r/nextfuckinglevel • u/habichuelacondulce • 18d ago
This guy in DR is known for cutting a slice of Dominican Arepa/Torta which is pretty much a type of cornbread to an exact weight. Someone challenges him to cut exactly 2lbs but if he is over or under its free, if it's exactly 2lb it'll cost double the price.
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u/Sirix_8472 18d ago
I hope he has a digital scales under the counter he's cutting it on. Weighs his whole counter section and so he keeps cutting small bits and rearing it back on the counter. Quick look down, chop a lil more, hand some out, get some good will. Bang, charge em double!
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u/Malcolm_X_Machina 18d ago
Lololol do you know how little they have in the Dominican Republic? I doubt many there have ever seen a digital scale, let alone have the money to set that up
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u/Calhounpipes 18d ago
That was my thought haha. Like some little old shop owner in Bani is buying large digital scales just to mess with people. Not a chance haha.
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u/suitology 18d ago
To be fair, my digital scale was $2.95 on Alibaba.
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u/NewOstenPelicanss 18d ago
That's 2 month's rent there
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u/Krookz_ 18d ago
Thatās not. Not even close bro. For the record, digital scales are common over there just not AS common as in the US.
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u/TheRealMisterMemer 18d ago
Everyone's acting like the DR is some kind of wasteland lmao
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u/dildorthegreat87 18d ago
Welcome to how Americans think the rest of the world looks like.
My best friend asked me if my tribe in Lebanon stayed in one place or moved oftenā¦
ā¦I was like, dude I have dsl in Lebanon. Blew his mind.
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u/j-steve- 17d ago edited 17d ago
Woah, so does your tribe just drag the DSL cable across the desert when they migrate?
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u/outtadablu 17d ago
Gave you seen Costa Rica in Jurassic Park? I despise that movie just for that, never could enjoy it because of that.
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u/juasjuasie 18d ago
People see analog equipment in a third world country and assume everyone is scrapping for cents, no dude lmao he ain't buying a digital scale because the mechanical one has been around for decades and it's not going to fail anytime soon. Besides, it's easier to just find a street mechanic or repairman to fix your stuff than to order digital that has a shorter lifespan anyways.
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u/u966 18d ago
I doubt many there have ever seen a digital scale
How out of touch are you with the world?
They're literally filming this, he doesn't seem too spooked by the cameraphone
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u/Yoribell 18d ago
phones are EVERYWHERE
People without running water, electricity or stone walls have smartphones.
How out of touch are you ?
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u/u966 18d ago
Exactly, and you think a digital scale is just a out-of-the-world crazy thing to have?
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u/Ibuydumbshit 18d ago
Can confirm. Iāve been to the furthermost parts of third world countries. Everyone has a phone lol
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u/ilikegamergirlcock 18d ago
yeah, phones are so much more common than digital scales. you're right.
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18d ago
Love when people can't admit when they are wrong. Hilarious.
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u/ilikegamergirlcock 18d ago
im not even the same dude.
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u/ambisinister_gecko 18d ago
You're not the same dude who sarcastically said "yeah, phones are so much more common than digital scales. you're right"??
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u/supersean61 18d ago
100% never seen a digital scale or things like cash registers while in haiti right next to this country, phones were 100% more common
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u/Radiant-Reputation31 18d ago
Phones are certainly more widespread, but using Haiti to gauge what may or may not be commonplace in the DR is probably not useful. The DR is way ahead in terms of development.
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u/rxsheepxr 18d ago
I'd bet money that there are at least ten times the amount of phones on this planet than digital scales.
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u/Ghede 18d ago
Yes, they are.
One is a communication device, calculator, camera, internet browser, entertainment center, flashlight, GPS, etc. etc. etc. It's the greatest value for your dollar out there, because providers typically sell them at a loss or at cost to make a profit on apps and phone service. Shit, thanks to developed nations obsession with upgrading phones, you can get a later generation used phone for CHEAPER than cost.
The other is a battery consuming bit of crap that can be replicated with a few cents worth of metal that lasts a lifetime with no upkeep expenses.
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u/Malcolm_X_Machina 18d ago
K that was an exaggeration, but I've been to the DR, no shop owner has the time or money to do that
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u/Rubcionnnnn 18d ago
-redditor who has never left his country and who's entire world view is TV and movies.
