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   mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 08:03:43 JST mekka okereke :verified:

   Wife and kids got me a KitchenAid for Christmas! 🤗

   I'm unstoppable now!

   (But RIP counter space... Firstest of world problems).

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     Rocketman (slothrop@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 08:05:45 JST Rocketman

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     @mekkaokereke Yay!

     Ours is getting plenty of exercise making doughs for baguette and pizza. It’s a great thing to have.

     Merry Christmas to you and your family!

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 08:18:33 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     • Weird Socks

     @ohmu

     Haven't chosen a name yet. But it's olive green. I might get the wooden bowl, so that it looks like this.

     I wasn't aware that the decal game was so advanced! I might design my own decals, so that it has our names on it.

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     Weird Socks (ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 08:18:34 JST Weird Socks

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     @mekkaokereke
     Congratulations!
     And now the most important questions: What color is it? And what is its name?
     (Deep dark indigo blue. "Lady Miss Marlene Mixalot")

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     Matt Jordan (mattcjordan@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 08:23:26 JST Matt Jordan

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     @mekkaokereke If you haven't already, get the pasta maker attachment. It's a delight.

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     Erik Nygren :verified: (nygren@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 08:28:35 JST Erik Nygren :verified:

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     @mekkaokereke They make stand mixer lifts which help keep them in a bay under the counter but then that takes up under counter space instead. They are both worth it though!

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 08:34:14 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     @nygren 🤯

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     Señor Joe (joevh@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 08:34:52 JST Señor Joe

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     @mekkaokereke Game changer! My daughter’s boyfriend got her one for her birthday. I got her the pasta maker attachment set. She loves baking cakes and we love that she does too 😋

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     mhoye (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 08:35:20 JST mhoye

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     @mekkaokereke

     https://www.seriouseats.com/the-pizza-lab-three-doughs-to-know

     These are great.

     mekka okereke :verified: repeated this.
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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 08:35:44 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     • ninavizz

     @ninavizz

     Green!

     https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/113716016578592396

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     ninavizz (ninavizz@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 08:35:45 JST ninavizz

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     @mekkaokereke Color??

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     Glowing Cat of the Nuclear Wastelands (deathkitten@firetribe.org)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 08:38:56 JST Glowing Cat of the Nuclear Wastelands

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     @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io Here's the important question though: which color did they get you? Does it match the rest of the kitchen, or stand out in an exciting way?

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     Erik Nygren :verified: (nygren@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 08:46:59 JST Erik Nygren :verified:

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     @mekkaokereke It's like a docking bay for the KitchenAid... You don't use it on the stand shelf though.

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     Philip Mallegol-Hansen (philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 09:00:20 JST Philip Mallegol-Hansen

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     @mekkaokereke Wife got me a food processor. Perfect timing for our 6 month old son to try purées of various kinds!

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     ninavizz (ninavizz@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 09:00:36 JST ninavizz

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     @mekkaokereke Daaang, that's SHARP! There are many things in this world that neutral colors are ok, for. Stand Mixers in home kitchens, ain't one of 'em. The wooden bowl is SWEET!

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     Isaac Lyman (isaaclyman@toot.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 09:00:54 JST Isaac Lyman

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     @mhoye @mekkaokereke
     I can vouch for a multi-day cold ferment, it makes an incredible dough. But, one dad to another, you can get 75% of the payoff in about an hour if you have a bottle of Grolsch handy: https://recipes.isaaclyman.com/recipes/1-hour-beer-pizza

     mekka okereke :verified: repeated this.
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     there is beauty in simplicity (kinsale42@mstdn.games)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 09:07:55 JST there is beauty in simplicity

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     @mhoye @mekkaokereke this one is good too https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/neapolitan-style-pizza-crust-recipe

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 09:23:08 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     • Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor

     @PamelaBarroway

     Pizza dough!

     (He says, brimming with misplaced confidence...)

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     Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor (pamelabarroway@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 09:23:09 JST Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor

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     @mekkaokereke Yay! What do you plan to make first?

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 09:59:29 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     • Donald Ball

     @donaldball @ohmu

     Mine came with the standard. This is an accessory. It looks so nice! Practicality aside...

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     Donald Ball (donaldball@triangletoot.party)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 09:59:30 JST Donald Ball

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     • Weird Socks

     @mekkaokereke @ohmu WOODEN KITCHENAID BOWL???!!

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     Rob Eickmann (roberte3@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 09:59:45 JST Rob Eickmann

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     @mekkaokereke Shiny!

     Alton Brown’s Good Eats set had one painted by an auto body shop.

     There is a dude called Mr Mixer who acts like an iFixit for kitchen aid mixers, and sells some fun toys for them.

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     Scott Jenson (scottjenson@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 10:23:03 JST Scott Jenson

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     @isaaclyman @mhoye @mekkaokereke

     Kenji Lopez Alt agrees with you
     https://www.seriouseats.com/kenji-no-knead-bread-beer

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     Richard Johnson (tab2space@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 10:23:06 JST Richard Johnson

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     @mekkaokereke

     I built an additional counter for mine!

