I really enjoy cable management
I WFH, so once I get everyone else out the door I take 10 min to sit on the back porch to drink my coffee. I don’t bring my phone or anything else. Just my coffee.
Animals! I love watching them, walking with my dogs.
Housing. What a luxury!
Sitting at the beach of the Baltic sea in early spring or late fall when its too cold for the other beach folks, kept warm by my decades old leather biker gear and a bit of whiskey.
Sour Dough Bread baking. I discovered it as a hobby beginning of the year and have baked a bread pretty much every weekend since. First of all it’s really nice to eat a slice of your own bread. Slowly but surely realizing that you actually know what your doing is also really rewarding. From water absorption to gluten development and fermentation, not to mentioned the tons of different types of breads and flours and how they differ and the endless possibilities by throwing in seeds, herbs and spices or even chesses.
Do you have any recommendations were to start with this, it’s been on my list for far too long ^^
Not OP, but just a heads up to not get overwhelmed. Find the simplest instructions and start there.
Making a sourdough loaf is basically simple once you understand that you’re growing yeast from the flour and activating it (starter).
Making the best sourdough loaf is complicated as fuck, and it’s as much art/talent as it is science. This is where I suck at it.
But dont get bogged down with complicated hydration and shit at first – just find a reliable starter recipe, grow it, and then bake a lop-sided, flatter than youd like but delicious loaf of bread.
I got into it because of a random YouTube video of baguette making being recommended to me, but (real) baguette probably isn’t the best place to start.
The video was by Gluten Morgen, here is a different one that’s probably a better beginner video.
Don’t start with Sour Dough. Make a couple of breads using yeast to see if you enjoy the process. If you do, you can easily make your own sour dough starter, but it will probably take a week or two until it is active enough to make proper Sour Dough. The ‘poolish’ or ‘biga’ yeast methods are similar to how you would work with sour dough, by making a small preferment with just a dash of yeast (the main difference between the two is country of origin and water content). You then let it sit and ferment for 4-6 hrs (room temp, or 12+ hrs in fridge) before making the main dough.
I’ve mostly been watching a different channel recently (Einfach Backen mit Marcel Paa), but the content is in german, so probably not for most people here. He has multiple videos a week of all kinds of bread styles and I use it a lot as inspiration.
A beginner tip, hold back 10-15% of the water content. How much water the flour can absorb is really dependent on the quality of the flour. A lot of the Bread Content Creators use really high quality flour that can hold a lot of water, but your super market flour probably can’t match it. Only add more water if you feel the dough is really tough and/or dense. Lower Hydration Dough is also much less sticky and easier to work with and can still create awesome bread.
Going to add it to the todo list cause despite the general panic of doing it, I feel it could be relaxing.
I’d say its relaxing. No need to panic, even if nothing works out it’ll still be bread. It might be flat or dense or whatever, but it’ll still be perfectly edible and taste great. I’ve had my fair share of failed experiments, but you usually come out the other side with at least an idea of what went wrong and how to do it better next time.
Sitting on the porch in the middle of the night in October/November. With a blanket. Or any other cooler month.
People don’t realize. That yes. You can bring a blanket outside. To your porch.
And no one is around at 3 am and it’s so silent and eerie. And perfect. Even in the city, there is way less people. But outside the city it’s dead silent. Like everyone disappeared.
It feels… Different than the rest of the time.
3-4 am is the most interesting hour of the day.
Try it next time you wake up with a full bladder in the middle of the night. Or have insomnia. Don’t go back to bed. Instead Grab your blanket. Step outside.
I’ll think of that, thanks for the suggestion! in december 24 after Chido hit we had no AC or ventilation so I slept on the roof for a week or so. It was full moon, and I’ve never slept so well before or since
Playing music from the playlists I make for my ttrpg games I prepare, to get inspired and write down ideas for the next game. It is like having a mental trailer about an upcoming show that we’ll see when we get together to play it.
Having a nap in a sunbeam
Using a wire continuity tester, and hearing that sweet beep.
Hear me out. Have you ever tried naps?
Yeah. I’ve been enjoying them a lot this year
Writing a script and having it not destroy everything on first launch.
It’s a great feeling.
walking in a forest during fall with a little weed in my system
aha ! I’ve just recently discovered the joys of getting slightly stoned in the wilderness. Last time on my way back, during rainy season, I found the path blocked by a huge zebu. Bit stressful for me, I had to dig into the bush for a way around
A sandwich tastes better when you make it in your mouth.
Gardening
Is your friend alright?
He looks too skinny.
Putting on a brand new pair of socks
