On 08/17/2015 06:52 PM, Don Y wrote:
On 8/17/2015 5:07 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 8/17/2015 12:54 AM, Muggles wrote:

baking cookies
When this second timer expires, remove first sheet from upper rack,
move second sheet from lower to upper, insert third sheet onto lower
and reset timer. Now, move the cookies off the first sheet onto
cooling racks *and* prepare fourth sheet before timer expires.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

If you are slow getting the "next" sheet ready, you can't hit "pause".
The previous sheet needs to finish its bake cycle (and the one before
that needs to be withdrawn). If you put a partial sheet in the oven,
then you end up extending your time in the kitchen by "another cycle".
If you leave a sheet (or two) in the oven a bit too long (while you
rush to finish up the "next" sheet), then you risk ruining the cookies.

All of these actions are incredibly "mindless". Yet, consume 100%
of your attention while performing them!

I used to make fudge for Xmas. I could keep 3 pots going until I ran
out of ingredients and god help anybody who got in my way while I was
doing it. I had one dry measuring cup, one wet one, a knife for the
butter and a tablespoon for the cocoa. You use the cap to measure
vanilla, everybody knows that!

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Cheers, Bev
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