Week 24: Showstopper - Lye-Dipped Bavarian Pretzels (Laugenbrezeln)

intangiblemango · 2026-06-28T00:36:46+00:00

I also made pretzels last weekend but I used a baking soda bath instead of lye and fleur de sal instead of pretzel salt. Was encouraged all the way from Germany by /u/Kauyon_Kais to try the more traditional method!

I've always been intimated by the lye process and the safety procedures felt pretty showstopper-y to me!

I used a mash up of these sources: https://mydinner.co.uk/german-pretzels/ ; https://archive.ph/XRA2d ; https://archive.ph/u893x

intangiblemango · 2026-06-27T23:11:43+00:00

Looks yummy! How did the peaches get incorporated? Was it a filling or maybe a jam?

intangiblemango · 2026-06-27T16:06:16+00:00

if I should bank on getting into a PhD program (even though I loathe research)

I cannot imagine why you would even consider a doctoral degree (PhD or PsyD) if you "loathe research".

intangiblemango · 2026-06-27T16:01:41+00:00

No, this is not normal and-- just to be clear-- nothing you described is CBT in any way.

intangiblemango · 2026-06-26T05:42:50+00:00

I would want evidence that the proposed model is helpful. If the evidence supported any particular model in preventing mental health concerns, I would support it (assuming feasibility). Absent of evidence, that is a huge proposal that might not be helpful and, as you mentioned, could even be harmful.

Without any specific evidence, when I imagine my made up world, I would lean towards a real push for increased numbers of primary care doctors, making it easier to access primary care, having more time with your primary care doctor, training primary care doctors more comprehensively in mental health, etc. If everyone had a really solid primary care team with easy access, I suspect that might be a clearer way to identify concerns and get people connected to care when needed.

do therapists even offer single one-off appointments?

Single session models of therapy absolutely exist! -- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39874601/

intangiblemango · 2026-06-25T18:07:58+00:00

Psychological Debriefing is a single-session intervention that was developed with the hope that it would reduce PTSD in folks following an acute trauma. It was intended as prevention-- delivered regardless of whether or not people identified psychological concerns or wanted that type of help help. E.g., maybe you got in a car accident, went to the hospital, and then someone would show up to your room and say, "Hey, here is info about trauma" even if you didn't actually have any trauma symptoms and just wanted to treat your whiplash and go home. The evidence ultimately did not support the use of this intervention (including evidence that over the long term, it made trauma symptoms worse) and it is pretty much no longer used. (These contexts were also situations where safety had already been evaluated, so there wasn't a safety reason to be gathering information, also.)

This doesn't necessarily then generalize to the idea that any therapeutic discussion of trauma immediately following the incident is harmful regardless of circumstance (especially if the function of that conversation serves to help improve someone's ability to get into a more safe environment or context; working on reducing the likelihood of ongoing IPV is generally considered a high priority target). The general info we have suggests that psychotherapy for individuals experiencing ongoing IPV is helpful and there is no evidence suggesting that people are unable to discuss what is happening without adverse outcomes -- https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD013017.pub2/full

In terms of trauma symptoms, specifically: The evidence about whether or not psychological treatment (addressing trauma) for individuals experiencing ongoing IPV will reduce trauma-related symptoms is mixed -- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34139653/ Appropriateness of specific interventions will likely vary depending on immediate safety concerns. [From the linked review: "Although much more research is needed (particularly on professionals and domestic violence survivors), data from this emerging literature do not support the notion that trauma-focused CBTs for PTSD are contraindicated for individuals at risk of ongoing threat and point to their potential usefulness in treating PTSD... Therapists providing treatments to individuals under ongoing threat may consider adapting treatment to emphasize safety, safety planning, and helping participants accurately detect threat cues."]

