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1mo ago
inAppreciation post: My mom's bizarre method for reusing jars finally clicked for me.
What's your favorite jar shape to reuse? I've got a whole shelf of old pickle jars in my garage holding nails and screws. They're perfect because you can see everything, even if it looks a little messy.
1mo ago
inI thought buttermilk was for pancakes only, but a cake proved me wrong.
Remember hating cream of tartar until a meringue recipe changed my mind, even if @eric617 disagrees?
1mo ago
inLogin pages that resist password manager help
Ugh, tell me about it... my own memory is the second line of defense when my password manager gets blocked.
1mo ago
inAfter countless tries, my brioche dough passed the windowpane test
Wait, do you mean cold ferment? That's the real baker's term... fridge rise is sort of right, but it's a slow, cold ferment that develops flavor. You get a much different result than a room temp rise. The yeast works way slower, which changes everything.
1mo ago
inUnpopular opinion: Magazine submissions killed my dream of being a writer
Come on, the whole "stacked against newcomers" thing is in every creative field. My buddy's band got turned down by every local venue for a year. My own design work gets ignored in emails constantly. That shoebox of rejection slips? That's just the cost of trying to make something. Maybe the dream wasn't killed, it just met reality.