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My grandma's pie crust recipe has no measurements at all
I was talking to my cousin at Thanksgiving about how she got grandma's pastry to turn out so flaky and she said 'you just have to feel the dough, I don't know how to explain it' and it made me wonder if we've lost something by relying on grams and timers instead of just touching and watching the dough.
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tyler_wilson11d ago
Did you ever see that episode of Great British Bake Off where the guy just kept dipping his finger in the dough instead of using a thermometer? I swear my aunt does the same thing with bread, she pokes it and goes "yep, that's ready" and I'm standing there with a probe like an idiot. It's wild how some people just have that touch. Makes me think we probably overthink a lot of this stuff. My buddy tried to teach me to make tortillas by feel and I just ended up with sticky hands and a mess.
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