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Remember this vintage candy recipe from your childhood? Hard Tack Candy is easier than you think! Make for any holiday.There’s a handful of recipes I remember my mom making during the Christmas holidays. I remember some Christmas cherry cheesecake bars, snickerdoodles, peanut blossoms and this hard tack candy. I’ve always been candy crazy, so when I remembered this old fashioned hard candy recipe, I had to make it to share with you. This brings back many memories for me and I hope it does for you too.Why you’ll love this hard tack candy recipe:vintage recipesimple ingredientsmake any flavor and any colorperfect for make ahead holiday giftsWhat is hard tack candy?Hard tack candy, sometimes called rock candy, is a homemade hard candy. Think Jolly Ranchers, lollipops, etc…this is a candy that you suck on similar to those.You make hard tack candy by boiling sugar to the point of “hard crack” stage or hard ball stage, which is between 290-300º Fahrenheit.What do I need to make hard candy?Besides the sugar, water, light corn syrup and powdered sugar, here are a few key things you’ll need for this homemade candy recipe:LorAnn Oils: You can find these in baking shops, possibly in Walmart or on Amazon. They come in tiny little bottles and you can get them in just about any flavor imaginable. Our favorite flavors are peppermint, cinnamon, butter rum, spearmint, grape and cherry. LorAnn oils are highly concentrated making them great for hard candy. They will not break down as other flavors will. We don’t recommend anything other than flavor oils recommended for candy.Food Coloring: We used liquid food coloring. Just cheap store brand is fine for this recipe.Candy Thermometer: We LOVE our Thermoworks ThermaPen to quickly test temperatures. This probe thermometer is AMAZING. Get it here.How do you make hard tack candy?It’s important to be very, very careful when making homemade hard candy. The mixture gets extremely hot so you can easily get burned. And the hard candy can actually be quite sharp! The first times I made this I ended up with tiny cuts on my hands. Make sure you watch those strands of glass-like candy.Also, kids may want to help with this. After all, it’s candy! It may be best to bring them in at the point of breaking the candy or shaking it in powdered sugar.Line a large cookie sheet (at least 12×17″) with parchment paper. Set aside.Place the sugar, water and corn syrup in a saucepan and place over medium heat. Mix constantly until the sugar melts and the mixture starts to boil.Continue to cook and stir. The first time you make this, you may want to keep the heat at medium. Once you are comfortable with

AI for the best sharpening results. Use Tack Sharp AI and NoNoise AI TogetherIf you have worked with noise reduction software, like NoNoise AI in Photo RAW, you know that correcting noise is a push and pull between smoothing out noise grain and maintaining detail. Sharpening is a similar balancing act, increasing crispness of details without over sharpening and boosting textures.ON1 Photo RAW has a Both tab in its Noise & Sharpening tab that puts the sliders of Tack Sharp AI side by side with the NoNoise AI control. Recall I mentioned Tack Sharp AI can introduce a speckled pattern, especially if Micro Sharpening is pushed too far? Well … in the Both tab, Tack Sharp AI and NoNoise AI are applied, and those speckled get balanced out. The net/net is the best of both worlds. A great improvement in sharpness without an increase in grain and noise.When your photo needs Ai sharpening, I advocate starting your work in the Both tab for the best results from Tack Sharp AI.Pro tip: Switch the NoNoise AI Model if the results don’t look good out of the gate. Improve your ON1 skills with these training titles Areas Of Improvement For Tack Sharp AITack Sharp AI does have some room for improvement. The sharpening Ai can be aggressive at times, and dialing back the Tack Sharp AI Deblur slider is not always the solution. In the photo below, my subject is soft. I was shooting handheld and it was relatively windy (and I also know I don’t have the steadiest of hands). I needed the full strength of Tack Sharp AI to get the sheep crisp and sharp. The tree line in the distance is over-sharpened. Fiddling with the Micro Sharpening slider helped some, although it became a tradeoff between maintaining the detail in the sheep’s wool versus over-sharpening the trees.Can I deal with this in ON1 Photo RAW in another way? Of course. Duplicate the layer, apply Tack Sharp AI to the upper layer, and then use a mask to remove the sharpening from the background. (And that gets much, much easier

