Croissants…. December 30, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Life...otherwise , 3 commentsSo, I found a great croissant recipe.
These are amazing…
The dough is remarkably simple. It just takes time. The claim is the dough has 729 layers. So I challenged myself to do the math.
You start with a square of dough and a smaller square of butter. Then you place the butter on the square of dough so you have a diamond of butter on a square of dough. Wrap the dough around the butter and you have 1 layer of butter in the dough
Roll out to a rectangle. Fold in thirds… 3 layers
Repeat the roll and fold. Now there are 9 layers.
Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes
Roll out to a rectangle, Fold in thirds…27 layers
Repeat the roll and fold. Now there are 81 layers
Chill the dough for another 30 minutes
Roll out to a rectangle, Fold in thirds…243layers
Repeat the roll and fold, now I get 729 layers…
It’s a simple progression in terms of math. I love this stuff.
The croissants for tomorrow are chilling. I plan to bake them in the morning.
I made mini croissants from the scraps and they are yummy! The dough is amazingly light. Wow.
How to get a new TV… December 30, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Life...otherwise , add a commentWe are quickly researching a new TV. We bought a wonderful TV, 32", Flat screen (but still a CRT), HDTV, picture in picture, 150lbs, Big, honking TV 3 years ago. Jay did all of the research. We reviewed and reviewed and blew the $300 on the in home repair. We had one problem early on that they fixed. The home repair warranty is up in January.
We started seeing a strange pattern on the screen. So we called them. We demonstrated the problem. They took it in. They returned it. Jay asked what was fixed. The guys checked the paperwork and said, ugh, nothing. Jay had them take it back after showing the issue and proving that it wasn’t our DVD player nor VCR.
They called us last week. The tube is shot. It will cost $960 to repair the tube. The store that we bought it from no longer sells tube TVs that match what we bought. So they are giving us a store credit for the cost of the original TV. (About $850). We are going in tomorrow to buy a new TV. We are going to replace it with a 32" LCD, flat panel TV. It has almost everything we had on the other TV and my FIL recently bought this one.
I wasn’t really looking for a new TV, but when the tube goes after 3 years, I worry about the rest. So, a shopping we will go!
