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By: Is Slow Food Really Slow? Pumpkin Pie « Comestibles

Is Slow Food Really Slow? Pumpkin Pie « Comestibles — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:10:39 +0000

[...] only takes about 30 seconds and roasting a pumpkin takes about an hour and a half. However, as with home baked bread, the active time required is a lot shorter than you might think: about 23 minutes. I timed it thus [...]

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:28:28 +0000

sounds like a great series – you make an excellent point. i often write bread making off as too time consuming, but with a little planning, it really doesn’t have to take up a whole day.

By: Kathryn McGowan

Kathryn McGowan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:51:33 +0000

Yes, you have to be at home three times during a four hour window. I think most people can manage that on a day they’re not working. Advanced planning is the key, figure out what to do with your ninety minute period and your two forty-five minute periods so you don’t feel like you are “wasting” a whole day baking bread.

I think you and I have an advantage living in NYC in that we can literally “run around the corner” to do the shopping instead of having to worry about getting stuck in traffic or whatever.

By: Dianna

Dianna — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:37:14 +0000

The only precursor is that you must BE home for a certain number of hours. That’s what’s kept me from baking bread recently. But, yes, assuming you have the time to be there for it all, actual breadmaking labor (especially the no-knead variety) is pretty darn lazy.