ElsieD

My next door neighbour came over today to tell me she is getting rid of some kitchen stuff and did I want any of it. I came back with this machine. I have never had a machine like this and can't find any information specific to this model. To tell the truth, I'm not even sure all the parts are there. There is no manual. Can anyone who currently has this machine or maybe had one in the past tell me something about it? Like what the buttons on the right hand front are for and the knob on top of the machine? Meanwhile, I'll keep searching the internet.

@chord That looks amazing.

I do them in the Instant Pot all the time. They're great.

Now, I realize a plate of oatmeal cookies is nothing to get excited about UNLESS you finally find the recipe that takes you back to when you were maybe 12 years old. On Saturday's, I had the job of making cookies. One I used to make was a very crisp, buttery, oatmeal cookie with coconut and sometimes finely chopped nuts. The recipe was in one of those little recipe booklets that came with, I think bags of flour. At any rate, I left home without the recipe and years passed. For the last couple of years I have tried various recipes in an attempt to duplicate this cookie but none came close. Then one day, I was at a thrift store and bought More Food That Really Schmecks by Edna Staebler. In it was a recipe for Super Simple Oatmeal Cookies which looked a lot like the one I used to make. And that's what we have here. The cookie that I remember from my childhood. The only commercial brand of oatmeal cookie that even comes close to this is a brand called Aunt Lizzies. They sell them around here but I don't know if they are sold anywhere else in Canada. Colour me happy.🙃

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.