Ready to Dough
May. 21st, 2022 11:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetStill tested negative this morning, so I went in to work! Which, on the one hand, was pretty great, because I had the whole bakery to myself and could listen to audiobooks practically non-stop.
On the other hand, it was also less than ideal, because there was no one there to stop me when I looked at the to-do list for today and tomorrow (also a solo day for me in the bakery) and went, "Hmm. I hate doing double batches of naan, and I also hate doing double batches of hoagies. What if I just did a regular size batch of each on each day? Surely it won't take that much longer, and the lack of headache will be more than worth it!"
Well, I did succeed at not having a headache, but as to the timing, uh. That was less successful. I ended up staying a little late to get my second bread out of the oven, then ended up staying a little later to measure out the dry ingredients for all of tomorrow's breads, because I may have learned my lesson, but I do also need to finish all of the bread that's due, which means I have to stick with the course of action I've already started. Hopefully having everything pre-measured will help a bit tomorrow. I think my ideal timing is going to be dinner rolls, then naan, then hoagies, but I will have to think about it a little longer. If only the hoagies didn't have a mandatory 1.5 hour resting period built in between first and second mixing...
On the other hand, it was also less than ideal, because there was no one there to stop me when I looked at the to-do list for today and tomorrow (also a solo day for me in the bakery) and went, "Hmm. I hate doing double batches of naan, and I also hate doing double batches of hoagies. What if I just did a regular size batch of each on each day? Surely it won't take that much longer, and the lack of headache will be more than worth it!"
Well, I did succeed at not having a headache, but as to the timing, uh. That was less successful. I ended up staying a little late to get my second bread out of the oven, then ended up staying a little later to measure out the dry ingredients for all of tomorrow's breads, because I may have learned my lesson, but I do also need to finish all of the bread that's due, which means I have to stick with the course of action I've already started. Hopefully having everything pre-measured will help a bit tomorrow. I think my ideal timing is going to be dinner rolls, then naan, then hoagies, but I will have to think about it a little longer. If only the hoagies didn't have a mandatory 1.5 hour resting period built in between first and second mixing...
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Date: 2022-05-24 02:58 am (UTC)But bummer on the hoped-for timing not working out so well. Things that have those rest periods required can be such a pain to coordinate!
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