Beyond basic dashi
The basics of making dashi should be pretty well-circulated by now; my favored recipe is the Simply Ming master dashi recipe, though I usually leave out the ginger.
Improvisation
One evening recently, though, I had started making a double-batch (10 cups) of dashi, when I discovered that I only had enough bonito flakes for a single batch. The konbu was already heating up in the water. I could've just reserved half of the broth after removing the konbu, but I also had some dried shiitakes in the cupboard for making vegetarian dashi. I decided to do half bonito, half shiitake in one pot.
Discovery
The result was a step above the basic konbu-bonito dashi, and this is now the way I make it every time. Here's the recipe for your enjoyment.
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I work to end violence against women. My part of that movement involves writing Web apps in Ruby. Following suit with Nick Seiger's post on the matter, this post is me standing to be counted.
The Ruby community, in my view, should welcome and include everyone who shares the hacker spirit. It should also continue, in the hacker spirit, to be edgy, playful, anti-corporate, and always in favor of freedom.
All of us being human, sometimes we'll be edgy in ways, like the now-infamous CouchDB presentation, that make some members or would-be members of the community feel starkly unwelcome. When that happens, those of us who notice it should absolutely call it out, and I, like Nick, pledge myself to do so. Those of us who make the mistakes should learn from them, and I think Matt Aimonetti is doing so. (I'm not sure that DHH gets it yet.)
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