HowardLi

It's naht a tumah-ric! *rimshot*

No, it's probably going to be quite funky.

I'm not disagreeing with you. But, to clarify my earlier statement, I was merely pointing out that steel cannot cut diamond, and is only used to cleave it.

If you're talking about how much ice gets melted, yes. But that doesn't depend on the shape or surface area of the ice, only the temperature differential.

If you're handy with electronics, you can easily build a decent rig for yourself utilizing a hot plate for less than $150, I should think. You can even put in a regular outlet so you can use a submersible heater. Try here for an idea?

Is this just for presentation? Otherwise, there's no benefit to spherical ice.

Diamonds are cleaved, not cut, with steel implements. I would have to say that it's impossible to wear a diamond with pure water unless the force of the jet impingement is strong enough to subject the material to plastic, not elastic, deformation. If the plastic beads are glass-reinforced, sure. Otherwise, I don't see how the effect could be significant (though high impact energies may cause surface fatigue to set in).

This is a valid point. You never know when another metal might be touching the knife, even in a "safe" area. The high heat increases reaction speeds too.

Perhaps, but you'd have to have really hot water and be quite wasteful with it in order to even come close, economically-speaking.

Made CI's Rustic Italian Bread last week. It was excellent. Crumb was consistently bubbled and the flavour was up there with some of the best breads I've had for that style.

I have a pair of Zetex heat-resistant gloves, like these: https://www.conney.com/Product_-Zetex-Heat-Gloves_50001_10102_-1_55044_11309_11294_11294 They work great, but they're not for everyone.

I did this this year (as I have in the past) and had an odd occurance. I have a probe thermometer with the cable that plugs into a unit. This unit will display the temp, but also transmit the temp via radio to another unit I can put in front of me while I, say, watch a football game on TV. That last bit is unrelated, but I think it's kind of cool. Anyway, I inserted the probe and while the roast was sitting on the counter, the temp eventually read 38F. Totally expected as it was just out of the fridge. I put the roast into a 500 degree oven and immediately turned the temp down to 200. Within a few minutes, the temp read 56 degrees. No way. The tip of the probe was as close to the center of the (admittedly smallish) 4.5lb roast as I could get. I reasoned that the 500 degree temp was conducting heat down the probe and figured that it would eventually resolve itself with the lower roasting temp. I used a second manual probe thermometer periodically to do sanity checks. Initially, the temp was off by 17 degrees and by the end it had gone down to 10-12 degrees off. This was a thermometer I had used without issue before. And it seemed to start out reasonably this time, but quickly got out of whack. The lesson to learn here is that the probe should penetrate as much meat as possible before hitting center; if it's a steak it should go in the side rather than from the top or at an angle. You can't do this with a roast because you'll see the hole in multiple slices, but I suppose you just need to start buying thicker roasts...

Never understood the SS thing. I don't think it works, myself.

You could've just cooked a single roast to the lower doneness and thrown some pieces into the microwave to get them more done.

Is it not illegal to sell it in most states? If you were concerned about safety you could probably SV it at 145F for 30 minutes. Not as safe as UHT, but better than completely raw.

Thanks.

It's not very interesting. I simply have a dish I want to make ahead and it's got bacon pieces in it. I want to preserve the crisp/crunch of the pieces, that's all.

I am afraid I have never refrigerated home-cooked bacon before. So, what's the lowdown?

How long can I store it in the fridge unwrapped so as to dry the exterior? Does it depend on how long the wet aging was?

Steaks from a spiral sliced ham?

What knives were these?

All I saw was that meat doesn't accept dye molecules very well.

Compressive strength is closely related to hardness. There are many kinds of bamboo. Young bamboo and mature bamboo are different. dcarch For steels, hardness is approximately proportional to tensile strength. This is the first time I've heard it compared to compressive.

Tensile strength is pretty closely related to hardness, actually. The idea that bamboo is harder than steel (even mild steel) does seem quite odd to me, actually. Bamboo is not a homogenous material - perhaps there's long strands with high tensile strength surrounded by some other structure? Anyway I happen to have a bamboo cutting board in the kitchen and a portable Rockwell C hardness tester at work. I could do a test and post results if anyone cares. I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to be looking at. http://www.gordonengland.co.uk/hardness/hardness_conversion_1c.htm This page shows only a limited range of UTS so I assume it is for ferrous alloys only?

Tensile strength isn't the same as hardness, or abrasiveness.