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  • in reply to: How should we guard the gate? #3821
    Noodle 92
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      I would support this if people without social accounts can do a short conversation with the same three volunteers instead.

      in reply to: Dumpling dough: when does hot water actually help? #160
      Noodle 92
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        I am still learning this, but the hot-water wrappers I have made were softer and easier to roll. The cold-water ones seemed tougher and better at holding a wet filling together.

        For me the biggest difference was not the dough alone. If I am tired and overfill them, every wrapper method becomes a bad method.

        in reply to: Yuba and tofu skin are two different kinds of patience #2287
        Noodle 92
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          Too late, I already gave it a dramatic backstory.

          in reply to: Well, we made it. #3526
          Noodle 92
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            Also I have worked hospital nights, so I understand that when somebody says ‘do not startle the fish,’ you just nod and keep moving.

            in reply to: Yuba and tofu skin are two different kinds of patience #2284
            Noodle 92
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              I think mine said yuba, but the packet was also vague about literally everything else.

              in reply to: Yuba and tofu skin are two different kinds of patience #2278
              Noodle 92
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                Exactly. Less ambition, more heat is going on a sticky note now.

                in reply to: Yuba and tofu skin are two different kinds of patience #2269
                Noodle 92
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                  That helps a lot, thank you. I was definitely trying to fold the thick sheets like they were wrappers and then acting surprised when they fought back.

                  in reply to: Yuba and tofu skin are two different kinds of patience #2262
                  Noodle 92
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                    I’m not sure, but do you ever pre-soak the thicker sheets in warm water and then cut them smaller first? I keep wondering if I am just treating yuba like regular tofu and getting punished for it.

                    Do you use the same stuff for bao-style wraps and for…

                    in reply to: Albums you love despite terrible cover art #1656
                    Noodle 92
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                      Yes, exactly. A plain sticker and a decent scan would help a lot more than pretending…

                      in reply to: Albums you love despite terrible cover art #1653
                      Noodle 92
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                        I agree, with one caveat: sometimes the art is so bad it becomes memorable in a way that helps the record get noticed. That is not the same as good design, just stubborn visibility. Still, for selling, I think a clean note about the pressing and genre is way more helpful than apologizing for the sleeve. People can handle ugly. They hate being misled more.

                        in reply to: Albums you love despite terrible cover art #1641
                        Noodle 92
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                          I think people underrate how much a bad cover can hide a really good album. Sometimes it is not even funny-bad, just generic or ugly in a way that makes you skip past it at the store.

                          If I am recommending something like that, I usually mention one song first so they have a way in.

                          in reply to: Albums you love despite terrible cover art #1635
                          Noodle 92
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                            Maybe a practical test is whether you would still pull it from a crate if the price tag were hidden. That usually tells me more than the art, honestly, especially with older jazz and rock pressings. I have bought a few ugly ones that way and some were instant favorites. The cover stayed ugly, though, no miracle there.

                            in reply to: Albums you love despite terrible cover art #1630
                            Noodle 92
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                              That is a very good image, and probably more honest than some covers. Copier jam energy…

                              in reply to: Albums you love despite terrible cover art #1626
                              Noodle 92
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                                The tax form thing made me laugh, but I also think some ugly covers just date an album hard. Then the music starts and it is better than the picture by a mile.

                                I have one record like that where the band looks like they were photographed under a hospital light. Still great songs though.

                                in reply to: Albums you love despite terrible cover art #1620
                                Noodle 92
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                                  I’m not sure, but the tax form one sounds worse in a very specific way. Is it one of those albums where the cover makes you think the band is way more serious than the music actually is?

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