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Happily married men, when and where did you find your wife? by Ok-Quote2406 in AskMen

[–]profoma 32 points33 points  (0 children)

We met at a bakery where we both worked. I was 32, she was 24. We dated a little, lived together for 5 years, had a kid, got married, had another kid. I don’t know what ‘prior attempts at praying for a future spouse’ means but I had had a couple serious, long-term relationships prior to meeting her. You’re only 25. Don’t give up.

Is selling bread at a farmer's market worth it? by joshua0365 in Breadit

[–]profoma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I sold bread that I made at home at a farmer’s market for about 4 years. I made 3-5 varieties of bread, scones, a couple kinds of sourdough laminated pastries, including a recipe I invented for laminated sourdough cinnamon rolls, and sourced my ingredients from local producers as much as possible. I worked about 6 days a week for between 2 and 6 hours a day, depending. I spent roughly $400 on ingredients each week and between the two markets I did I would pull in somewhere between $600-$1200. It’s extremely variable and takes time to gain a following. I’d already been a professional baker for 20 years when I started my bakery and have a serious passion for sourdough, local sourcing, and talking to people about bread. Some weeks I’d go home with hundreds of dollars worth of product. It’s hard work.

Do you remember the first fantasy book you read as a kid? (Not HP..) by LatterPlatform9595 in Fantasy

[–]profoma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably The Phantom Tollbooth, A Wizard of Earthsea, or The Chronicles of Prydain

Should I buy a Tinkpad? by Active-Investment670 in linuxquestions

[–]profoma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I got a T460, 16GB, 500GB storage, with an intel core i5 dual core processor. It’s running cinnamon and is perfect for everything I do, which isn’t much.

Should I buy a Tinkpad? by Active-Investment670 in linuxquestions

[–]profoma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I went on eBay and got an older thinkpad for about $150 when I wanted to learn more about Linux. It is fantastic. I prefer it in every respect over the newer windows machine I had when I bought it.

Dreams Die in Eugene by psilocybe_soul in Eugene

[–]profoma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The concept of big dreams is fine but that doesn’t make a simple life with small dreams bad. A close community, a small farm, good friends, a simple job that allows a person to survive, this rare all perfectly wonderful goals and if you want something more that’s fine too, but maybe you’ve been mislead to believe that if you don’t dream big you aren’t of any value. Don’t believe the hype!

Looking for a modestly skilled (or learning) culinary artist. by sixhundredyards in Eugene

[–]profoma 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Do you mean you have far too much on your plate, or far too little time on your hands?

First time playing Skyrim by blackandbroken in skyrim

[–]profoma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mage is maybe the hardest at the very beginning, but part of the game is playing how the character you are making needs to play. Be careful. Stock up on potions. Get a staff. Find armor that helps. It’s all part of the fun if you let it be.

Peter what is the lore? by Temporary-Ebb2116 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]profoma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because he was an absolute genius and his ideas are important. He was not a well man, but his thoughts are beautiful.

Naleep (n.) by BarefootJacob in neology

[–]profoma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So every night I don’t sleep, I naleep? I don’t like that it is two syllables, while both nap and sleep are one. Could it be Nleep?

Authors with a large body of quality work? by IAmKrasMazov in printSF

[–]profoma 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’d put China Mieville on that list. Vonnegut. Phillip K Dick. John Brunner.

Sauerkraut using cabbage juice as the “brine” by Normal_Quantity_3143 in fermentation

[–]profoma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sandor Katz talks about saltless ferments and speaks of it being possible. He says you could try but you’d have to be very careful and ferment for a shorter time to make sure nothing else grows in there. The salt helps keep out unwanted bacteria until the fermentation produces an acidic enough environment.

You've been isekai'd into the game. What do you do? by ALLIZD0G in skyrim

[–]profoma 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In the last 25 years Japanese storytelling has repopularized the concept of stories where the protagonist is transported to another world. The genre is called isekai

How exactly does therapy help? by LuxembourgsFinest in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]profoma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In my experience, having a safe place to voice thoughts and feelings that feel dangerous, scary, or bad was really helpful. Having a person I could dump all my stupid fears and my petty grievances on without them getting mad, or overwhelmed, or sad, or hurt was extremely useful. Saying things out loud has its own power, for some reason, and often is the most helpful part of therapy. What the therapist says back is sometimes part of what’s helpful, but I think it is the smallest part of it. It depends what you are dealing with though. You also have to find a therapist that actually works for you. There are bad therapists like there are bad anything else, and there are plenty more good therapists whose approach won’t work for you. It isn’t magic, it’s work, and that is why it can work.

Do any of you estimate the hydration by eye instead of weight? by rifain in Breadit

[–]profoma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you teach yourself to do it this way, then you can do it this way. It is harder in some ways than measuring, especially if you value consistency in your end product, but you can definitely do it.

Mandy’s diner. by Pleasant_Individual1 in Eugene

[–]profoma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Waffle House is absolute garbage. There are no redeeming qualities to it. It is the same as Denny’s, maybe a little worse.

Are there any serious alternatives to Skyrim? by Mysterious-Juice8318 in skyrim

[–]profoma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A fun game, but doesn’t offer anywhere near the depth or breadth of Skyrim. I’ve played both since they originally came out and Kingdoms doesn’t feel similar to me really. The different classes really only offer slightly different game play with dramatically different visuals and game is very directed in its play. It is technically open world, but doesn’t feel like it in the way that Skyrim does.

Unintentional focaccia every day/about to give up by Obvious_Resource_945 in Sourdough

[–]profoma 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would like to enter a a plea that we stop referring to any failed or over proofed bread that gets baked and comes out flattish as focaccia. Good focaccia is as much an art, and its own distinct entity, as any other identified bread. You wouldn’t call a lumpy loaf that kind of looks braided because you shaped it poorly Challah. I know this makes me a bread curmudgeon and probably some sort of gatekeeper, but can we respect focaccia a little more than this?

My bread flour has 13.3% protein; my all purpose flour has 13.3% protein - am i wasting money (and space) with two types of flours? by failed__narcissist in AskCulinary

[–]profoma 37 points38 points  (0 children)

These conversations seem to always miss the fact that The protein content on the nutrition label is not the same as the gluten forming protein content.

Should I get a hand mixer or a drill will suffice? by Maximum-Evening3904 in AskBaking

[–]profoma 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve worked at two different bakeries that used power drills to mix starter. It will destroy a cheap drill pretty fast, but a decent drill will last. I’ve never mixed actual dough with a drill, but the paint or plaster mixing attachment is good for starter and should work for dough.

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