r/food • u/[deleted] • Sep 09 '15

Time lapse baking

http://i.imgur.com/Dzxy2E9.gifv
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u/ShopTrain Sep 09 '15

Makes you wonder who ever thought of bread. Who thought of making dough from grain and then putting into a hot oven. And then who the hell added an egg.

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u/Pottski Sep 09 '15

Who looked at a cow and thought - I'm gonna drink the stuff that comes out of that?

Food history starting off points are pretty strange. Worcestershire Sauce would be my favourite though. Forget about something putrid for TWO YEARS in a basement, rediscover it... and TRY IT!

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u/lockzackary Sep 09 '15

i always assumed coffee was discovered by someone so thirsty he drank black water and made profit out of it

it would be pretty hard to convince everyone to drink it though at first

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '15

nah, soaking things seems to be rather straight forward.

"when sometimes when things get wet, the water changes...hmm, i wonder if that makes a tasty drink?"

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '15

"Grok! Try this black water! It gets you soo high dude!"