poll: Just Can't Wait for Cooling Time

11 December 2019 11:45 am
jesse_the_k: Black dog staring overhead at squirrel out of frame (BELLA expectant)
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Baked goods change as they cool. Our recipes almost always specify "transfer to a rack and let cool for number minutes."

But can you/do you wait that long?

Poll #23051 Just Can’t Wait For Cooling Time
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When do you take that first taste of something you bake?

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I always burn my fingers and tongue
2 (11.8%)

I always burn my fingers
0 (0.0%)

I break off a piece to eat it when it doesn’t burn
11 (64.7%)

10 minutes
1 (5.9%)

15 minutes
1 (5.9%)

20 minutes
0 (0.0%)

Time stated in recipe
1 (5.9%)

I explain my approach in comments
1 (5.9%)

Why do I have to WAIT?????

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Ticky box
8 (66.7%)

Because I said so
4 (33.3%)

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Date: 2019-12-11 08:31 pm (UTC)
nerakrose: drawing of balfour from havemercy (Default)
From: [personal profile] nerakrose
recipe: let cool completely
me, an absolute gremlin: waits exactly ten minutes

only exception is if it's a cake that needs frosting or similar, in which case i do let it cool completely or else the frosting gets ruined....coincidentally, no relation at all, crazy happenstance and all, i haven't baked a cake that requires frosting in close to four years...

Date: 2019-12-11 08:39 pm (UTC)
runpunkrun: silverware laid out on a cloth napkin (gather yon utensils)
From: [personal profile] runpunkrun
:D

Date: 2019-12-15 10:53 pm (UTC)
jesse_the_k: Slings & Arrows' Anna offers up "Virtual Timbits" (Anna brings doughnuts)
From: [personal profile] jesse_the_k
HA HA HA *that's* why frosted baked goods don't appeal to me.

Date: 2019-12-16 07:46 pm (UTC)
nerakrose: calvin saying "observe poor reasoning and inhibit clarity". under the speech bubble it says 'nerd'. (nerd)
From: [personal profile] nerakrose
for me it's also that frosting is super sweet and I don't much like it :''D but it definitely has its perks not having to wait forever to eat it. :p

Date: 2019-12-12 12:57 am (UTC)
ranalore: (most filling)
From: [personal profile] ranalore
For me, part of the point of home baking has always been eating at least a little of what you bake when it's still warm. The way I see it, finding out I needed to eat gluten-free, which meant I'd need to make most of my baked goods myself, just means I get to eat more stuff when it's warm.

Except if I need to frost it. Then, yeah, I wait until it's cool so the frosting isn't ruined. But even then, I do a taste-test of the unfrosted baked good.

Date: 2019-12-15 10:54 pm (UTC)
jesse_the_k: Bambi fawn cartoon with two heads (Conjoined Bambi)
From: [personal profile] jesse_the_k
Mmmm, right, warm treats on the tongue taste better because of that just baked smell!

Because I said so...

Date: 2019-12-12 01:33 am (UTC)
harmonic_tabby: (Default)
From: [personal profile] harmonic_tabby
was the perfectly proper answer for the child when he was questioning the waiting.

I don't generally taste before it's ready for serving because I'm going for the 'correct' presentation.

It probably helps I've been cooking and baking for over 5 decades and
1) the burnt tongue doesn't affect just that bite but the entire day's tasting and
2) if it needs to wait for frosting/glaze/setting then the just baked portion isn't actually the taste I'm hoping for.

And all this means that yes, I do mostly 'wait that long'.

Tabs (who loves chocolate chip brownies fresh from the oven with still melted bits of chocolate!!)

Re: Because I said so...

Date: 2019-12-15 10:55 pm (UTC)
jesse_the_k: text: Be kinder than need be: everyone is fighting some kind of battle (Default)
From: [personal profile] jesse_the_k
Excellent discipline -- another virtue of aging.
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