@rotuts I don't see why a corned beef brine needs to be so salty if one is corning for taste rather than preservation. Might be a good topic for experimentation. Looking at weight gain/loss during the cure as well as the cook...and taste/texture.
If I ever stop traveling it will be first on the list.
Dungeness are sweet crabby tasting crabs. The best of their class, to me. All they need is butter...maybe.
When I was strapped and visiting SF 40 yrs ago, I'd get a steamed DC for dinner and eat better than I deserved for a few dollars (then).
@Tri2Cook, somehow these threads morph from one subject to another. Subway in your neck of the woods sounds like a much better experience than in my area, where some of t hem are pretty gross.
You've described Wawa hoagies well. It's rare that subway gets much traction near a Wawa. They also try really hard to improve the lot of their employees. Admirable company.
I too live in sandwichville (and pizzaville for that matter too). I'm always amazed that Papa John's, Subway, Quizno's, Domino's can do business when there are way better options at hand. It must be the advertising .
It is as you say @scubadoo97
SV really shines with fowl, where the margin of error is less than zero with white meat...and with tough cuts that need a long cook.
NY strips, tenderloins of all sorts...steakhouse cuts...can be better done by a skilled cook traditionally than by SV. But SV lets the inexperienced do a capable job.
And SV is great if there are many steaks to prepare to all be done at once...at least in my inexpert kitchen.
Brock does have a point about texture of some SV meats. I believe that if your mouth expects an oven roasted MR texture, then you need to SV at higher temp to give it the greater "bite" that you expect...ie have it more done.
I see this in filet mignon that I do for a big dinner using SV. My workaround is to slightly oversear it so that there's a few mm of well-done surrounding MR.
10 to 15 min in a steamer at 400 with an already 135 degree tenderloin seems like a really long time. I usually pan sear very quickly after SV and have done well with pork T-loin.Though I often do the old school sear and roast because its quicker and I never plan ahead.