4 day fridge fermented pizza dough
3 day air drying jerky after a 3 day marinade.
I’m down with that.
But cleaning still needs to be 90mph because I’m gonna get bored and give up.
You need to turn off your grindcore and listen to some progressive doom metal.
Just listen to sleep and you’ll be good to go.
I actually did listen to doom metal to fall asleep when I was a teenager. Good times…
There’s a band that I forgot the name of… I saw them live and they probably played 3 songs in total. It was sooo slow. It was fantastic!
Bell Witch is like this. Their album Mirror Reaper is technically one “song.”
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My wife got me into audiobooks. We’re both avid readers, and wanted to read when we couldn’t read. My wife, however, cranks her shit up to 2x to consume, consume, consume, and chastises me for listening at normal speed. I want to enjoy what I’m reading, bask in the world building.
Honestly it really depends on how boring parts are. If it’s 1x speed for some content and highly predictable what they are going to say, I for some reason assume I know the rest of the sentence they will say, then use the “extra time” I just gained and let my mind wander. Then I miss the next sentence. So strangely, I can understand things better at a higher speed because it doesn’t give me time for that bad habit. Maybe she is like that too, finding she understands it better if she listens to it faster because it makes her focus better.
I disagree with you completely! Out of principle, I can’t do that, it’s practically skipping ahead!
I did uparrow you, because despite our opposite perspectives, I appreciate your contribution to the discussion.
Does she not pause audiobook to think about economic currency conversion rates in that fictional world?
I have some podcasts I’ll listen to at 1.2x speed but it’s usually because I’m trying to get it to properly fit a given drive. I have one relatively frequent drive that I can nicely fit 3 episodes of a daily podcast at 1.2x speed, but otherwise is too long for 2 episodes or too short for a third at 1x speed. For audiobooks though I stick with 1x so I can fully take in the content.
For reading I really only read in bed now, so it takes me about 2-4 weeks to finish a book usually
I agree with everything you said. Podcasts are shorter and so I don’t want to have 8 minutes left to finish later, because I just won’t. But I’m listening to 30-hour books, and I’m going to have a listen the way it’s meant to be listened to.
I also only read in bed, and I basically do a chapter a night, sometimes two if they’re short, and sometimes half of one of they’re long. I do try to find natural stopping points, I can’t stand being in the middle.
I tend to like 1.2x. I want to enjoy it, but audiobook narrators talk very slowly for clarity. If I listen that slow I tend to get distracted.
I get both your perspectives. My wife listens to audiobooks at normal speed and enjoys it. I listen in sometimes, but my brain isn’t cut out for it.
I read much faster than most (all?) narration, but when I speed it up, it loses something. I did listen to podcasts at 1.5x speed at one point, and it helped, but podcasts aren’t exactly narrative driven.
In the end, I find I just prefer written material in most cases. It’s just easier for me to focus on.
I only listen to 2x when I don’t need to connect/understand the information and just want to get the big picture.
I sometimes slow some narrators because they talk too fast!
Mostly meh, but those long time cookies are amazing.
Just letting regular recipes sit in the fridge a few hours is a big shift in texture and taste that are beneficial to most palates. Obviously, preferences vary and there’s no single “best” anything food wise, but you can get significant changes in intensity and depth of flavor with the long recipes
Tell us your wisdom oh Baker of the Mountain. Do you just use the same recipe or is it modified somehow to benefit from the dwell time? Best type of cookie for this treatment? Teach me something new that’s not another reason to be depressed please.
Yeah, it can be done with any recipe usually. It does benefit when you start with more complex flavors to begin with, but even the most basic tollhouse recipe gets changed over time just by chilling.
Basically, it lets the flour fully hydrate, and the enzymes present break down sugars. You end up with layers of flavor as you eat each cookie.
There is an upper limit to how long a given recipe can go, but the “48 hour” label kinda dials in the sweet spot for most.
The absolute best cookie recipe I’ve seen that makes the best use of the method is Any version of Levain style cookies. That particular recipe is real forgiving, and they actually give a little info on what’s going on. I’ve had them stay in the fridge for a week a couple of times, and be just as good as on day 2 or 3. IIRC, they specify overnight for the rest period, but unless you’re getting started at dawn of the first day, you’ll want to give them at least 36 hours in the fridge.
The exception is recipes meant to be thin and crispy. They don’t benefit at all, and you end up losing some crispness by trying.
I’ve done pretty much every standard cookie type with the long rest, and with the possible exception of snickerdoodles, you’ll see some difference in outcome that most people enjoy. Peanut butter cookies do great with it. So do the reddit-famous murder cookies. Chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, I find I really notice more enjoyable flavors. Sugar cookies, and butter cookies, I’m on the fence with because you get a bit more chew, so the shift in complexity is kind of a side grade.
Just wanna say thanks for sharing this baking tip. It’s so interesting that chilling the dough can make such a difference. I gotta try it some day.
