Not me. I require an external factor to force a sense of urgency or I don’t do shit. When I was dating and had girls over all the time, house was spotless. Now that I’m married, not so much.
Always rocked out in primary school. Always got the same report to my parents, “Doesn’t do well in unstructured activities.” Add my chaotic good nature to that, yeah, I have to be forced to give a fuck.
As someone with ADHD, I feel this.
If there isn’t someone constantly pressuring me to get it done, I will never start it. The only way I know how to work is under constant pressure. I perform my best when scrambling at the last minute to get it done before it’s too late.
But, I gotta go. I gotta go fast.
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I didn’t get a slow cooker until I was an adult, and it was a life changer. I love a recipe that consists of “ingredients, plus 6-8 hours.”
I love my Le Creuset dutch oven. It’s just like you said (ingredients + 6-8 hours) but I add a stovetop browning step at the beginning followed by a deglaze, then add the ingredients, lid on, and into the low oven until fork tender!
I’ve got a Staub Dutch oven and it’s my favourite kitchen piece I own, closely followed by my stainless steel skillet. Honestly if I lost all my pots and pans and had to start from scratch I’d buy those two right away and just coast for a while. Maybe a medium sauce pan for boiling stuff but that would be enough for a while. I do really enjoy cooking though so I’d eventually want to get all the stuff back, but I could survive and eat good food with just that.
Have you tried baking bread in your Dutch oven? I mostly use mine for braises and potroasts but it does work for bread too which is quite wild!
I never got much into baking, that’s more my wife’s thing. I might try bread in the Dutch oven, or see if my wife wants to give it a try. An ex-coworker has recently gotten really into baking sourdough bread in a Dutch oven and I’ve seen pictures, they look awesome. I prefer sourdough anyway so I might go for that one.
Yeah sourdough is the way to go if you really get into baking bread. It’s a lot more finicky and tricky to learn though, plus it’s a commitment to keep a starter going.
It’s nice to put ingredients into it, leave/sleep/something and come back to food!!! I love it. Mine died recently, I was very sad.
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Wow these beans are amazing, what’s your secret?
I forgot about them
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Okay Sanic.
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.
Does she not pause audiobook to think about economic currency conversion rates in that fictional world?
I only listen to 2x when I don’t need to connect/understand the information and just want to get the big picture.
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 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 sometimes slow some narrators because they talk too fast!
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.
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.
Too poor, I’m either working or dying
slowmaxxxing is a privilege
Too slow, need to get thinhs done.
I want to learn more about these 48 hour chocolate chip cookies
These are pretty amazing
https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/supersized-super-soft-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe
Most things by King Arthur flour are good! I like the Cornish pasty dough recipe they have!
Truth. I feel silly having brand loyalty to a flour brand, but I do. I think King Arthur puts out fresher, better flour, and I think their recipes and website are super solid. Legitimately a fan of a flour brand, lol.
Not silly! The flour is very exactly what it says, which is super helpful for certain very finicky foods! I know there’s a cookie I make sometimes that can get weird on some flours, it never ever fails to work on King Arthur! (I’m sure it would work on other brands though like I’ve heard good about Red Mill?)
If you ever get a chance, visit the King Arthur headquarters in Vermont. They have a calendar of baking workshops and training courses that are top-notch. The on-site bakery has breads, sandwiches, cakes, cookies, and even pizza dough.
I know! One day I will, but currently complete lack of money. Until then I will be happy knowing they’re employee owned and stuff.
Simple way, make your preferred dough and then stash it in the fridge for a few days. Even just a few hours can make a difference, gives time for flour to hydrate at the minimum, longer is better for flavour.
Applicable to almost any baked good too, bread/pizza benefits from long, slow ferments, get some complexity of flavour + can help with the dough’s structure. Sour dough kinda forces you into these long fermentation periods, I tend to use a preferment (like a biga or poolish) when I’ll use bakers yeast.
Also can be convenient if you’re busy, it’s quick to mix things together, let the dough do the hard work for you.
Smoked some bacon the other day. Took 8 hours after a week of curing the bacon. There’s not a moment I regretted from any of that time spent, and the bacon is delicious.
Poor pig :(
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Watch a 1-3 YouTube series on a niche historical topic :3
My boss disagrees with this.
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.”