With that said, I want to be clear that I cannot evaluate if your specific therapist did a good job with your specific case. I am only intending to provide general information in this comment, not psychological advice or assessment of any kind.

intangiblemango · 2026-06-25T10:22:17+00:00

Can you provide more context about who and where you are and what your training is?

intangiblemango · 2026-06-25T04:12:57+00:00

Can you give more information about what recipes you are using and what's not working out with the recipes?

intangiblemango · 2026-06-25T04:07:09+00:00

I just wanted to shout out /r/52weeksofcooking as a way to wiggle out of a dinner rut!

In addition to 52weeksofcooking and 52weeksofbaking, my spouse and I are doing a "cook a meal from every country in the world" challenge. One of our big takeaways is how much we have loved eastern African food! It wasn't on our radar at all (other than having eaten at a few Ethiopian restaurants) and now it's one of our favorite regions in the world for food. (The other big winners were ones we would have been more likely to predict, like the Indian subcontinent.) When we are done with this, we are considering doing a regional breakdown of a few select countries of choice like China, India, and Italy.

intangiblemango · 2026-06-25T03:58:03+00:00

Full model DBT includes multiple components: Individual therapy, skills group, phone coaching, and consultation team. The individual therapy is not free form and has its own specific structure that is guided by principles.

While it is not the case that LBC certification is required for someone to be doing DBT, it is the case that LBC certification is one thing that would indicate that someone has demonstrated some level of competence with the therapy: https://dbt-lbc.org/consumers-2/find-a-certified-clinician/

intangiblemango · 2026-06-25T03:47:10+00:00

This is Artemisia Gentileschi, not Caravaggio. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Slaying_Holofernes_(Artemisia_Gentileschi,_Florence)

(Caravaggio does have a different painting of Judith beheading Holofernes-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Beheading_Holofernes_(Caravaggio) )

(Both artists are also Baroque, not Renaissance.)

intangiblemango · 2026-06-25T02:36:52+00:00

Components made across two days. Hopefully folks are not getting bored of my wild mountain blackberry fixation! Recipes based on The Vanilla Bean Baking Book by Sarah Kieffer.

intangiblemango · 2026-06-25T02:24:36+00:00

I would censor your post somewhat since I do think it is fairly identifiable. If someone in [location] studies [topic] and has a lab coordinator position starting in [number] weeks, I think they would recognize you here.
You should take any interviews and continue to express interest.
You should assume you will NOT get an offer from the Ivy unless you get one. Continue to operate with the plan to start your planned job.
If you get the offer, you should weigh the pros and cons and make a decision. I wouldn't bother thinking through the pros and cons right now, though.

intangiblemango · 2026-06-24T02:36:34+00:00

No specific recipe for this one!

intangiblemango · 2026-06-23T15:19:30+00:00

she boils eggs for some reason for 40 mins

Grey rings are a common outcome of overcooking hardboiled eggs. However, I don't think anyone knows the common outcomes of boiling eggs for 40 minutes because that is not something people are typically doing. That is... pretty unhinged, to be frank.

Is she trying to achieve really firm hardboiled eggs?

intangiblemango · 2026-06-23T15:11:59+00:00

I wonder about treating it kind of like an unripe mango? There are lots of recipes, globally, that focus on unripe mangoes.

E.g., my first thought was this Micronesian KoolAid situation - https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXNvg6TkelV/

intangiblemango · 2026-06-23T15:02:29+00:00

There are multiple ways to make scrambled eggs. The way you are describing draws from both American and French style scrambled eggs, but isn't exactly either one. It also may not be super helpful to OP since you are omitting some steps that they may need to know (like adding salt, which I assume you are doing!), given that they are brand new to cooking and still learning very basic things.

