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@dr2chase@ohai.social
2026-01-01 19:25:45

I made an experimental flan, where instead of using sugar in the custard mix, I converted that sugar to caramel (in addition to the caramel coating the bowl) and then dissolved that caramel into the cooling scalded milk.
The experiment was a success, if you like caramel.
I did this one from memory. 1.5c sucrose split into two parts, 4 cups milk, 4 large eggs, 1 yolk, 1/4 t salt, 1 T vanilla, 350-375F, 1 hour in a baño maria, lay a sheet of aluminum foil on it for most of that ti…

A pyrex bowl coated with caramel.
A pyrex bowl containing a mostly-eaten flan, with some caramel syrup still in the bottom, and the flan itself somewhat caramel-colored. A sticky spoon rests in the bowl.
@grumpybozo@toad.social
2026-02-07 17:54:08

Working more efficiently than maize, which has been bred for efficient production of carbs over thousands of years. @… io.mwl.io/@mwl/116027004460342

Michael W Lucas :flan_on_fire: (@mwl@io.mwl.io)
Today I learned about starch synthesis as a potential carbon capture method. (Yes, preventing the need for carbon capture would be ideal. We've missed that window, and starch isn't toxic. It's also NOT a "dump tons of reflective stuff in the stratosphere" solution.) https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abh4049 ty @cstross@wandering.shop for the heads-up.

@tante@tldr.nettime.org
2026-01-27 20:40:01

Just looking at the amount of work that went into this thing trying to sell something the core audience isn't buying shows how badly Mozilla chose when it comes to the new CEO
bsd.network/@dch/1159689524495

dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker: (@dch@bsd.network)
#mozilla has finally and officially gone off the deep end https://stateof.mozilla.org/tools/ thanks to new CEO. Enzor-DeMeo said he plans to expand Firefox and Mozilla's product ecosystem with AI-powered features, while reducing the company's dependence on search revenue over the next three years https://www.reuters.com/technology/mozilla-names-insider-enzor-demeo-ceo-looks-add-ai-features-firefox-2025-12-16/ Before joining Mozilla in late 2024, Enzor-DeMeo held executive roles at fintech fi…