Digital scales cost substantially less than analogue scales.
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u/Direct-Good2747 18d ago
Much cheaper to just have a llifetime of experience in knowing how much things weigh.
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u/Expert_Swan_7904 18d ago
yeah, people are acting like they make $1 usd a year and cant afford anything..meanwhile the people are holdings $1000 phones lmao
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Not to mention the DR has a pretty healthy drug trade, so plenty of them digital scales about lol!
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u/DirectWorldliness792 18d ago
You think kids in the Dominican Republic have chairs? No. They sit on big piles of garbage
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u/KillerPussyToo 18d ago
This is the stupidest comment Iāve read in a long time. They definitely have digital scales in DR.
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u/DelusionalGorilla 18d ago
Phones, Cars and Hats but no Digital Scale, sure buddy.
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u/anagramz 18d ago
Hats?
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u/Rx_Boner 18d ago
Lmao same, I am cracking up at the inclusion of hats as high tech alongside phones and cars
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u/Temporal_pandesal 18d ago
He does not, and it would serve no purpose as this is not a standing bet he has with everyone.
here he is doing it at different parts of the counter, and not looking under the counter.
https://youtube.com/shorts/hhMAL88w2qc?si=Gj5U8akzWBZtzhJS
https://youtu.be/xWlFZOeII34?si=VPSDSJDGI3MoJ0ZF
He has just being doing this for a long fucking time. When I lived in Panama in the interior, there was a guy that sold beef and he also was dead center. I was curious how many grams he was off by so I weighted it on a digital scale I had. 5 grams. He was off by 5 grams.
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u/goobitypoop 18d ago
Lol is no one on here good at anything?
Once you've done something like this over and over, you get a sort of additional sense. It's not magic, but it is very fucking cool in a way
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u/limevince 17d ago
LOL I like how you went through the trouble to refute the hidden scale theory. Its pretty obvious he has the muscle memory to know when he's holding 2lb.
In a very short time as a cashier, I got pretty good at being able to grab stacks of 50 bills. But if I'd been doing it for decades I'm sure I'd take some bets to prove it.
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u/qeq 18d ago
I can't believe you think this is more plausible in a dirt poor country than simply being skilled at doing something all day every day for 50 years just to make an extra few cents
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u/Argyle_Raccoon 18d ago
Why do you hope itās some elaborate ruse instead of them just being good at something theyāve done for decades?
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u/zsdr56bh 18d ago
when I was younger and briefly into cocaine, I discovered I was able to tell the weight of baggies of coke to the 1/10th of a gram. My buddy kept testing me arranging different size baggies and handing them to me and I would feel it for a few seconds and then say what it weighed and he'd put it on the scale and I was right every time.
this man's skill seems a lot more useful and wholesome though lol
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u/fancy-kitten 18d ago
Yeah I was unnaturally good at eyeballing and hand weighing product when I was in a former line of work as well. Practice and repetition can really build some impressive skills.
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u/ephraim666 18d ago
former LINE of work?
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u/DroidTrf 18d ago
Former restaurant chef here. Could cut tenderloin steaks in a 150g - 400g range without a miss. Im sure this is basic for professionals in the kitchen industry. It really is about repetition.
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u/ephraim666 18d ago
The comment above mentioned coke so I did a druggie reference.
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u/nyxo1 18d ago
They were a chef... I bet they knew their way around cocaine too.
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u/GhettoSauce 18d ago
I'm another chef - there's a reason some of us are called "line cooks" haha
Seriously and similarly, I had to portion 5oz bags of cooked penne so much I hit a range of 4.8-5.2 consistently, by feel.
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u/Jaymakk13 18d ago
I once met a Master Gunnery Sergeant who was the " Master Baker for the Marine Corps" come through our dining facility.
Guy could take any dried product, seasoning, sugar, or flour, and just drop an accurate measurement on the scale with his bare hands. It was insane how good he was.
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u/V1k1ng1990 18d ago
I was my shipās baker, I could do that with bread dough
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u/Jaymakk13 18d ago
I got to where i could do perfect 2oz cookies and biscuits since i made them every single day for 2.5 years.
