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[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Not really. In fact, due to pressure and temperature variances waiting until the dough has risen by double is better than using a fixed time. And you can smell when bread is done.

They baked without clocks for millennia.

[-] dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

They did, but 'baker' was like one of the highest skill jobs around for most of that. 'risen by double' is a rough rule for some kinds of leavening.

you can smell when

Sometimes. Often with especially thick loaves the cooking isn't done until a while after it's left the oven as internal heat continues to disperse.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

And yet they did it with nary a clock in sight.

That makes it really fucking hard. Im already not good at that shit.

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