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Re: Try Micromastery

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Post by arkades »

criddell wrote: post #30
arkades wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tell us more about your process. Omelettes are pretty basic stuff, so odds are if yours aren’t coming out reasonably well it’s because of a triviality taken for granted. Do you add your spices to the oil or the egg? Which spices?

The last one I made had only sauteed mushroom, jalapeno, goat cheese, salt, pepper, and eggs and I overcooked it. The pan was a non-stick pan and I used butter.

Jalapeño and goat cheese are a wonderful choice; I’d expect that to be quite delicious. At what stage(s) of the process were they added?

How did you cook the mushroom?

Re: Try Micromastery

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Post by coldtea »

mdszy wrote: post #5

So we're just giving a new name to "learning skills"? What?

Yes, we're giving a new name "to purposefully learning a bunch of easy-to-learn skills, that require smaller time investment, to boost confidence and use as a nice flow-inducing hobby".

The full phrase was a mouthful.

Seriously, the parent comment reads like the "Dropbox" comment (so they've just turned running curlftpfs, cvs, and ftp into a company now?)

Re: Try Micromastery

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Post by coldtea »

criddell wrote: post #2

Two of the skills mentioned are ones I've failed at. Making a great omelet and folding fitted sheets. I've never made an omelet that is very good and I've tried a bunch of variations. I've had lots of omelets in restaurants that are great. For the fitted sheet skill, I've watched the videos on people doing it and it feels a little like the old how-to-draw-an-owl meme. Step one and two make sense, but then step 3 is m…

>I've never made an omelet that is very good and I've tried a bunch of variations. I've had lots of omelets in restaurants that are great.

Did you add lotsa butter? That (and good ingredients) is the main secret (even if the restaurant wont admit it).

Re: Try Micromastery

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Post by sharadov »

Some of these skills mentioned - sewing, cooking decent meals, driving a stick are life skills. But please don't try to cut your own hair unless you're in dire straits!

Re: Try Micromastery

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Post by PostOnce »

sharadov wrote: post #34

Some of these skills mentioned - sewing, cooking decent meals, driving a stick are life skills. But please don't try to cut your own hair unless you're in dire straits!

Operating a manual car is as much as a life skill as operating a manual loom. It'll be relegated to specialist hobby eventually. Some things are destined to be replaced by fully automatic systems, for the gain of productivity and convenience. An auto-loom can do the work of many, many people, so using a manual loom is now a craft show and museum pastime.

Re: Try Micromastery

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Post by criddell »

arkades wrote: post #31
criddell wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The last one I made had only sauteed mushroom, jalapeno, goat cheese, salt, pepper, and eggs and I overcooked it. The pan was a non-stick pan and I used butter.

Jalapeño and goat cheese are a wonderful choice; I’d expect that to be quite delicious. At what stage(s) of the process were they added? How did you cook the mushroom?

I sauteed the mushroom in butter, salt and pepper. They were delicious by themselves.

With the jalapeno I made the mistake of seeding it. It was super bland.

I added the mushrooms and jalapeno to the pan almost immediately after I added the whisked egg.

There's been a bunch of good ideas in this thread and the video of the guy making a Jacques Pepin omlette is great. I definitely have some new ideas for my next attempts.

Re: Try Micromastery

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Post by qwerty456127 »

Mihaly Csikszmentmihalyi is Hungarian, not Czech. And the "flow experience is analogous to meditating" statement is very questionable - I'd say it's [a good] kind of opposite: meditation is meant to be a 100% conscious experience, people rarely maintain mindfulness in the flow mode.

Re: Try Micromastery

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Post by arkades »

criddell wrote: post #36
arkades wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jalapeño and goat cheese are a wonderful choice; I’d expect that to be quite delicious. At what stage(s) of the process were they added? How did you cook the mushroom?

I sauteed the mushroom in butter, salt and pepper. They were delicious by themselves. With the jalapeno I made the mistake of seeding it. It was super bland. I added the mushrooms and jalapeno to the pan almost immediately after I added the whisked egg. There's been a bunch of good ideas in this thread and the video of the guy making a Jacques Pepin omlette is great. I definitely have some new ideas for my next attem…

I would add jalapeño at the butter stage, not the egg stage. Most of its flavor diffuses into the fats, so putting it directly into the egg will more-or-less confine its flavor and then steam it.

Re: Try Micromastery

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Post by criddell »

arkades wrote: post #38
criddell wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I sauteed the mushroom in butter, salt and pepper. They were delicious by themselves. With the jalapeno I made the mistake of seeding it. It was super bland. I added the mushrooms and jalapeno to the pan almost immediately after I added the whisked egg. There's been a bunch of good ideas in this thread and the video of the guy making a Jacques Pepin omlette is great. I definitely have some new ideas for my next attem…

I would add jalapeño at the butter stage, not the egg stage. Most of its flavor diffuses into the fats, so putting it directly into the egg will more-or-less confine its flavor and then steam it.

Thanks! I'll make that change.

Re: Try Micromastery

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Post by jmpman »

Although not a millennial, when I graduated with my engineering degree, I also felt lacking in practical skills. So, my wife(also an engineer) and I enrolled in community college vocational education classes. We learned to weld, sculpt, cast, blacksmith. Had a great time and would now have the confidence to buy a welder and know I could use it... if only I had the free time.
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