No worries :)
As a side note, serious eats did a whole test run of options for cookies. Don’t have the link handy, but they went through various factors like type of sweetener, leavening, etc and showed what changes each makes. It’s possible to tweak any given recipe to adjust for desired results once you get that internalized.
I’d much rather have chewy sugar cookies than crumbly mess cookies. Though I’ve never been that big of a fan, so maybe it’s still a less “ideal” sugar cookie.
Tbh, if I can’t get them right, I’d rather have chewy than that half-ass crumbly texture too.
Sugar cookies need to be crisp, crystalline, not crumbly. The problem is that it’s all about getting that sugar/fat ratio perfect with the flour, and that’s hard to pull off since flour hydration varies based on environmental factors.
They’re one of those super basic kind of baked good that is so hard to really nail that it could be a test. It’s like omelettes; you have to really have your techniques and knowledge nailed down tight to make them great, and they’re easy to screw up.
But damn, when they do come out perfect, and they almost dissolve on the tongue leaving behind that buttery goodness, it’s a bit of magic. Not my favorite cookies by a mile, but still.
Reminds me of those cooking anime when they’re describing a perfectly cooked meal… ugh I’m too hungry. lol Pretty sure I saw poached eggs and omelettes as tests in real cooking shows, too. I want to taste a perfect sugar cookie. They might not remain at the bottom of my cookie list if it’s as good as you describe.
I wish I could pretend to get them perfect every time, but I kinda cap out at 7/10. I’ve gotten to the point where the edges are always great, but nailing the centers isn’t as reliable.
My omelette game is amazing though! Been working on that since I was a kid. Don’t ask about the poached eggs though lol.
This recipe is pretty close to the one I use; I haven’t gotten around to digitizing some of my older recipes out of laziness.
One of the biggest factors in getting the centers crispy is the thickness factor though. After I’ve got them cut, I take a cocktail or highball glass, dip the bottom into sugar and gently flatten them a little more. Not enough the edges split, but just before they would.
If the flour is running a little more moist, I’ll decrease the amount of egg a touch by separating the yolk and decreasing it by half-ish. It’s one of those things that’s by feel though, I’ve yet to figure out a way to turn it into a precise measure because it’s all about his the flour feels before and during mixing. The difference is minor, but it seems to be the limiting factor in making sure the centers are crispy rather than crunchy or chewy.
Live slow, die old!
It already takes me 15 minutes to brew about 10 cups of coffee for myself.
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I got the 15 minute coffee down at least. I’m one of those coffee snobs, hand a Hario pour over and a French press, and use a gooseneck kettle. There’s no rushing a good coffee. I make myself about 20 oz twice a day. First thing before work, and again on my lunch break.
That sounds fantastic!
I’m a coffee scrub. What I make tastes great, but only because I add stuff to it. I use a cheap-ass espresso machine, pull three shots worth, pour it over some ice, add some benefiber (flavorless powder, just adds fiber to stuff) and some flavoring (right now I’m rocking an horchata mix), then some oatmilk, then shake to mix it.
This doesn’t take 15 minutes, but it takes a lot longer than it should because I’m usually making breakfast at the same time. The ritual is quite relaxing though.
If you enjoy it, that’s all that matters. I’m a snob over my coffee, but also a big advocate that if you’re not hurting anyone, do whatever you like.
For me, I prefer a simple coffee. Starting with good beans (mostly African: Ethiopian, Kenya AA, Congo Kivu. I dunno what’s in the soil but African beans are better than anything else I’ve had. Costs Rican beans are pretty good too), the Ethiopian Sidamo Guji region is my favorite). Always light roast. Lightly sweetened with a touch of milk for creaminess.
Closest I’ve come to enjoying “fancy” coffee is an Americano with milk. Not big on straight espresso, nor anything that ends in -chino (cappu, frappu, etc).
If you are ever interested in some good beans, check out S&W Craft Roasting for really good stuff. For a budget brew, I go with Fresh Roasted Coffee (they have a website and an Amazon storefront).
Too poor, I’m either working or dying
slowmaxxxing is a privilege
Cookies I can 1000% attest to. The dough gets made quick, sure, but letting it age in the refrigerator for 3-4 days before baking makes a truly excellent cookie.
Varies on the type of course but chocolate chip nearly always wins here. That and with brown butter, also a “take it slow” process.
This sounds chill but are there actual evidence that taking it this slow improves your (mental?) health significantly?
My personal experience tends to agree.
Mine absolutely disagrees. After years (pandemic) of trying to be deliberate and slow, my mind has slowed down and doing anything quickly and efficiently is more challenging.
Watch a 1-3 YouTube series on a niche historical topic :3
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Okay Sanic.
Need to get amongst some Slow TV!
Those Norwegian train rides are some comfy viewing.
I recently heard Michele Obama talking about wanting more slow boring days. For some reason it felt good to hear despite me ostensibly having very little in common with her.
