How do people get perfect balls of chocolate?

I love adding candy/chocolate shells to my baking stuff. Just today I made chocolate covered cookie dough by dipping pillsbury cookie dough into melted bakers chocolate.

But the thing is no matter what I do I cant get a perfect or semi perfect nice ball. I dip the cookie dough with a fork to let some of the chocolate drip through the holes; but then wherever the fork was touching u can see lines.

Then wherever the cookie dough is drying on makes a big flat spot as the chocolate drips down.

How do people make those round near perfect circles?

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u/boiyo12 — 3 days ago
▲ 3 r/diet

Why do I have no energy for the gym?

I workout in the morning and my breakfast is always the same.

A bowl of shreddies cereal, a pear, a babybel, vanilla greek yogurt and a coffee.

I assumed it was enough protein, carbs and fiber, and as Im on my way to the gym im energized. But about halfway through my workout I get like a severe lack of energy like I cant go on. My workout routine is a 4 day regular push pull thing.

I'll give an example of a day.

3x12 cable row

3x12 wide grip lat pulldown

3x12 bicep curl

3x12 should press

By the end of my wide grip im already exhausted like I cant go on. Even though im barely going to my limit. Is it my breakfast? Is it too much simple carbs or not enough energy?

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u/boiyo12 — 10 days ago

[TOMT][Movie][1990-2000?] Movie that starts with the words welcome foolish mortals

I saw a Pic of this movir online and I swear I remember the title screen as a kid but cant figure out where its from. I tried googling it but it kept showing me a theme park ride instead of a movie

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u/boiyo12 — 11 days ago

Filling breakfast meals that are simple?

My breakfast rn involves cheerios and a babybel. Thats it . Keeps me full till the drive to work than im craving sugar and fatty foods.

The reason why so simple? Im a very picky eater in the morning. Cant have anything oily, salty, etc.

I tried oatmeal and it was so weird. The plain oatmeal filled me up well but tasted disgusting. The sugary ones like the brown sugar ones were great but filled me way less. Not sure why.

Any recs?

Rn im planning to add maybe a banana or something 🍌

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u/boiyo12 — 14 days ago
▲ 1 r/pchelp

How to figure out why my pc is so slow these days?

My PC has just been so slow over the past year in everything from browsers to games. Idk why?

- I have 100 gigs of space always open on all 4 of my storage devices, 2 SSD and 2 HDD

- I have max 6 tabs open at once on either chrome or firefox

- usually only 4 apps open at a time: browser, spotify, game, and maybe 1 extra like discord

Specs:

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor, 3893 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)

X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI

AMD Radeon RX 6700XT

RAM 16 GB 2133 Mhz, 2x8 GB running dual channel

How can I deduce whats causing the lag? is it my HDD reaching end of their lives? Is it clutter I cant see and I need a software to "clean up" my drives?

Nothing shows up weird in my performance task manager

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u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

Anyone else lose their appetite after coffee?

I need coffee in their morning to get my gears going and in the afternoon to finish work. But after my coffee for a good few hours I have 0 appetite even when im hungry, if that makes sense? Like I need food but im not in the mood for anything because im too wired to actually sit down and eat.

Anyone else?

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u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

High adrenaline, quick burst shooters?

How I study is 20 min of study, then a quick burst of an adrenaline game like a match of CoD then back to studying.

Im looking for games, preferably shooters, that are high impact like that and short in levels/rounds. Can be multiplayer, can be single player idc.

Rn I have doom, cod, and battlefield.

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u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

Want to camp but afraid of insects

I want to go camping but theres one thing im scared of. Bugs. I HATE black and horse flies and those giant biting bugs. Like i could pass out from one just near me.

So when would be a good time to camp in the year for me? I assume winter obviously but what about spring/fall? Im in lower quebec near montreal.

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u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

Hollandaise sauce isn't thick at all

Now it's not watery but its very liquidy whereas I was hoping for something at least relatively thick. Why?

  • 4 Tablespoons butter

  • ▢ 4 egg yolks

  • ▢ 2 teaspoons lemon juice, , or lime juice

  • ▢ 1 Tablespoon heavy whipping cream

  • ▢ salt and pepper, (to taste)

  • Melt the butter in a small saucepan. In a separate small bowl, beat the egg yolks. Mix in lemon juice, whipping cream, and salt and pepper.

  • Add a small spoonful of the hot melted butter to the egg mixture and stir well. Repeat this process adding a spoonful at a time of hot butter to the egg mixture.( Adding the butter slowly, a spoonful at a time, will temper the eggs and ensure they don't curdle).

