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Just encountered this quote in TCOB and I love it.

The Conquest of Bread Quotes by Pyotr Kropotkin - Goodreads:

"So utopian are we that we go to the length of believing that the revolution can and ought to assure shelter, good and clothes to all - an idea extremely displeasing to middle-class citizens, whatever their party colour, for they are quite alive to the fact that it is not easy to keep the upper hand of a people whose hunger is satisfied."

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fermentation·Fermentation of vegetables, grain, and whatever takes your fancybyAnarchoPlayworker

Taking pickles out of the fridge to keep fermenting?

Hey fermenters. So, I recently started a batch of pickles (the salt water and dill+ kind - lactofermented? Right?), and I transferred them to the fridge too early, before they were pickled enough. Can I just take them out of the fridge (a few days later) and let them get back to room temperature and keep doing their thing? Or is that a recipe for spoilage? Or would it just not keep fermenting?

I guess I have nothing to lose so I might as well try but I was wondering if y’all had thoughts about my chances of success.

Thanks!

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Huge Bounding Boxes?

Hey all. I’m not sure if there are enough of us on here to start asking questions like this but it’s worth a try. My bounding boxes are out of whack with what is in the layer, and I’m not sure what to do - it’s not a big deal, I can manage, but it’s annoying. I’ve tried erasing/deleting everything outside of what I want there, in case there are any stray marks or whatever, and it doesn’t change anything. Is there a way to force it to reload the box or something? Any advice is welcome! Thanks!

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sourdough·Sourdough bakingbyAnarchoPlayworker

Replacing Rye/Pumpernickel Flour

So, I want to play with making a levain, which I’ve never done before, and I’m drawn to this recipe: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/pain-au-levain-recipe mostly because I have used other King Arthur recipes with a lot of success. The thing is, it calls for pumpernickel flour and my spouse isn’t a fan. So can I just replace it with the same amount of… Whole wheat flour? Or just white all purpose flour? Or does that not really work and I need to find a new recipe?

Thanks!

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Bread knife recommendations?

I just posted about this in c/sourdough but I thought maybe some of you would have opinions and suggestions too. I’m not sure the etiquette around this kind of thing so feel free to scold me or just ignore the post.

So: I think my bread knife may have become too dull to use. It won’t slice through the crust on my sourdough and I end up hacking it to very uneven pieces. And I’m afraid I’m going to cut myself. Any suggestions for a new bread knife? Is there a big difference between the really cheap ones and something more expensive? Thanks!

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DBT app recommendation

So, I’ve been doing DBT for over a year now and first of all it’s the thing that has made the most difference for me. Completely changed my life and how much I am able to manage my emotions and my interactions with others, especially my spouse. And I’m not a person who ever says “changed my life” about anything. So yeah. If you have access, I know not everyone does, I highly recommend DBT. It’s the bees knees.

Anyway, I recently switched therapists to a fully DBT oriented therapist, and she suggested I use this app to track my skill use and stuff and I just wanted to post it here in case it helps anyone else. There are other apps out there but this one is the one I’ve been using and it’s been pretty great so far. And it’s like $5 one time on the iPhone App Store. Not sure if it exists for android or whatever. The other one I just looked at is like $12 a month forever.

The app is cool partly because you can send all the data for the week to your therapist (or whoever, I suppose) by email so they can look at how that week went, with skills use, a motions, behaviors, and also there’s a journal part for writing notes. But also the whole thing is super customizable and there’s info in there about each skill. Etc. It’s pretty great.

So yeah. Here’s a link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dbt-diary-card-skills-coach/id479013889

The interface is kinda old and janky looking, but whatever. Once you get used to it it’s pretty easy to use.

Enjoy!

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sourdough·Sourdough bakingbyAnarchoPlayworker

30 degrees from what?

So, everywhere I look people are saying “getting an ear is easy! Just score it all the way across with a 30 degree angle. It’s so easy!” But what does 30 degrees mean‽ 30 degrees from what? 30 degrees from the table it’s sitting on? Is it the angle of the blade as it enters the dough, or it is 30 degrees up the surface of the dough? Or something I’m not thinking of? Any help would be awesome. Thanks!

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