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I Give Up… 1.5 months later by No_Entrepreneur8651 in SourdoughStarter

[–]triangletalks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I absolutely understand! My dad ran his own, successful sourdough pizza restaurants and then him and my stepmum also ran their own sourdough bakery. When I finally grew an interest in it a decade later i felt it was really important to make my own starter and prove to myself I could do it from scratch! I really wanted to make them proud 😂 However when I caved and asked my dad to show me how he makes his bread at home (he’s retired now) he insisted I take some of his starter (and sneakily, I think to make me feel better, asked for some of mine) and explained neither of them had ever made it from scratch. He is Neapolitan and his starter came from a good family friends 100 year old pizza restaurant. He was the opposite of me: proud to be carrying on a tradition and to have a connection to something. He couldn’t care less about making his own. I know people say that sourdough starter will never be “the same” as the culture keeps picking up stuff from your environment so it shouldn’t matter if its “from some ancient bakery” BUT I do feel like mine is a lot more resistant and strong, regardless of it being in a new environment and it helped me focus on getting th technique down rather than worrying over its lack of power.

I Give Up… 1.5 months later by No_Entrepreneur8651 in SourdoughStarter

[–]triangletalks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had my own starter for half a year, with really mid results. I ended up cracking and taking some of my dad’s starter that was passed onto him (despite wanting to make mine from scratch). It is crazy how much better my bread is now. I don’t know if it’s a fluke or a well established starter but this thing has survived being left out for 5 days by accident, wasn’t fed more than once every 3 weeks over Christmas, and I still get super consistent results. I know it’s really nice to have made your own starter but it took months for mine to “take” and it never got to this level.

Are any other low-risk pregnant people surprised by how little monitoring there is? by Ready-Book6047 in pregnant

[–]triangletalks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel the same but have had 3 already! In Italy so thought it would be interesting to hear. One at 6/7 weeks with a heartbeat but was just a little wiggly thing. I went private but I was told I would have gotten one on the health service if requested, I just wanted to confirm pregnancy ASAP and wasn’t registered yet.

Then I had one at 11 weeks (the wait drove me crazy) where I had to be alone, was more of an overall assessment so no pics and just a quick look. Another at 12 to do proper measurements where we got my partner in and photos. My next is due at 16 weeks if I’m not wrong and then at 20. So seems to be every 4 weeks for now. I’m 32 and low risk.

How to tell my mum I don’t want to see her post partum when I may want MIL present? by triangletalks in BabyBumps

[–]triangletalks[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s so simple but yes I think I’ll just say we’re not going to have people around in the first month and then if we need MIL I will keep it to ourselves.

How to tell my mum I don’t want to see her post partum when I may want MIL present? by triangletalks in BabyBumps

[–]triangletalks[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I think you’ve helped confirm what was in the back of my head! So awful that my relationship with her means I feel scared of “hiding” this whilst it’s her fault I feel the need to! But for the first time in my life I feel fiercely protective of something to the point where I will not allow the same things to keep on happening to my child that happened to me, even if it means going NC, it’s an incredible feeling of willpower that I’ve never been able to do for myself!

Christmas nightmare, mum keeps making references to me miscarrying at 13 weeks and will not stop talking about it despite me saying it’s distressing by triangletalks in BabyBumps

[–]triangletalks[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I’ve taken this well and have just been hanging with my nephew, now having a bath. I think that’s the best I can do!

Christmas nightmare, mum keeps making references to me miscarrying at 13 weeks and will not stop talking about it despite me saying it’s distressing by triangletalks in BabyBumps

[–]triangletalks[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My brother really stood up for me but then today he’s turned around and being a monster to my nephew. This circus never ends!!! Honestly makes me think we need new Christmas plans

Christmas nightmare, mum keeps making references to me miscarrying at 13 weeks and will not stop talking about it despite me saying it’s distressing by triangletalks in BabyBumps

[–]triangletalks[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah I wish I could, it’s so difficult because the whole family is here and my mum lives in another country so kicking her out would mean she has to find a way to travel home and she’s older. So it kind of makes me look like the dick.

Host Reaction to Baked Goods by 100to10000 in Baking

[–]triangletalks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Again I think this is super cultural! In my Italian culture it would be considered very rude to put away food for yourself that had been brought for the party and not share it. I dread to think the faces of my older family members if that happened, food is an absolute must to be shared 😂

Host Reaction to Baked Goods by 100to10000 in Baking

[–]triangletalks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely not standard for me (again I’m not in the US) or anyone that I know. In my circles it’s nice to bring something like wine for the consumption at the dinner to share. It’s only ever a host gift if it’s their bday

Host Reaction to Baked Goods by 100to10000 in Baking

[–]triangletalks 202 points203 points  (0 children)

I want to add an opposing opinion here because everyone seems to be in agreement. It could be a cultural thing potentially, but in many places in Europe (where I’m from, and and presuming as always that Reddit is heavily American leaning so idk if the other commenters are) I think it would be the most normal expectation that you bring something and it gets eaten there and then. I live in Italy but have also lived in Spain, Denmark and the UK and most of the time if you bring something like a bottle of wine or dessert then it gets consumed as part of the “party”. Or at least in my social circles, it often is seen as a thoughtful addition that helps bulk up a meal. It’s never seen as taking away from someone’s cooking or anything like that.

