This way the dough won’t rise.
An influencer who loves baking was called “reckless” for baking bread for her sister on a long-haul flight.
“Want to see the end result?” Maria Baradell teased the crazy cooking trick that’s going viral on Instagram in a clip. The content creator, who goes by @leafandloafco on the platform, regularly shares baking tips with her thousands of viewers.
For her latest video, Baradell decided to take her cooking tutorials to the next level and make a loaf of sourdough from scratch during a flight to Spain.
“I want to surprise my sister with a fresh loaf of bread,” Baradell wrote in the caption of this utopian plan.
The accompanying footage shows her mixing water, flour and salt in a bowl on her tray table. She then kneads the dough and shapes it, essentially treating the plane like a kitchenette at 30,000 feet.
“It looks beautiful,” enthuses Baradell, who explains that she slept during the “main fermentation.”
Fortunately, the amateur cook did not attempt to bake the bun on board, but waited until she was back with her sister in Spain before putting the bun in the oven, as can be seen in a follow-up clip.
Viewers still thought the stunt was half-hearted and argued that the plane was not a suitable setting for a cooking tutorial.
“Imagine you get comfortable in your seat and the person next to you sets up a camera, starts getting out bowls and ingredients and baking bread,” criticized one commenter.
Another wrote: “This is ridiculous! All for social media attention. Oh my goodness!”
Many even considered the frying to be potentially dangerous as they may have been in close proximity to passengers with gluten allergies.
“This is inconsiderate to all the people on the plane who are allergic to wheat and/or gluten,” one complained. “If I was sitting next to you, I would immediately ask for a new seat and a full refund because I would be sick for several weeks just breathing in the flour. Please be more considerate next time.”
Another criticised: “Looks really sweet, but please don’t do this on an airplane. It’s a very closed place and someone with celiac disease could suffer poisoning, the flour can easily ‘fly’ and spread.”
Meanwhile, a crew member argued that Baradell probably contaminated the bread because the environment on the plane was unsanitary. Passengers had been seen cutting their toenails, vomiting and even changing diapers on the tray table.
“Enjoy your sprouted bread,” they snapped. “This is an airplane, not a bakery. Guys, learn some manners… please.”
Baradell addressed her critics in the above-mentioned follow-up material, declaring, “#milehighsourdoughclub will not happen.”
“I tried to be creative after seeing another creative making pasta on the flight, but thanks to your comments I learned that’s not such a good idea,” she wrote. “I’m very grateful to the people who gave me their feedback in a kind way, but it’s OK if you hate it, I had good intentions.”
Baradell is not the first to be put on the list of banned fries.
In December, another food influencer caused a stir—and likely a national security threat—by preparing garlic shrimp in an airplane bathroom.
