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Update: A baker in Savannah showed me her trick for laminating dough in a hot kitchen three years ago.
She kept the butter block in a metal bowl nested inside a bigger bowl of ice water, and I finally understood that controlling the environment is as important as the technique itself, so what other small hacks do you use to fight the heat?
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thomas.parker7mo ago
Got any tips for keeping your hands cool? I wear those cheap cotton gloves when I handle dough, stops my warm fingers from melting the butter too fast.
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jordanhill7mo ago
Yeah, like piperschmidt said, work with what you got.
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troy_bennett907mo ago
It's all about working with the environment, not just fighting it.
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piperschmidt7mo ago
Used to think you had to fight nature to get anything done, like trying to keep a worksite bone-dry in a drizzle (which is impossible). Now I get it's smarter to work with the conditions, like @thomas.parker using thin gloves to manage heat instead of just blasting the AC. You see it with gardens too, planting stuff that actually likes your local soil instead of forcing roses to grow in clay. Makes everything less of a battle.
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