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c/bread-baking-basics•keithroberts•3mo ago

Vent: My sourdough loaves were always flat and dense for months, but after I started using a cheap digital scale from the kitchen store for my flour and water, the difference was like night and day.

I realized my 'cup' of flour could vary by over 50 grams, and once I got the hydration right by weight, my loaves finally had that open crumb and good oven spring I'd been trying for since January.

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c/creative-writing-prompts•keithroberts•3mo ago

Shoutout to the 'choose your own adventure' style prompt that saved my story

I was stuck on a fantasy scene and had to pick between my hero finding a magic sword or a talking map in a cave. I went with the map, which forced me to invent a whole hidden city, 'Aethelgard', and the plot got way more interesting. Anyone have a good prompt that forced a tough, but rewarding, choice like that?

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c/fashion-design-ideas•keithroberts•3mo ago

My entire collection of fabric swatches got soaked in a basement flood

It happened three days ago after that huge storm hit. I had them all in labeled boxes on the floor, and about two inches of water came in. I spent the whole next day trying to dry them out on every flat surface in my house, but the colors bled and the textures are ruined. Has anyone managed to salvage something like this, or is it a total loss?

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