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Serious question, heard a baker say 'oven thermometers are for people who can't listen to their cake'
Tbh, I was at the farmers market in Springfield and overheard a vendor say that. My chocolate souffle collapsed twice last week, so I finally bought one for $12. Anyone else have a stubborn baking habit they had to break?
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felixa186mo ago
Oh man, a collapsed souffle is the worst feeling. Took me ages to admit my oven runs almost 25 degrees hot, which explains my rock-hard biscuit phase. That thermometer probably saved my sanity.
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luna_sanchez4mo ago
Oh wow, thats actually kind of wild to think about. Like yeah I get the whole "listen to your bake" thing if youre some kind of baking savant who can tell a cakes done by the way it smells or the sound it makes when you tap it. But for us mere mortals, its like saying dont use a ruler cause you can just feel if a table leg is straight. That bakers probably never had a batch of macarons go sideways because their oven decided to act like a snow day and just not heat up properly. I bet half the people who say that kind of stuff are just flexing on beginners who are trying to learn.
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morgan.joseph6mo ago
Seriously, my friend refused to weigh flour for years, swore by the scoop method. Her cookie recipes were a total gamble every single time. She finally got a cheap kitchen scale after a batch spread into one giant, flat sheet. The look on her face was priceless.
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