{"id":758,"date":"2014-12-17T23:01:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T05:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/?p=758"},"modified":"2015-04-05T13:55:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T18:55:42","slug":"learn-something-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/?p=758","title":{"rendered":"Learn something new"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You, you&#8217;re\u00a0learning that you should absolutely make this, because it really <em><strong>IS<\/strong><\/em> <a title=\"Best nut brittle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/recipes\/best-ever-nut-brittle\" target=\"_blank\">the best ever nut brittle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cashew-brittle.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-760 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cashew-brittle-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Cashew brittle\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cashew-brittle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Cashew-brittle.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Myself, I learned \u2014 or, rather remembered, right after I needed the knowledge \u2014 that I really should warm the nuts before mixing them in the hot caramel. That would no doubt make it easier to pour, as in not a giant lump of cashews all stuck together, with caramel syrup pooling around it.<\/p>\n<p>I also learned that I need someone standing there to remind me to sprinkle on the salt. Really, though, I had an excuse for forgetting it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Candy-blister-e1418878542350.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-761 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Candy-blister-e1418878542350-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Candy blister\" width=\"241\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Candy-blister-e1418878542350-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Candy-blister-e1418878542350-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Candy-blister-e1418878542350.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a>I learned (and will remember) that if you&#8217;re going to wipe the 300\u00b0 candy off the thermometer, you want to be extra careful to not let the cloth slip so you wipe it onto your palm instead.<\/p>\n<p>Owie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You, you&#8217;re\u00a0learning that you should absolutely make this, because it really IS the best ever nut brittle. Myself, I learned \u2014 or, rather remembered, right after I needed the knowledge \u2014 that I really should warm the nuts before mixing them in the hot caramel. That would no doubt make it easier to pour, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}