A woman who was halfway through making a loaf of sourdough decided to bring the mixture with her to dinner so she could continue working on it.
Britt Ramos (@adaywithbritt) shared the hilarious footage of "a girl and her sourdough" as she captured her friend's commitment to making a luscious loaf.
Making sourdough is a lengthy process as bakers must use wild yeast rather than fermented yeast to make it, meaning the entire process takes three days, according to the Pantry Mama, a self-professed "sourdough queen" who writes online recipes.
The footage which has amassed 1.6 million views follows Ramos' best friend's journey with her baking bowl as she transports the mixture covered with a tea towel in a car and then into the restaurant, where she secretly stretches and folds it under the table.
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Ramos said on TikTok: "POV you invite your best friend to dinner, but she's in the middle of making sourdough and has to do two hours of 'stretch and folds.'"
"A girl and her sourdough, a love story."
The footage shows the dedicated baker getting in the car with her mixing bowl where she places in the seat beside her and stretches the dough with her gloved hand.
Ramos said: "Stretch and fold number one on the car ride."
Then the video shoes her sat in a restaurant sipping a glass of white wine while she quietly goes to work on the mixture hidden discreetly in her handbag beside her.
Ramos posted: "Trying not to be obvious...making sure no one's watching. Stretch and fold number two, in the bag."
The stretch and fold number two is quickly followed by stretch and fold number three, but the video does not showcase the end of the dough's journey.
TikTokers were impressed by the baker's dedication to the course and remarked on how good the end product would have turned out.
One user said: "No, but if you make sourdough this is so accurate...Gotta stretch the ole gal out."
Another said: "Next time my friends say they can't make it to dinner I'm showing them this."
Another TikToker said: "Someone call green flag guy, because this is commitment."
Other pastry connoisseurs suggested the "slap and fold" method is not necessary for a successful loaf.
One said: "You can make sourdough without stretch and folds."
The slap and fold kneading technique is used to strengthen dough with high water content and involves picking the mixture up carefully and slapping it back down onto the work surface, and then folding it away from yourself, explained baking company Challenger Breadware.
TikTokers are waiting in anticipation for the end result of the kneady friend's doughy challenge.
One user said: "Need an update on how the loaf turns out!"
Newsweek has reached out to Ramos for comment via Instagram.
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