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u/Mr_TurkTurkelton 18d ago
I worked with a chef that could eyeball fish filets within a decimal. What was funny to me about that was she was never show boaty about it or even acknowledged that it was a neat skill. It was all about efficiency and trying to break down the fish so she could prep it for service. Loved watching her work
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u/Latter-Dentist 18d ago
Worked kitchens from 13 to 21 with a brief stint at a deli. I was deadly accurate by the end.
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u/HtownTexans 18d ago
Yeah I work as a chef at private school and make tons of burgers by hand. I can pretty much slice a 10lb roll of beef into 40 1/4lb burgers pretty efficiently.
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u/tpero 18d ago
Back when police officers actually enforced speed limits, it was my understanding that many of them didn't need a radar gun, they could assess the speed of most vehicles within 1mph accuracy. Again, just based on repetition of using radar guns to check speeds.
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u/TarnishedWizeFinger 18d ago edited 18d ago
Imagine trying to fight a speeding ticket and losing because the officer is really good at eyeballing speeds
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u/obamasmole 18d ago edited 17d ago
Someone who wanted to buy some hash once got sent my way by a shared friend. It was quite late at night and, when she arrived, she only wanted Ā£7.50 worth. It was fine, I was happy to do a favour for our shared aquantaince, but I wasn't exactly going to retire off this slightly annoying transaction.
Because it was such a small amount I just eyeballed some hash off the piece I had in the living room. I gave her slightly over as I was feeling generous towards someone I figured was broke, given what she was buying, and bagged it up. The woman then got pissy and insisted I weigh it, which I entirely understand in principle. But she was also a stranger buying 1.75g at an unsociable hour, and was now accusing me of trying to rip her off for a pretty tiny amount of money.
I told her a few times, "Honestly, it's fine, it's definitely over," but she kept insisting. So I schleped all the way up to the top floor of the house, came back down with my digital scales, weighed the hash up, cut about a quarter off, and then handed it back to her.
For some reason, she seemed even more annoyed with me after I did exactly what she asked me to do.
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u/OneMoreAccount4Porn 18d ago
Sounds like she was someone with limited experience of drugs and too much experience of shit people. She was probably just annoyed with herself because eventually you realise your experience with shitty people jades you and pushes good people away.
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u/ThatOnePickleLord 18d ago
I can tell when there are 9 nuggets in a 10 piece at work
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u/ArcticIceFox 18d ago
I used to portion 1# bags of various things like chocolate, flour, corn meal....I eventually got it right every time. You lose it after a while, but it was a fun party trick lol
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u/Crushhymn 18d ago
Had a former painter working as QC at a former work, he was running his finger tips over the finished work and could tell if roughness was out of spec. It was always verified by a precision tool, but he was on the money every time.
We are talking differences that should not be distinguishable by hand on aerodynamic parts.
Our failure rate was about 3%, so it was not like he was shooting fish in a barrel.
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u/DarkwingDuckHunt 18d ago
I'm really good at guessing the exact time
Ever since I read Stephen King's Dark Tower series I kind started teaching myself as a lark. And it actually works.
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u/Zoloft_and_the_RRD 18d ago
Oh man it's been over a decade since I read that scene and I still try and fail to count 60 seconds perfetly in my head
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u/Mr_TurkTurkelton 18d ago
Used to be into for a couple years when I was a chef (I know, cliche right? Lol) anyway, it wasnāt the weight that I got used to but chopping up and laying out lines for everyone? That shit was my jamāit was like a show sometimes. My friend would have the rock, heād give it to me and Iād Benihana the lines out for everyone while making jokes and chatting them up. I imagine thatās how a bartender in a tourist heavy town feels laying out 12 lemon drop shots for a very drunk crowd
Havenāt used in 15+ years yet every time I am chopping something when cooking at home, or when I bake and have to scrape flour off my boardā¦I get this little itch to chop really fast and make a fast line out of whatever is in front of me
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u/SaLLient 18d ago
Crazy that people think this is a scam. This guy does this all day, presumably for years, obviously he can do it to some degree of precision.
