Release macarons

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Seven months ago, we released version 5.1 of our software. I can’t recall how we came to it, but I ended up treating the team to home-baked macarons. That was so popular that a tradition was born.
Monday evening, we released version 5.1.1, so that evening we were very busy baking up two batches of macarons so I could bring them to the office the

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[changeling72]

Lower stress levels is always a nice bonus.

Yay for macarons!

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Yeah, there were a lot of things coming together. Not only for the release, but the planning for the next release as well. That's been resolved (mostly), so I hope for smoother sailing.

It's a lot of fun to bake them -- especially because it's not something everybody knows how to make. When you see them in the shops, they're about a euro a piece. I'm snobbish enough to appreciate being able to make my own.
And it's also good I have my colleagues to feed them to, because they're quite the calorie bomb!

[changeling72]

I will have to have a go sometime. They're not cheap here, either!

[beauty_forashes]

Thank you for that recipe, I'm saving it. They look gorgeous!

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But you will need to do some experimenting, because every oven is different. What works for us may not work for you -- what I do at home is different than what we learned in the workshop, where they had professional equipment.

[beauty_forashes]

Definitely yes, and the oven I have now behaves differently than the one we had before. I'd also think room temperature and humidity levels would have an impact on a delicate dough like this and result in a different outcome in different locations. So I will have to do some experimenting, and not expect to have success right off the bat.

[seraphicwing]

Those look awesome!

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Thanks! They came out well.