan protein bomb. Big bowl of salad with 100gr chickenpeas and 50gr mung beans. I feel eating this gave me extra 15 mins of lifetime.
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Condolences Peter. So sorry for your loss. RIP Skye.
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Happy belated Birthday!
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Oooh! So sorry for missing this! Happy belated birthday Steve!
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I made and ate biscuits, but I'm afraid to post pictures for fear of what could happen next...
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The Knuckledragger 3rd Memorial Slow Forum Post
Knuckledragger replied to Knuckledragger's topic in Off Topic
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Ach, he's gaining on me!
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Sorry I missed this! Happy birthday to the heart and soul of HC!
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Indeed. I almost left off the indefinite article.
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I imagine this was very, very frightening.
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MexicanDragon started following Happy Birthday Steve!
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Happy 70th!!!