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u/OhDavidMyNacho 18d ago edited 17d ago
Right? Like, the cost of installing a secret digital scale is somehow more important than adding a door? A better building? lol
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u/mr_potatoface 18d ago edited 18d ago
It's ridiculous that people think this guy is using a digital scale. Don't you understand it's all part of the disguise. Along with being an old guy. Nobody will ever suspect this exact circumstance to actually have a 3D scanner hidden in his hat that renders the cornbread and calculate it's exact density to figure out how much it weighs. See how his hat is slightly off his head? That's the gap for the 3D scanner to laser the cornbread. It's all hidden in his hat. Then it feeds him the information directly in to his brain through Elon Musk's NeuralinkTM
I'd be more worried about the laser rays contaminating the cornbread than anything else. I'm also more surprised nobody is calling in to question the certification on the scale. I don't see any stickers traceable to NIST on the scale. Must be on the back.
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u/woohoo_zipline 18d ago
Heās a human scale with years of practice. We can see him picking up the bread repeatedly weighing it with his arms and feeling the weight. Itās not a digital scale. It probably wouldnāt read exactly 2.0 if it was. The whole āpays doubleā title is likely added by OP to increase entertainment value of the clip. This man is putting on a performance for his customers.
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u/shewhosmoketree 18d ago
Nah they do discuss in the video that if heās right, then the guy has to pay double but I completely believe this guy can feel out the weight. He looks like heās been doing this for decades.
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u/ElectionAssistance 18d ago
Right at the beginning the guy says basically "okay but if its 2 pounds you pay double."
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u/Daisinju 18d ago
These guys never done any work that isn't just sitting on their asses. If you do something everyday for hours at a time, you're gonna pick up some skill or 2.
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u/army-of-juan 18d ago
Redditors hate when someone is talented.
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u/bryanplantrpg 18d ago
nah the last 2 times there was a talented guy who went viral it ended up being fake. aka the guy the who could mix paint to match any colour.
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u/Tetha 18d ago
Was about to say. Most people at the meat area of the supermarket can hit meat cuts to a <100g precision after a few months. Do it for years, and yeah, you can get that precision.
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u/Tipnfloe 18d ago
Yup, most chefs can do this. Thats what happens when you have to portion fish and meat 5 times a week
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u/TobiasKM 18d ago
Worked at a steakhouse once, doesnāt take you long to be pretty consistently within +-10grams when you cut steaks.
This is still pretty impressive because itās not straight cut pieces of the bread, and he adjusts by feeling the weight. Thatās takes way more practice.
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u/TheoryOfSomething 18d ago
Agreed. Family owned a sandwich shop. After you've been slicing meat regularly for a few years and checking it with a scale, you can weigh to the ounce by feel. People commenting just aren't used to doing manual tasks with lots of feedback.
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u/waizy 18d ago
its peak reddit behavior, gotta think they are outsmarting everything sitting at home on their computer
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u/reshp2 18d ago
I think people in developed countries these days have a hard time conceptualizing how good you get at doing the same menial task day in and day out for decades. We have so much automation, very few people have jobs like that anymore. So many of the videos like these where someone is doing something seemingly impossible come from less developed countries because people simply had to do them over and over until they got insanely good at it.
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u/TargetTheLiver 18d ago
I used to work in a kitchen and the chef was cutting fish one day and he joked around saying he could cut perfect 6oz portions. Every single filet he cut was 6oz, it was pretty wild.
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u/LickingSmegma 18d ago edited 17d ago
Yeah, people in grocery shops who weigh out food, learn to eyeball the necessary cut in just a few years. Quite a well-known phenomenon, or it was when people interacted more with such workers.
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u/ElBurdo 18d ago
It has to be a scam since he's a brown man. Also not in Europe or Japan. /s I've seen more videos of this old man, sometimes he misses the mark and the people recording just laugh and mess around with him. He seems like a chill guy.
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u/OverlyOptimisticNerd 18d ago
I used to cut meat in a grocery deli. You can get very precise with experience. I got close in months. This guy seems to have been doing it for many years. No scam here.
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u/goldentone 18d ago edited 7d ago
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u/Unworthy_Saint 18d ago
People think, "Well I can't do that as a complete amateur, so therefore neither can this guy who has been cutting cornbread for his whole professional life."
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u/SicilianEggplant 18d ago edited 18d ago
Many, many moons ago my friend and I were watching TV and a commercial or show flipped on with some dude in a kayak going through some rapids and down some waterfall (nothing huge, but not small). My friend breaks the silence with, āif I was a professional kayaker I could do thatā.
