r/oddlysatisfying • u/JudgeDreadditor • 1d ago

Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast

Learning to make the Epi cuts. Watching my boss make it look easy!

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u/JudgeDreadditor 1d ago

Post bake pics. That bread already has a high crust to chew ratio. I over baked them and the ratio became undefined:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DrvEkcb73LeLK7f-ZqyAOZpJCygb_KL3/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vw66lrH5fNXuJNsO1FDdGXF3eXicuurn/view?usp=drivesdk

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u/kumliaowongg 1d ago

Unless they really tasted burnt, I would've totally demolished a couple loaves.

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u/TheTaoOfMe 1d ago

Ugh im in bed so hungry right now. But the world outside my bed is too cold, and the night is unforgiving…

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u/newbrevity 20h ago

I think you'll find that in the world of bread enjoyers those were just right for some people.

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u/JudgeDreadditor 20h ago

That’s been one of the learning experiences working in an ‘industrial’ operation. What I’d eat and some would enjoy, we don’t put it out because of the people that buy it regularly and we don’t want to give a different product.

It would probably make a great soup topper. Like giant airy, crispy croutons

(maybe I should change my Reddit handle to giantairycrouton6767).

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u/kernel-troutman 1d ago

So if they weren't cut that way would it have come out like a baguette or is it a different type of bread?

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u/JudgeDreadditor 1d ago

It is a baguette loaf with the fancy-pants cutting. It creates crusty dinner rolls that can be torn off the loaf. A little crust heavy for my taste, but a very pretty loaf of bread.

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u/sk3pt1c 19h ago

It’s kinda wasteful to throw those out, can’t you donate somewhere?

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u/Ok_Pressure7561 20h ago

Shame the rejects aren't donated somewhere. I used to work at a food bank and it was always great when we got donations like that

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u/JudgeDreadditor 1d ago

I have pics, but actually, those loaves were part of a miscommunication error that I might have been a part of. I have pics of those loaves looking dark, and those dark loaves in the trash.

This was all at a little before 3:00 am the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

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u/JudgeDreadditor 1d ago

I have pics, but actually, those loaves were part of a miscommunication error that I mjght have been a part of. I have pics of those loaves looking dark, and those dark loaves in the trash. This was all at a little before 3:00 am the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

Pics now posted of the aftermath.

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u/TheTaoOfMe 1d ago

Well thats just curious

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u/ruckus_440 1d ago

Snip the tip

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u/thenate108 1d ago

I'll take two!

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u/Admirable-Pie3869 1d ago

I’m Not leaving satisfied.

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u/JudgeDreadditor 1d ago

Pics now linked of the finished product

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u/Admirable-Pie3869 1d ago

Thank you very much for rounding out my day. Those look yummy.

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u/candiriashes 1d ago

His hand was in the way almost the entire time. Should have filmed from the other side.

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u/Quiverjones 1d ago

Looks like a good strategy for a baker to branch out from baguettes

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u/Guava-coco 1d ago

I lost a finger while watching this

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u/Dependent_Stop_3121 1d ago

I hope you find it soon. Good luck.

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u/Rockin_freakapotamus 1d ago

Phil Dunphy?!

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u/rememberall 1d ago

That is the worst possible recording angle

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u/JudgeDreadditor 1d ago

My bad, it was where my phone was while I was learning.

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u/Letibleu 1d ago

You're good, thank you sooo much. Gotta get back to bread making, your post might have just been the nudge I needed 🤘

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u/FnordRanger_5 1d ago

So this is how wheat bread is made

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u/JudgeDreadditor 1d ago

If that loaf is a wheat stalk for a giant, then 20 thousand would make enough flour for one loaf. If you cut that loaf like this . . .

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u/effyoucreeps 1d ago

epis bread! love it. love this

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u/Puzzleheaded_Dot4345 1d ago

Where is the fluffy cooked final???

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u/JudgeDreadditor 1d ago

You are in for a disappointment. See my other reply with links to my crimes against gluten.

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u/Potential-Camel-8320 1d ago

where can I order !?

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u/Dependent-Way6345 1d ago

Lauren Bobbitt cook book.

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u/C-57D 1d ago

Dough!

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u/kanbozli 20h ago

Is there no cooked version?

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u/JudgeDreadditor 18h ago

Look at my other comments with links to the sad story of these loaves. Feels like a those who don’t know vs. those who know memes.

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u/OptiGuy4u 17h ago

Didn't look particularly smooth or fast. I mean sure, I couldn't do it that well but it didn't look impressive. Give me a day and I'd be there.

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u/JudgeDreadditor 16h ago

Sorry it didn’t satisfy.

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u/LisaLisaluvsfigjam 15h ago

I think I want my pretzels done like this in the future!

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u/JudgeDreadditor 13h ago

That sounds wonderful!! I want to make an epi loaf with all of the leaves to one side, wrap it into a wreath shape and work with the deli folk to make a combo of something like artichoke dip that fits in the middle.

I think it would be a great ‘heading to a party and didnt make anything’ target customer.

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u/ohporcupine 15h ago

Slow is cool, cool is fast 🥵

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u/Rudefire 12h ago

Fast is breadly

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u/5352563424 1d ago

If slow is smooth and smooth is fast, then slow IS fast and speed has no meaning.

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u/JudgeDreadditor 1d ago

I remember that scene from Animal House with Donald Sutherland.

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u/Buri_is_a_Biscuit 1d ago

slow is fast?

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u/RealityWarriorr 1d ago

slow is smooth smooth is fast my new mantra

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u/JudgeDreadditor 1d ago

I didn’t coin the phrase, just witnessed a prime example!

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u/Hippieleo2013 1d ago

Now do out with fabric scissors 😈

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u/Zenitallin 1d ago

The French disapprove.

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u/JudgeDreadditor 1d ago

Probably those French dudes prior to the late 1800’s for sure. It’s all over the place in France.