I’m trying to troubleshoot some issues with my breadmaking and I’ll always get a reply like “we’ll get a Dutch oven or a pizza stone!” Like don’t you think after all the effort I’ve been going through in making bread (it’s obvious from my posts) that I would have if I could have?
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Another thing that annoys me, and it’s not really anyone’s fault, is advice that is very American-centric. So, the assumption to buy in bulk or having the vast variety of options at a store.
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It bothered me initially when I moved to Ireland the inability to buy in bulk, and the lack of brands compared to a store in Canada. But everyone’s living space is so much smaller and fewer people drive that it makes sense.
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The largest bulk purchase I have made, ever, has been beer and flour. And that’s been from online places in the last month.
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I do love you, my North American friends. But shopping and storage are very much not the same in Europe.
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Also, for some reason that I do not understand, Ireland just does not have access to certain things. For instance, you cannot buy an Instant Pot here. Or at least I haven’t seen any on any sites that sell small appliances.
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And for some reason unbeknownst to me, the UK shops that normally we can get things from just won’t ship certain things. UK Amazon is our amazon too, but a lot of places will not ship to Ireland. Many other stores that are in both countries will have more products in the UK
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And you can’t order those here.
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Again, no one’s fault that this happens (at least not the folks giving advice) I just wish people would stop assuming everything is like North America.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
My spouse made a rule on his blog about this - If readers wanted to suggest he buy something that costs more than $10.00, they were welcome to buy it for him, but the constant “Just spend money!” comments were really bumming him out.
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Wow that is really good advice. Seriously though, I really need people to stop telling me to buy all this stuff. Break making existed before Dutch ovens, it should be possible to make it without. And yet you’d think that it requires loads of expensive equipment to do right.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Dutch ovens are great! There are other vessels! I’m from filmmaking which has our own gearhead wars and have to constantly fight the battle of “cool, what can you make with the tools you have” with & for my students.
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