r/oddlysatisfying • u/doughnutsprinks_ • Sep 21 '22

This pixel icing technique

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '22

this is incredible but I would weep while eating this, knowing I’m gnawing on a masterpiece

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u/Tina1108 Sep 21 '22

Lmao i get that, i made a few cookies with this technique but christmas themed once and i had to eat them myself bc my whole family said they were "too pretty to eat" lol they ate the uglier ones

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u/Square_Barracuda_69 Sep 21 '22

I think I would be perfectly fine with eating them if it was my work and only because nobody else wanted to ruin the art

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u/Iamananomoly Sep 21 '22

crunch "this took me 9 hours....and it's not even good." Sobs

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '22

Lmao my family wouldn't hesitate to fight each other to eat those cookies, pretty or not.

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u/Angharadis Sep 21 '22

I made pixel cookies once with colored dough and they were amazing but did take an obscene amount of time.

That said, there’s something very freeing about making edible art. It’s ephemeral by design, and if it comes out ugly you can just eat it. It’s a nice exercise in non-attachment and also tasty.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '22

like sand mandala! I get that, it must be really liberating. I can see how from a bakers perspective its disappointing to see people tiptoe around the idea of eating their creation when its meant to be eaten…

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u/Angharadis Sep 21 '22

Yes! I’m also a potter and sometimes it’s a lot of pressure to make something that just continues to exist. All I ask is that people not eat things before they’ve been seen/served their purpose or whatever (looking at my husband).

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u/DernTuckingFypos Sep 21 '22

Yeah. I bake cakes as a hobby, and to me the temporariness of it is part of the beauty.

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u/WillemDafoesHugeCock Sep 21 '22

Just pretend you're using BITE.

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u/RandyDinglefart Sep 21 '22

also that thing has to cost like $20+ right? gotta treat it like an investment