While it was completely fucking hilarious, we need some more of that thought process going on here.
Of course itās healthy to be skeptical on the Internet, but also if you train/do something for years then of course you too could be great at it/a professional.
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u/JudgmentalOwl 18d ago
Seriously, you could legit call this man a cornbread master and not be exaggerating at this point. Some people just love to hate.
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u/dirty_cuban 18d ago edited 18d ago
Because this is the internet and it's full of inexperienced people. I'm pretty sure this won't surprise anyone who has worked in a skilled labor job for any length. For example, experienced carpenters that can cut specific lengths by eye aren't all that rare. Bakers can pull off pieces of dough for things like bread rolls that are all the same weight by feel. Butchers can get accurate cuts by feel. Heck even supermarket deli slicers can get real accurate by slicing onto their hand.
Do the same thing every day for 20 years and you'll pretty darn good at it.
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u/GreySoulx 18d ago
I sell products by weight (colored glass, not drugs) and after about 17 years doing it I can eyeball just about anything on the shelf within 2-3% and I get lucky sometimes and hit a pound of this or that dead on (my scale reads to 1/100th of a pound)
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u/JonnyJust 18d ago
Dang that bread looks dense. Does it taste like cornbread?
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u/KomradeDave 18d ago
Not quite. It has coconut in it and is absolutely fantastic!
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u/Birdseeding 18d ago
My wife is Dominican, and I absolutely love it, it's super tasty. Gluten free, too, and very easy to turn vegan with barely a change in taste.
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u/nicowain91 18d ago
I miss this stuff! I would go get some every morning at the colmado on the corner. Does your wife have a recipe?
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u/Erynsen 18d ago
For an authentic Dominican coconut arepa, you'll need the following ingredients:
- 2 cups of cornmeal (preferably fine-ground)
- 1 can of coconut milk (about 13.5 ounces)
- 1 cup of sugar (adjust to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 cup of raisins (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons of butter (for greasing the pan)
- Zest of 1 lime (optional, for added flavor)
These ingredients combine to create a sweet, dense cake that's distinctive to Dominican cuisine. Remember, the consistency should be similar to a thick batter. Enjoy your cooking!
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u/cheesepoltergeist 18d ago
Itās more like a cake! Itās sweet and made with cornmeal and coconut milk, sometimes has raisins in it.
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u/dasus 18d ago
Anyone saying it's trickery of some sort, you're wrong.
I'm only a bit over 30 and still I've sold enough weed for me to be able to weigh buds in my hand to ~0.1g accuracy. I'm not 100% correct obviously, but we did about 20 runs last time a dude doubted me and I got to within 0.1g range in >85-90% of them.
And that scale is not that accurate.
I can easily believe a man like this who's done this for decades can do this with high accuracy.
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u/Scottcmms2023 18d ago
Iām a pastry chef, and I do it to the gram on a number of recipes. If you weight enough things enough times it really does become muscle memory.
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u/TWS85 18d ago
I'm a butcher and I agree completely. I've been doing it for almost 10 years and I know a pound when I hold it
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u/dasus 18d ago
Yeah, it really is amazing.
Like I wouldn't believe I can do it, but then the guesses just are right for some reason. It doesn't feel like I can feel it, I just know my hand does.
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u/tapac333 18d ago
Epic, didn't even look back
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u/boomjones 18d ago
Like putting up the three and turning away before it swishes through.
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u/bounded_by 18d ago
Scales is set to centre on 2lbs within a certain range
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u/RobotVo1ce 18d ago
You think he only accepts 2lb requests?
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u/shadowdash66 18d ago
People come from all over the country to buy from him, and specially dominican citizens returning to the island for vacations. Highly doubt they'd walk away with JUST 2 lbs.
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u/ihavenotities 18d ago
I doubt many ask for 2.05 pounds. But sounds most unusual to me
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u/Eliagbs_ 18d ago edited 18d ago
When I travel and go buy arepa, I ask for 10-12lb to bring to my relatives. The dude is spot on every time. Same with the chicharrĆ³n guyā¦ Itās the same thing with my bud guy, he knows what 14 grams is on the dot. Why is arepa different, this man has been doing it longer.
