Harbor Innovations, the Paper 7 maker? Damn, I was just starting to get interested in trying one out.

So…let me preface this by saying I’m not dumping on your post. That being said…

There is no quick replacement for a good sourdough starter. The brands you may be familiar with that have that extra sour taste are working from mothers that are a hundred years old or more, and it’s really easy to tell the difference between TRUE sourdough, and a new mother starter.

The beer thing is a bit of a hack, but it’s still not going to taste great because all you’re getting in the finished flavor is baked yeast. If people want that, they can just add more yeast to their bread mixes, but everyone already knows that doesn’t work.

This sort of technique has been used for a long time in things like Irish Soda Bread, Mead Bread, and Nordic breads. The problem with it is that that initial introduction of alcohol (if using) will kill the active yeast that is responsible for a good rising and crumb. You’ll just end up with a dense bread that burns (you can see it in your picture).

A better shortcut to this sort of flavor without the flatness in the finished product is infusing the bottom of the barrel malt/yeast sludge into a fat like olive or vegetable oil, then adding that to your dough. It won’t kill the active yeast, and you’ll still get the sour notes.

It’s no substitute for an aged started mother, but it’s probably better than just dumping beer into dough.

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It’s a take on sticky coconut sticky rice. This isn’t a very authentic process to making it, so I can’t speak to the quality of instructions, but it hits the right notes: soak the rice, infused with coconut milk, spice and cover

Cooking it on a cast iron skillet will be tricky to avoid burning if you’re not super familiar with controlling the heat. You’ll probably burn it the first few tries instead of just making it crispy, but give it a shot.

Edit: oops forgot the link

You don’t know the name of the place? From the looks of it, it might be some sort of Risotto.

If you like Marmite, you’d probably dig Nutritional Yeast without the extra additives to make something similarly tasting.

Less sauce, and more heat. Dont cook it on a metal pan, get a stone or steel. Crank your oven up as high as it can go, and heat for 20-30m before putting the pizza in.

Also, marinara, especially the jarred kind, is not a sub for pizza sauce as there is way too much liquid. Get pizza sauce, or check seriouseats for their sauce recipe as a starter.

Edit: also, 120F is too hot for proofing yeast as it will kill it. 80-100F is more ideal.

Probably going to be Costco.

Unattended upgrades or firmware update scheduled.

Just GTFO if you don’t want help. Later.

Like everyone else is saying. POST CONFIGS.

I don’t think you changed them in the right way, or didn’t restart. Post configs.

Details please.

I’m assuming you forced a port conflict somehow.

Just kinda flipped through his guide. It’s a bit dated on knowledge and techniques, even for beginners.

You don’t need a computer for a router. Get a router that ships with OpenWRT and start there. GL.iNet makes good and affordable stuff. Use that for your ad blocking, VPN, and so on to get started.

I’d just skip OpenVPN altogether and get started with Wireguard or Headscale/Tailscale.

If you want to run other heavier services, start out with a low-power minipc until you’re settled on what your needs or limitations are. You can get a very capable AMD minipc for $250-300, or an n100 low-power for a bit cheaper. Check out Minisforum units for this. Reliable, good price, and solid warranty.

If you deal in heavy storage, maybe consider adding a NAS to the mix, but maybe that’s a further steps. OpenWRT is a good starting point just to get your basic network services and remote access up, then just move on from there.

A good and fun starting point for some people is setting up Home Assistant on a minipc or Raspberry Pi (honestly, the costs of Pi boards now is insane. Might be good just to get the minipc).

A breakthrough in physics that enables a new technology to have all the benefits and zero downsides of our current globally deployed communication standards. Like true wireless energy, or something that can replace undersea cables.