  • Once the butter has been incorporated, pour the mixture back into the saucepan. Cook on low heat, stirring constantly, for just 20-30 seconds. Remove from heat and set aside. It will thicken as it cools. Stir well and add another splash of cream, if needed, to thin.

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u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

What to bring for ticks?

It's my first time going camping and the main things Im afraid of is bugs. ESPECIALLY ticks. Some people said to wear some long special pants but it's gonna be hot so i'm trying to avoid that is possible.

Does DEET stop ticks from biting?

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u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

Cheese cloth vs jelly strainer vs chinois

So i asked a question on here about a very very fine strainer to remove seeds from my berry syrup. And alot of people answered, thank you!

However it was mostly split between 3 different products i had never even heard of before. Cheese cloth, jelly strainer, chinois.

Now idk what the major difference are between these and which I should choose. Im looking for an extremely fine strainer, but one that doesn't need me to sit there and baby it ig if I had to pick one. And can strain things thick like syrups, jelly, custard etc. Basically a very versatile one.

Which should I pick?

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u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago
▲ 12 r/Cooking

What is the thinnest strainer?

I have a few strainers but none of them are thin enough for small straining. Like I made a berry syrup by mixing frozen berries, sugar and water and even with my strainer alot of lil seeds and stuff still got through

Ik theres coffee paper strainers but for some stuff like this syrup it doesn't work because the syrup is too thick. What then?

https://imgur.com/a/dDnVlHg

u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

Cleaning scuffs and paint from speaker?

Im not sure what the material is, it looks like plastic but its a bit squishy? How would i go about removing these scuff and paint marks

u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

How to make cookies sweeter while not ruining the texture?

So Im following this recipe:

Ingredients

Units

  • 8 tablespoons of salted butter
  • 1/2 cup white sugar (I like to use raw cane sugar with a coarser texture)
  • 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour (6.75 ounces)
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt (but I always add a little extra)
  • 3/4 cup chocolate chips (I use a combination of chocolate chips and chocolate chunks)

And here's the thing. The texture of the cookies pre-baking was perfect; not too sticky but able to hold their shape.

However when they came out, I had 2 issues: 1, they werent very crunchy, but I assume that's because I didnt let them bake long enough. And 2, they were kinda... flavourless, so how would I go about fixing it? Because I assume adding sugar changes the texture, so then I'd need to adjust the other ingredients, but then its like that image of a snake chasing its own tail where nothing gets changed?

u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

Fastest way to clean a really dirty keyboard?

Alot of videos I see of cleaning keyboards involve literally plucking out every key to clean them. Now I did do this back in 2020 to clean my keyboard but it was tedious. Is there a chemical / device that'll clean it much quicker? My keyboard is pretty dirty

u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

Messed up sauteeing mushrooms

I wanted to sautée mushrooms for a burger. I bought pre sliced in a can. I put some oil then medium heat. And these mfers started exploding all over, getting burning water on my skin and stuff.

The worst part is they came out kinda hard. Why? What did I do wrong.

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u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

Black magic wheel cleaner?

My friend and I were trying to clean his mags but the brake dust was so baked on there my adams wheel and tire cleaner wouldnt budge it. Then he pulls out black magic all wheel cleaner and we just foamed it on the wheel and tire and poof everything came off.

Is this product safe? How did it work so effectively?

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u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

Closing a pot with lid under pressure?

When i first started learning how to cook my mom told me never to put a pot with a lid fully closed on it while cooking as the pressure can build and cause the lid to pop off. But in alot of recipes im seeing no one seems to keep the lid slightly cracked like I was told to. Is this true?

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u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

Why spring cleaning and not winter cleaning?

I always hear of people cleaning their houses and stuff in the spring. Now i get why for the outdoors since the snow melts and you need to get everything ready for the summer, but why the indoors? I feel like the best time would be in winter when you have less activities to do and your stuck in your house anyways, no? Is there a reason why people recommend cleaning in spring over winter?

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u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago

Why "spring cleaning" and not winter cleaning?

I always hear of people cleaning their houses and stuff in the spring. Now i get why for the outdoors since the snow melts and you need to get everything ready for the summer, but why the indoors? I feel like the best time would be in winter when you have less activities to do and your stuck in your house anyways, no? Is there a reason why people recommend cleaning in spring over winter?

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u/boiyo12 — 1 month ago