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My word, but there is some beautiful work being done. Thank you all for posting.

Ahhhhhh... strawberries. As I look out all I see is snow covered ground. We are a long ways away. I too eat them daily once they arrive, until the local ones are done. I don't bother with the imported ones as it seems to me they are grown for size, not flavour.

I said much the same thing earlier in this thread. If he didn't see my comment perhaps he will see yours. Without a basic description the pictures, while nice to look at, don't really mean much.

I know you have other equipment for this but are you going to try to temper chocolate using the Control Freak?

Although, it does help to have a Control Freak. How long have you had it and how do you like it?

@Kerry Beal A woman who sure knows how to improvise!

I agree. I don't use social media either, or at least not much, but I too use websites.

@mm84321 That meal looks lovely, but is there a chance that for future meals, you might give a brief description of them?

Toasted bacon bread?

For those of us who don't know, what is PMCA?

I'll eat them in whatever shape I can get them. They look yummy.

I had heard about this too which is why I totally ignore Yelp.

Yup, I do that too. I especially look at the negative ones because "they didn't have my brand of beer on tap" is no excuse for downgrading a restaurant. "My food arrived cold, under seasoned and no one cared" is a different story.

I too think that generally it is the best. But, even restaurants that have been highly rated can let you down as happened to us last year in Newfoundland. A restaurant rated 4 .5 starts gave us the worst meal of our trip.

Would you compare the taste of the steak to that of one cooked on a gas grill?

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Someone in a store called me dear once. I snapped back "I'm not your dear". The poor young lady fell all over herself apologizing. I felt terrible and wished I hadn't said anything as it was clear she didn't mean to offend me. But, she probably never called another older person that again and I have never taken exception to being called that again. We both learned something that day.

Yes, it was stiffer than what I am used to. I guessed at the 50% hydration as i am not sure how much water I actually used.

I copied it to the Food Funnies thread.

https://anovaculinary.com/anova-sous-vide-cologne/ The link to the video in case anyone is interested.

This just arrived in my mailbox: I could only post it in two sections, sorry.

@Katie Meadow We should get together. Based on your post, we'd have a grand time!

That is a great article. I do not want to sit at a communal table, I want to sit in a comfortable chair, I want enough light to be able to read the menu and I want it to be able to have a conversation without shouting or having to wear a hearing aid (which I do not need as yet). As a "mature" person I also appreciate smaller portions.

Hello from Canada and welcome to the forum.

@Franci Did you use all-purpose or bread flour? And thank you for this.