I have in the oven right now a "bread" to which I accidentally doubled the amount of butter in the batter. I'm not certain what will come of it, but hell, it's already in the oven.
Never understood this. I dick around while baking all the time. I pretty much never follow the recipe, and just throw whatever in in whatever amount I feel like. Sometimes things get weird, but usually it turns out alright with just a bit of extra flour or water to get the consistency right.
Cooking on the other hand... As far as I can tell, meat goes from raw to tough as nails in about 3 seconds.
I totally agree. Both of them have places where you can art (make stuff up) and both have places where you have to science (follow an established plan). My perspective is that whatever you practice more gets easier/intuitive. Most people cook more than they bake, so don't realize that they climbed over that need for a recipe while cooking before they knew it. If they made bread every night for a couple of months, they would start improvising on that too.
Yes! I am also a competent baker but a ... less great cook. I am not super fond of either one, but at least baking means you're going to be eating sugar the whole time.
You can always focus more on fat for a more meal-adjacent baked good. I took my cinnamon roll recipe and turned it into a dill bread cheesy roll with sour cream filling, and it worked great! Terrible for you, but delicious.
Nah. If you know your dough, you know when it's not strong , not elastic enough. It's all experience. Those too neatly separated jokes about cooking and baking are not reality.
Baking bread and baking pastry are two entirely different fields. Bread don't give a fuck (outside of sourdough), pastry will shank a bitch if its one degree too warm
That’s how I feel about walking my dog. If he knows that I want him to hurry up and pee/poo he’ll take his sweet ass time. If I’m not in a rush he goes quickly and wants to go inside.
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Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 24 pts · 152d
I have in the oven right now a "bread" to which I accidentally doubled the amount of butter in the batter. I'm not certain what will come of it, but hell, it's already in the oven.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 152d
How did it turn out?
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 14 pts · 152d
So it tastes great, but its structural integrity is seriously lacking and it falls apart. Lesson learned to pay better attention.
yeehawboy@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 152d
Butter attention is key
NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 152d
I doubled the amount of cream cheese by accident in a Newfoundland fruit cake. It was a little greasy, but in a delicious way
Signtist@bookwyr.me · 15 pts · 152d
Never understood this. I dick around while baking all the time. I pretty much never follow the recipe, and just throw whatever in in whatever amount I feel like. Sometimes things get weird, but usually it turns out alright with just a bit of extra flour or water to get the consistency right.
Cooking on the other hand... As far as I can tell, meat goes from raw to tough as nails in about 3 seconds.
Slatlun@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 152d
I totally agree. Both of them have places where you can art (make stuff up) and both have places where you have to science (follow an established plan). My perspective is that whatever you practice more gets easier/intuitive. Most people cook more than they bake, so don't realize that they climbed over that need for a recipe while cooking before they knew it. If they made bread every night for a couple of months, they would start improvising on that too.
BanMe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 152d
Yes! I am also a competent baker but a ... less great cook. I am not super fond of either one, but at least baking means you're going to be eating sugar the whole time.
Signtist@bookwyr.me · 2 pts · 152d
You can always focus more on fat for a more meal-adjacent baked good. I took my cinnamon roll recipe and turned it into a dill bread cheesy roll with sour cream filling, and it worked great! Terrible for you, but delicious.
lemmee_in@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 152d
Cooking is an art, baking is a science
CorrenteAlternata@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 152d
and fermentation feels like magic
CorrenteAlternata@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 152d
the three combined make life much better
schildfrosch@feddit.org · 9 pts · 152d
i bet cookies aren't even that hard, will check on tuesday
schildfrosch@feddit.org · 6 pts · 152d
in fact, i bet hardtack is easy as fuck
Protoknuckles@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 152d
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 152d
Cookies are super easy and you should totally try making them.
9point6@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 152d
Cooking is the one you can fuck up a bit and still save things
Baking? You won't necessarily get to know that you've fucked up until you're literally serving it to people
Cooking is the fun art you can enter a flow state with. Baking is the nerdy anxiety catalysing science that will make you doubt your every move.
wieson@feddit.org · 5 pts · 152d
Nah. If you know your dough, you know when it's not strong , not elastic enough. It's all experience. Those too neatly separated jokes about cooking and baking are not reality.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 152d
Baking bread and baking pastry are two entirely different fields. Bread don't give a fuck (outside of sourdough), pastry will shank a bitch if its one degree too warm
PityPityBangBang@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 152d
high hydration dough is sooo emotionally clingy, too.
Una@europe.pub · 5 pts · 152d
Saccharomyces cerevisiae gaines conciousness, becomes multicellular organism and starts consuming you mid baking.
SomGye@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 152d
Meanwhile cooking has always given me pure anxiety
aceshigh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 152d
That’s how I feel about walking my dog. If he knows that I want him to hurry up and pee/poo he’ll take his sweet ass time. If I’m not in a rush he goes quickly and wants to go inside.
gibmiser@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 152d
Imagine you had a dude anxiously pacing while staring at you trying to poop.
Avicenna@programming.dev · 2 pts · 152d
well if you think regular dough is fearful, try working with buckwheat dough. Gets into your nightmares when you fall sleep.
Skepticpunk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 152d
Okay, Shaggy.