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     Donald Ball (donaldball@triangletoot.party)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 10:23:18 JST Donald Ball

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     • Weird Socks

     @mekkaokereke @ohmu I know I don’t need a thing I just learned existed mere minutes ago, but also I do need it.

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     Cookiefiend (lperry2@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 13:11:56 JST Cookiefiend

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     @mekkaokereke One word: Brioche.

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     Joshua A.C. Newman (joshuaacnewman@xeno.glyphpress.com)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 13:12:34 JST Joshua A.C. Newman

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     • Weird Socks

     @mekkaokereke @ohmu
     I did not know these things could look beautiful.

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     Noah (monkeyninja@10base2.dev)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 13:12:47 JST Noah

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     @mekkaokereke The first thing I made with mine when my wife got me one was homemade marshmallows which is really difficult without a stand mixer but dangerously easy with one. Here’s the recipe I use: https://www.theflavorbender.com/how-to-make-marshmallows-tips-and-tricks-for-homemade-marshmallows/#recipe (though I replace the agave/corn syrup they list with an invert sugar syrup which I find provides much tastier results)

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     Fraulein Chimichanga 🖖🏼 (farah@beige.party)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 13:15:50 JST Fraulein Chimichanga 🖖🏼

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     @mekkaokereke This is beautiful!

     Sounds kooky, but if you eat lot of shredded chicken it’s a game changer, I promise ☺️

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     Dan Walker (rowdypixel@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 13:30:11 JST Dan Walker

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     @mekkaokereke Way back in 2016 my wife found a Black Friday deal on a Kitchen Aid that let us get it for $60. We lived in a 400sqft house with only one counter top. It was still worth using up the little counter space we had with that machine.

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     Paul Horn (nrohluap@ioc.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 14:48:55 JST Paul Horn

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     @mekkaokereke If you’re not familiar, look up a recipe for Pavlova. Phenomenal dessert recipe that the whisk makes simple.

     And it’s late on Christmas night, so I’ll have to add that wooden bowl to next year’s list. Gorgeous!

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     Paul Horn (nrohluap@ioc.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 14:48:56 JST Paul Horn

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     @mekkaokereke That bit about whipping the egg whites separately for pancakes?

     Yes. Tomorrow. With this.

     mekka okereke :verified: repeated this.
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     klausfiend (klausfiend@dcerberus.com)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 16:42:41 JST klausfiend

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     @mekkaokereke These things are a game changer. We're talking crepe batter fully mixed in 15 minutes or less with no manual labour. It's the only tool I need to make lemon bars that would blow your mind. There are attachments that make grinding sausage or rolling pasta a snap. We made almost 200 tamales with one this week and it didn't miss a beat. It's a callback to quality American industrial engineering (even though they probably haven't been made stateside in decades).

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     Rocketman (slothrop@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 17:18:36 JST Rocketman

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     • klausfiend

     @saraislet @klausfiend @mekkaokereke For crêpe batter, I generally just chuck the ingredients into the machine a little under an hour before we start baking them.

     Once the batter is done, it can just sit there till we’re ready. I’ll give it another quick twirl before taking out the bowl.

     This is a very lazy approach, and it works great.

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     Fullmetal Manager 🌈💖🔥 (saraislet@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 17:18:37 JST Fullmetal Manager 🌈💖🔥

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     @klausfiend @mekkaokereke though crepe batter should sit ten minutes in the refrigerator to get the bubbles out

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     lkngrrr (lkngrrr@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 01:57:32 JST lkngrrr

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     • Weird Socks

     @mekkaokereke @ohmu The wood bowl is gorgeous, but if you’re using the mixer to its full potential you’ll want to be able to just throw everything in the dishwasher when you’re done.

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     Zack Stern (zackstern@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 03:39:58 JST Zack Stern

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     @mekkaokereke @donaldball @ohmu if you get into using it, my favorite is to have multiple bowls. I just have the basic stainless bowls, but extras help if making several things. They’re also just great prep bowls with the handle.

     Oh and as long as I’m giving unsolicited ideas, cooking with a scale is a major upgrade. (I’d do a scale before extra bowls.)

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     mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 03:48:55 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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     @zackstern @donaldball @ohmu

     Yeah, I've heard that scales do wonders for consistency. "2 cups of flour" can be off by 10% or 15% in either direction, depending on how compressed or fluffy the flour is, and how flat or hill-like the surface of the flour is. But 240g of flour is 240g of flour.

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     Shawn Parker :hachyderm: (wookieeboy@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 27-Dec-2024 22:54:41 JST Shawn Parker :hachyderm:

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     @mekkaokereke the nice thing about kitchen aid mixers is that they’re built like tanks.

     Ours started making noise and failing after about 15 years, a gear in the head is worn out. I’ve got new gears and food safe grease on order and hope that it’ll be good for another 15.