Subj : Re: Problem at your system To : Ward Dossche From : Kurt Weiske Date : Tue Jan 24 2023 06:57 am -=> Ward Dossche wrote to Mike Powell <=- MP> If you overbake, or let one sit out too long, they get crunchier inside. WD> Gotta love that burned campfire-taste. Crusteaz brand biscuit dough only needs water - makes great camping drop biscuits if you have a grill or a pan with you. WD> Trivia ... during the summer months of July and August there's a mass WD> migration in Europe of tourists to the south ... Spain, Portugal, WD> Italy, Greece, Turkey ... and France. The only time I got to go to Paris was in August, and the town was empty. Can confirm. WD> Suddenly in the south of France there's an influx of 2 million tourists WD> and bakeries simply cannot keep up with the demand for croissants at WD> breakfast. WD> So industrial bakeries in Belgium bake humongous anounts of croissants, WD> every day for 2 months, sometime during the afternoon. they are trucked WD> in a system timed like a Swiss clockwork to brussels airport, WD> containerized and flown to the south of France in 4 freight 747s one to WD> Marseille, one to Nice and the 2 others also go somewhere. They arrive WD> after midnight, are immediately unloaded and the goodies are devived WD> over an army of delivery vans setting off to supermarkets, hotels, WD> restaurant chains etc so that by 8am the vacationers can enjoy a WD> freshly baked typical French croissant. But, Croissants only come from the Croissant valley in France - otherwise, they're sparkling dinner rolls. .... When in doubt, predict that the trend will continue. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: http://realitycheckbbs.org | tomorrow's retro tech (1:218/700) .