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Cake day: October 17th, 2023

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  • So here’s the thing with today’s prosthetics: they kinda suck. For example this 2022 study reports that 44% of amputees rejected their prosthetic:

    Most responders complained about the comfort (60.87%, n = 14) as well as the weight of the device (52.17%, n = 12).

    What apparently goes a long way is accepting the missing limb and living with it. And I guess religion does help with that.



  • Dayroom7485@lemmy.worldOPtoSourdough baking@lemmy.worldRundbrot
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    14 days ago

    Austrian flours are milled to different standards compared to German flours, meaning that they have different recipes - so you won’t find any truly Austrian breads in Lutz‘ book.

    If you’re fine with that, you’ll find recipes for gorgeous rye breads in the book that probably taste close to what you had in Vienna.



  • Dayroom7485@lemmy.worldOPtoSourdough baking@lemmy.worldRundbrot
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    15 days ago

    It’s a bread from Brotbackbuch Nr. 1 (Book of Baking Bread, Vol. 1) by Lutz Geissler. The book is German to its core, and I adore it. Lutz emphasizes controlling all parameters of the baking process: weight, time, and temperature. All recipes include the ingredients’ temperature, and he gives yeast and salt in hundredths of a gram.

    I recall that most of the breads discussed in the book rely on a sourdough starter. Rye-based breads are popular in Germany, and rye really requires a sourdough.

    The Rundbrot doesn’t have an especially fluffy crumb, and I think it’s fair to say that’s true for traditional German breads in general. It’s a wonderful bread though. Nutritious, with milled and wholegrain flours (wheat, rye, spelt), and a distinct sourdough taste and smell.