On Friday, October 24, 2014 4:05:13 PM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:55:04 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:58:58 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >> > "Julie Bove" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>What do you dock your crackers with? The recipe I've been using says to
> >> >>use a fork but that's just not cutting it. The holes at the bottom of the
> >> >>cracker are either closing or nearly closing, probably because the tines of
> >> >>my fork narrow down at the end.
> >> >
> >> > Could have gotten an old crappy restaurant fork and filed the points
> >> > off the tines... for as often as you plan to bake crackers use a
> >> > plastic disposable fork.
> >> >
> >> >>So I ordered this tool:
> >> >>
> >> >>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
> >> >>
> >> >>We'll see.
> >> >
> >> > I doubt that will work well with crackers, it'll make very random
> >> > patterns. I would have made a block of wood the size of a cracker,
> >> > drilled holes in a desired pattern, pushed in appropiately sized
> >> > stainless steel nails and glued them in with a piece of wood as a
> >> > backing cover and handle... there you go, a professional cracker
> >> > docking tool. I would have made mine with a spring loaded stripper
> >> > plate so it ejected the cracker off the nails. The nail diameter
> >> > should be a bit oversize to accomodate the holes closing during
> >> > baking... and file/grind the points off.
> >> > You can easily find SS nails.
> >> > http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Har...vZc2dxZ1z0yg27
> >> > Drill holes in the wood slightly smaller than the diameter of the
> >> > nails... if you attempt to hammer the nails in you will certainly
> >> > split the wood.
> >> > Now stand by for the "Julie Bove Lame Dog & Pony Show" featuring
> >> > numerous and convoluted lame excuses why she CAN'T.
> >>
> >> I can totally see Julie doing this.
> >
> >I thought she said she ordered a docking tool. If I did what you're
> >suggesting, I'd not only need to buy the dowel and more nails than
> >I'll need for the rest of my life, I'd need to buy the drill, drill
> >bits and vice + plus a place to install the vice. Why spend all that
> >time and money to make a tool you can buy for a few $? Not worth it.
>
> Hey, sf, do you have any idea how much it would cost to dock your
> behemouth ass... and how many months it would take?

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