With Mask AI, another new feature in Photo RAW 2023). While ON1 continues to improve their AI smarts, the rest of the Photo RAW ecosystem has other tools to fill the gaps.ON1 Tack Sharp AI Or Topaz Labs Sharpen AI?The burning question on everyone’s mind: Is ON1 Tack Sharp better than Topaz Sharpen AI?That is actually a challenging question to answer in September of 2022 for two reasons. First, ON1 Photo RAW 2023 is still pre-release software. The final product is still several weeks away, and the AI brains in Photo RAW may change. Second, Topaz Labs recently announced Topaz Photo AI which undoubtedly updates their AI algorithms. That being said, I did push several photos through both Tack Sharp AI and Topaz Sharpen AI to see how ON1’s new feature holds up. I took 16-bit TIFFs and let each software do it’s automatic work. In ON1, I applied the defaults in the Both tab. In Topaz, I let Sharpen AI automatically detect and apply correction.The results? Tack Sharp AI holds its own. There is a spot or two where I’d give a nod to Topaz… the over-sharpening mentioned above I didn’t see in Sharpen AI. I also thought Topaz did slightly better with human faces. Yet once again, ON1 has additional tools like Portrait AI for further refinement. So if ON1 is your processing hub of choice, you aren’t limited. ON1 Tack Sharp AI removes camera shake from portrait photos well. Topaz Sharpen AI sets the standard for debarring and sharpening software. ON1 Tack Sharp AI holds up well. ConclusionON1 Tack Sharp AI is an excellent feature and produces solid results. Photo RAW users will be very happy with Tack Sharp AI.If you are deciding between Tack Sharp AI and Topaz Sharpen AI (or the new Photo AI), I think your decision will be driven more by other factors. What is your “home base” for your photos, your asset manager? If it’s ON1 Photo RAW - you’re done. If it’s another tool like Lightroom or Capture One, remember that Photo RAW does not run as a plug-in. I think

Blueprints, you’re in luck! There are numerous websites and online platforms that offer downloadable blueprints for customizable tack lockers. Look for designs that cater to your specific needs, taking into account the size of your stalls, the type of equipment you’ll be storing, and the aesthetic you want to achieve. Be sure to review the plans carefully and make any necessary adjustments before starting your project.With the right materials and a little know-how, building a customizable tack locker can be a fun and rewarding project. Don’t be afraid to get creative and make adjustments as you go along – after all, a tack locker is a reflection of your personal style and riding preferences. By following these simple steps and using free blueprints, you can create a functional and beautiful storage solution that will keep your riding gear organized and within reach.What Are the Essential Steps to Build a Tack Trunk with Removable Shelves?Building a tack trunk with removable shelves is a fun and rewarding DIY project that can provide ample storage space for your tack and riding gear. If you’re new to building, don’t worry – with these essential steps, you’ll be able to create a functional and stylish trunk that meets your needs.Before you start building, it’s essential to plan your trunk’s dimensions and design. Measure the space where the trunk will go and decide on the size and shape you want it to be. Consider the type of tack and gear you’ll be storing and how much

Bloon, with the only difference being their immunities. They release two Yellow Bloons when popped.First encounter: Round 27RBE: 9White Bloon[] A white bloon White Bloons are the sixth and last type of Bloon encountered in Bloons Tower Defense. They are immune to freezing. They can be considered as the "twin" of the Black Bloon, with the only difference being their immunities. They release two Yellow Bloons when popped.First encounter: Round 41RBE: 9Strategies[]Video Guide[] Gallery[]GameplayHypersonic tack towerWinning the gameRound 42, with a variety of clustered bloonsRound 29, with many black bloonsRound 17, with green, blue and red bloonsRound 1Game OverThe notorious Round 14 pre-round comment in the NK Archives (with user-made censor)Glitches[]If you place two Tack Towers too close to each other, neither will shoot.If you use Tab to select an upgrade and then hold Enter to buy, you can buy that upgrade regardless of whether or not you have enough money which means that you can use the tack tower to fire at hypersonic speeds with 4-6 upgrades to get a super tack tower that can beat the game by itself. Doing this will in fact make your money go negative, so make sure that if you want to have other towers to get them before doing this glitch.It is possible to complete the game using one well-placed glitch-enhanced tack tower, with all 40 lives remaining and a surplus of 29,410 money. The tack tower's shoot speed would be "hypersonic" given a Tab over to the shoot speed and four taps of the space bar.Note that you have to be on the ninja kiwi website to preform the "hypersonic tower glitch ".Trivia[]The Pre-Round Comments claim that the game is impossible to beat with only Tack Towers. Several players proved this wrong and beat it with only Tack Towers, even without glitches.The Pre-Round Comments also claim that the developers were unable to beat the game without cheats or hacking.The RBE of the entire game is 30160, which is close to 2 Z.O.M.Gs (33312).Due to the short nature of this game, It is only possible to buy 7 un-upgraded Super Monkeys or 4 upgraded Super Monkeys in the game at one time.This is the only BTD game where the Dart Monkey is called the Dart Tower and the Tack Shooter is called the Tack Tower.This is the only BTD game that has no difficulty levels.There is only one track in this game, unlike later BTD games.This is the only game besides BTD 4 & BTD 5 where you can beat it using only sharp objects, due to Lead Bloons being introduced in BTD 2. (BTD4 & 5 in particular because of the explosive darts premium upgrade that allows dart monkeys to pop