KennethT

@Shelby Fake potato salad? Is that like fake plastic trees? <music reference/>

That is correct.

My parents grew blackberries, raspberries and blueberries - most years the birds and other fauna got the fruit long before we considered picking...

I think we've talked about this before, but if you can't find candlenuts (kemiri in Malay/Indonesian) in your local Asian store, you can find it on Amazon - but it's ridiculously expensive... if you'd like, I can get some locally (really cheap) and mail it to you. To me, macadamias are very different and in a dish which uses a lot of candlenuts, I think would be noticeable.

Interesting - in my initial burn-in / cleaning, it seems as though the steam function works slightly different from the 300N1. The water does not leave the reservoir via gravity - it seems like it's pumped. When you turn on the steam function, you hear a slight sound of a motor turn on and pulse. Also, the water reservoir has an air inlet at the bottom of the tank with a tube that extends near the top of the tank - no more glug glug glug....

Give it a couple weeks...

Also, some people had questions about warranty - I've read through the warranty thoroughly (it's only 1 page) and it does not say anything about not using in Canada. It only references using on 120V only, and that using with a "converter" would void the warranty. If there is a defect within the 3 year warranty period, I would need to return it to an address in Canada and include $10 (I assume CAD, not USD) for return postage... ha! I am very curious as to what they would say if I had a defect here in the US. There is absolutely no mention in the warranty about only using in Canada, NOT using anywhere other than Canada, or that the warranty does not apply when used anywhere other than Canada. Hopefully, I'll never have to find out.

For those following along with my ISO thread, my CSO-500C arrived today... Some photos for comparison with my almost defunct 300N1: Side by side. L-R on both units is practically the same, as you'll see in the photos below - the same rack (the original one from the 300N1) fits in the 500C, and is actually slightly looser. Front to back, the 500C is maybe 3/4-1 inch deeper and is seems a bit taller as well. The old 300N1 - note how far to the front the rack extends... The 500C - the rack is quite a bit further back from the front edge. One other thing I've noticed, after just plugging it in and running the oven to burn off any film remnants, when you open the door, the oven light turns on automatically.

Just to follow up on this... thanks to the kindness and efforts of a few wonderful Canadians, I am now a proud owner of a CSO-500C!!!! It arrived only 2 days after pickup, so I'm very happy. Currently cleaning it and getting it ready for its first use.... Thank you everyone who has contributed thoughts, research, purchase and shipping! This community is what makes eGullet great, even on top of all of the combined accumulated knowledge stored here.

Years ago, when I used to do "fancy cooking" I did a take on a dish we had at Atelier Robuchon - it was a cabbage roll (using savoy cabbage) stuffed with sous vide squab breast and foie gras. While I mostly focus on SE Asian stuff now, sometimes I think back to those days rather fondly...

According to Politico: A White House official, granted anonymity to discuss the negotiations, said the administration plans to impose the tariff only on goods that do not comply with the 2020 USMCA, though the ultimate details will be up to Trump to decide. Fingers crossed...

@liuzhou what about those tree stump cutting boards I've seen? I don't know what type of tree those cross sections are made from.

Hopefully it will arrive to her on Wednesday and I will have UPS pick it up the same or following day... Cutting it close! Hopefully the low value exemption will stay in effect.

The interior cavity (X-Y) seems pretty much the same dimensions as the 300N1, but the height (Z) seems a little taller.

A quick hop from Sumatra (yesterday's lunch) to Singapore - Peranakan style chicken curry made with homemade curry powder, and curry leaves and lime leaves from the garden.

Like @rotuts, I look forward to your trips as well, so thanks for bringing us along again! I'm happy to see that your weather or air quality wasn't affected by the Sahara dust as I've been reading that it's affecting some other parts of the Caribbean right now.

Is fried mantou a thing there? I've seen that in Singapore...

I've seen this in a few places in Indonesia also - but always in places that are serving foreigners, almost exclusively - like dive resorts whose clientele is mainly European or Australian (and the odd American or two). Otherwise there's nothing resembling bread at all. Unless, of course, you're in a cafe or higher class hotel in Jakarta, in which case all bets are off. It could be just like a French boulangerie in those places!

The Whippet looks like a Mallowmar... I used to love those as a kid.... but not in pink! https://www.snackworks.com/brands/mallomars/

I hate to trouble you to do that. I checked using my UPS portal (through work) and all they asked was where it was being shipped from - they didn't care where it was originally manufactured. According to my UPS portal, they said that at a value of $300, it was considered "duty type: 09, low value" and had no duty applied.

The tariff rules have been changing by the week here lately. A month ago, China had over a 100% duty, now it's like 30%. As far as I know, the tariff has been converted since it was already imported into Canada. So the origin is now Canada - it shouldn't matter where it was originally made - it is being shipped from Canada to the US. When I used my UPS portal, they just wanted to know where it was shipping from to calculate duty, they didn't ask where it was actually made. And my UPS portal told me that (when using a cost of $300) that there was no duty as it had too low of a value. The only time it matters where it was made is if it isn't actually being imported into Canada yet - if it's being shipped to the US via Canada, but doesn't stop and go through customs in Canada and actually enter Canada. But if it's being purchased in a Canadian store, then it has been converted, so the country of origin would be Canada, as far as I know.

Holy cow!!! That netParcel gets a much better discount than I can get! Are those prices (not including #1 which is drop-off only) including pickup from you?

Yes, shipping from Canada is expensive. Shipping from Vancouver to me in NY would be about US$250 - using dimensions of 25x21x20 and 30 pounds. Because of the size, UPS used the dimensional weight rather than the um, weight weight.

Thank you so much. I can check the shipping costs either once I get to work on Monday morning or if I figure out how to do it from home this evening. I will keep you posted. As for if I had a choice, I would take the new 500C. I'll get back to you soon!

Just a final update, the seller already wrote back to me and told me to initiate a refund request through Ebay and they will completely refund the purchase including the shipping cost, and that I should just dispose of the oven or try to find someone to fix it - they don't want me to bother returning it to them since it doesn't work anyway. So I'm very happy with this Ebay seller and would certainly buy from them again. So, on to the topic.... sigh.... unless an enterprising Canadian would consider shipping a CSO 500 to me here in NY... hehe... I can pay by Zelle or wire transfer and can throw in a bit extra for the trouble, and I have a UPS account to ship with - I can send a call tag so UPS can pick up from them....