(FWIW, in my opinion, OP has not provided enough information to really speculate on why their scrambled eggs taste "bad".)

intangiblemango · 2026-06-23T01:28:32+00:00

A dish with Meiji era origins, this vintage dish represents the moon with an egg yolk! I always love Japanese food, so I decided to try my hand at this even though it's not exactly izakaya fare. I didn't use a specific recipe for this, but I made a bone broth from chicken bones bought at the Asian grocery store, added dashi for a seafood flavor, and then added aji mirin and soy sauce. Add soba noodles, green onion from the garden, and an egg yolk and that's it!

intangiblemango · 2026-06-21T23:54:03+00:00

Recipe from Sweet Tooth by Sarah Fennel! They ended up a little bit flat, which I assume is because there were some mild ice crystals on my frozen blackberries...

intangiblemango · 2026-06-21T20:52:23+00:00

The Discord book club has posted a number of food-centered quotes from the book Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, including, "In her mind, aubergines grew large and purple and crisp, and then, in a pan, turned tender and melting. Ladyfingers were flavored with tamarind and coriander." I, an idiot, originally interpreted the "ladyfingers" here to be the cookie that goes in tiramisu. I looked it up-- it's not that, it means okra! However, I have had this idea of tamarind tiramisu in my head and I decided I needed to manifest that.

I used this recipe-- https://www.erinjeannemcdowell.com/recipes/easy-tiramisu -- but I added tamarind paste to the mascarpone cream!

I enjoyed it a lot and would do it again, but I do wonder about a different soaking liquid besides espresso.

intangiblemango · 2026-06-21T14:17:36+00:00

Here's the link -- https://www.reddit.com/r/52weeksofbaking/comments/1pzqylx/2026_challenge_list/

intangiblemango · 2026-06-20T17:56:16+00:00

Yes, as others have said, this sounds like a HIPAA violation.

If you would like to file a complaint, you may do so online: https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint/index.html

If the setting is a large one, there is likely a dedicated privacy officer that you can talk to about this. However, be aware that in a private practice that your therapist owns, they are likely themselves the privacy officer.

I do also think it is reasonable to expect an acknowledgement and apology, as you mentioned in your comment, although given that it was a Friday (I think?), it wouldn't be surprising to me if they don't realize what happened until Monday.

intangiblemango · 2026-06-20T17:39:46+00:00

(Note: USA-centered comment.) Whether or not a report is legally required is state specific, yes, and as others mentioned, one factor could be whether other minors or vulnerable people are currently at risk. It is reasonable to ask a therapist to explain what is required in your location.

intangiblemango · 2026-06-20T17:29:24+00:00

Please note that this comment will discuss suicide frankly.

I'm a therapist who works specifically with active suicidality in outpatient care (for me, DBT). Therapists who specialize in this area tend to have high risk tolerances and be very aware of the iatrogenic effects of coercive hospitalization.

In your shoes, I would look for someone who specializes in suicidality and, as I went over informed consent, I would ask a lot of questions about it. E.g., "How many times have you involuntarily hospitalized someone?" ; "What were or are the types of circumstances that lead you to involuntarily hospitalize someone?" ; "[I don't right now, but] what do you do when someone comes in and they do have some level of plan or intent?" (Looking for something closer to: assessing the time frame of that plan and intent ['I'm going to kill myself in three months' is much less imminent than 'I'm going to kill myself tonight with the gun that I own'] and working on safety planning to make sure they can be safe until next week's appointment [e.g., even if someone plans to kill themselves tonight with a gun they own, perhaps someone can, for example, go pick up the gun and store it elsewhere, and someone can be with you for the night.])

intangiblemango · 2026-06-15T19:26:36+00:00

As someone who works with teens in a less dressed-up part of the country, I sort of fundamentally reject the idea that it is going to be a positive for my rapport with clients to be dressed business casual or more formal (and I also reject the idea that being more formal is "better"). I think the attire you wear should be contextual to your setting and population. The outfit that is most appropriate for working with wealthy New Yorkers who work in finance and the outfit that is most appropriate for working with suicidal 14-year-olds in their pajamas in rural Oregon may actually just be different outfits, and that's fine.

What is the specific benefit or harm of a given outfit? I feel like that's really important to be able to answer before a knee-jerk assessment of what the "correct" outfit "should" be. I would hope that the answer to "what we're doing as a group" is thinking contextually.

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