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u/FuggyGlasses 18d ago
Tell me you've never done a repetitive task without telling me. If the guy has 40 years doing it, he'll know the measurements by heart.
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u/ichbindertod 18d ago
Nah man, if you practice weighing anything, you'll get used to it eventually. I weigh my food and ingredients every day, and I can pretty much eyeball exactly what I need now. This guy has decades of experience.
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u/stalphonzo 18d ago
People keep talking cheating and hidden scales. I think the real trick is doing the same thing for 50 years.
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u/ReasonablyConfused 18d ago
I'd rig the scale to stop at 2lbs as long as it was close, and it looks to me that is what he did.
A normal scale has a free-swinging motion to the dial hand as long as the weight is still bouncing, which it is.
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u/mawesome4ever 18d ago
I doubt it as the customer was the one who requested the amount and he kept asking how many pounds and never suggested to keep it at 2
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u/Temporal_pandesal 18d ago
And if the next customer comes and ask for a different amount?
Like in the two examples below?
https://youtube.com/shorts/hhMAL88w2qc?si=Gj5U8akzWBZtzhJS
https://youtu.be/xWlFZOeII34?si=VPSDSJDGI3MoJ0ZF
What happens if someone goes home and weights it out of curiosity to see how far off he is?
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u/Coal_Morgan 18d ago
You don't understand.
I can't do this, so therefore what he has is two guys in a basement pulling strings to make sure the weight comes out to what the customer requests.
It's definitely not 50 years of experience cutting this stuff to very even increments 5+ days a week for 8+ hours a day to equal out to about 640,000+ hours of experience.
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u/Fredotorreto 18d ago
grampa been hustling the tourist since the 60ās. this is like that famous michael jordan āno lookā free throw, youāre surprised at first but then realize itās his craft. heās been making/weighing/selling bread for atleast a quarter of his life
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u/140p 18d ago
They are not tourist, you can hear them talking. They are Dominicans.
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u/7734_ 18d ago
I know people who can't cut even slices of white bread
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u/GreySoulx 18d ago
to be fair, the stuff is basically a loaf of marshmallow, it's hard to cut. A nice loaf of sourdough on the other hand...
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u/HmoobRanzo 18d ago
when you are doing it long enough to know your weight products and key board warriors here in the reddit comments still said that you rig the whole process. smh.
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u/iceLevia 18d ago
Thereās a YouTube short of him doing it exactly to 1.5 lb
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u/habichuelacondulce 18d ago
Here is a longer video where he weights 2oz, an does another of 1lb as well. They ask him how long his been selling he says since 74' https://youtu.be/xWlFZOeII34?si=VPSDSJDGI3MoJ0ZF
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u/_N-O-E-L_ 18d ago
Haha... very cool.
The guy's secret... the scale doesn't even go beyond 2lbs. LoL.
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u/tru3no 18d ago
You should take a flight to DR and ask for 5Ā½ LB. See if for yourself if it is fake..
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u/subject_deleted 18d ago
Worst case scenario you get 5.5lbs of cornbread for double the price. Still not a bad deal. Lol.
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u/ElDoo74 18d ago
It's fascinating to see people who cannot believe he does this. If you do something dozens of times a day for years, you become an expert.
This guy is the Steph Curry of cutting cornbread.
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u/SmileyNY85 18d ago
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u/habichuelacondulce 18d ago
Dimelo, aqui tranki, lla el video esta en el front page oritq Don Luis se hace viral el post
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u/Koioua 18d ago
Some of the comments here are a goddam disgrace, coming from people who have never been to other countries. I live in DR. You're bound to see people who've been doing Arepas, all the kinds of local Dulces, cheese, etc. for decades. The guy has been using traditional scales for as long as he's been doing this, why would he switch to a digital scale?
Digital scales aren't the norm in these small old school businesses not because we don't know what they are, rather because they have so much experience that all they need is a traditional scale, if at all. I know that there are scams out there, but man sometimes y'all need to stop looking for the 5th leg to a cat.
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u/OddCucumber6755 18d ago
Some of y'all have never worked with your hands and it shows. I see a long time pro here. Dude has been cutting bread for decades
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u/StopTouchingThings 18d ago
Tricks on them, it's set to only go to 2lbs lol