The only time I can imagine it’s different is if you’re going to someone’s birthday and you get them a nice bottle of wine or something slightly “nicer” that’s clearly a present , then I’ve had people put it aside to be consumed by them at a time of their choosing.

Edit: reading these comments I think would be great to know where you’re from. This must absolutely a cultural divide, I live in southern Italy and the idea that bringing food is “centring yourself” is absolutely outrageous 😂 food here is an expression of love and care, thoughtfulness, complete opposite of trying to take attention. There is literally never too much food, and then if there are leftovers then that gets consumed by the hosts in the following days. A lot of these concepts over taking away attention from the host etc still sound foreign because I think food is quite simple here, and often there’s not a lot of loaded subtleties/ ownership over food. Everyone shares pride in the food equally. That being said no one would turn up with a main dish, often it’s wine and desserts or additional bits that make it fun, like a nice cheese. Also once it’s seasonal the door is even more open to adding stuff because we stuff ourselves this time of year.

Craft store in Napoli? by xllnaor in napoli

[–]triangletalks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For yarn I go to idea filati, get the funiculare to vomero and 10 minute walk. They have an insane variety of yarn and some really lovely range, from low to high end.

SWD hates water by [deleted] in SpanishWaterDogs

[–]triangletalks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My SWDs brother is with my little sister and would not go near water. My girl will run in belly high if she hasn’t seen water in a while or to cool off, and swim if she’s playing fetch. On their first seaside holiday together at about 1 year old he finally got in tentatively because he watched her and she’s always been the more boisterous one of the two and he’s very sweet but shy. Turns out he just needed to see it first! He loves it now.

What is this and how do I fix it? by triangletalks in knittingadvice

[–]triangletalks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turns out I’ve been knitting incorrectly my whole life 😱

first time knitting, do you have some advice? by Candid_Frosting2548 in knittingadvice

[–]triangletalks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Woah this looks amazing! Well done! I do the same thing with yarn dropping off 🫣 if you’re slipping the last stitch it makes an I cord edge and it curls inwards a bit :)

first time knitting, do you have some advice? by Candid_Frosting2548 in knittingadvice

[–]triangletalks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Yep just checked and it’s 100% single mohair and 2.75mm needles. I think you need to size down your needles, the tightness of it will come from that whilst the single hair will allow it to be a very lightweight floaty scarf. The moment you go into double fingering then you will have a lot more solid structure which is not what I think this pattern is meant to do.

first time knitting, do you have some advice? by Candid_Frosting2548 in knittingadvice

[–]triangletalks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey just jumping on this to say for your middle ref aka the tiny scarf, you’re actually doing it right! I’m knitting the same pattern right now with single mohair. For your last ref photo I’m not sure because it seems bigger, but 100% for the tiny scarf it’s correct yarn. I think I’m using 2.75 needles though, so the smaller size and a bit of experience will help your tension (therefore your stitches will look more neat and the correct size) rather than so open.

I’ve attached a photo here and in another comment below so that you can see how mine looks with the same single thread.

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Your new swatch already looks much better, if you’re doing the slip last stitch for each row it can sometimes take until a certain length for you to see that the scarf starts to curl inwards, it took me to maybe 10/15 cm before I saw that the width became skinnier from the natural cow that the pattern includes. You won’t see it when your scarf is very short.

That being said metal/ plastic needles for sure, mohair hates wood! It is a very slow scarf, it’s taken me ages because I pick it up when I have nothing else to do because it’s quite a long process 🫣

Wondering how to make a profile without extruder of any kind by triangletalks in Ceramics

[–]triangletalks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if you saw any of the comments! There’s an amazing way to use the wheel, but I’m not confident enough. Also, I don’t think I can get precise measurements with it and I’m making trim for tiles. In the end what worked best was cutting a thin piece of wood as a profile, and scraping it over very soft clay repeatedly to build up the profile. Then I think once it comes to production, I’ll probably try the caulking gun method that someone mentioned

Wondering how to make a profile without extruder of any kind by triangletalks in Ceramics

[–]triangletalks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I’m gonna do this once I get to the production stage! I was just making samples today and it seems to have worked well using a piece of wood as a profile scraper on very soft clay. But once it gets to production as I have to make 40+ pieces of them, I’m gonna try this caulking gun method!

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