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I used to read the Giles Coren column but haven't in a long time. I remember one column of his where his then-girlfriend had given him his walking papers. That column was a review of a restaurant outside of London but if memory serves, it seems to me that 90% of it lamented the break-up. It was one of the saddest columns I have ever read.

@Shelby Are you making another pot of red or are you going to try some white? It will be interesting to see how sweet the wine is after 8 days. Considerably less so, i suspect.

I sent mine back today via UPS in Ogdensburg.

0 I'm not much of a beer drinker but I sure could take a big bite out of that muffin. It looks sooo good!

Looks great except for the sprouts.

Tonight's dinner. That blob you see is a mango salsa which we like to have with fish. Only thing is, I didn't have the jalapeno jelly the recipe called for so I used jalapeno haskapa jam. Worked well. We hadn't had couscous in a long time so scratched that itch as well. The second meal is one we had the other night called beef and broccoli bowl except I used chicken.

Oooh, I can't wait to read the result.

It sure would be an interesting comparison.

We get the Costco chickens every now snd again. We get three meals for two people out of one chicken plus I IP the bones and the dribs and drabs for some pretty nice flavoured stock. Well, I guess it isn't really stock but I use it as such. I think we paid $7.99.

@Anna N Do they ask for feedback at all on those meals? I wonder when we will see them up here. There is a Superstore (Loblaw) a short walk from where I live and I only go there about three times a year, mainly because if I have four things on my list they never have all four so I avoid them. But, I was in there recently and they had completely changed the entrance and produce sections. There is now a huge section of prepared food so it wouldn't surprise me if they were to be one of the first stores around here to offer these kits. If they do, I'll try one and report.

Better, thank you for asking.

I found the temperatures to be erratic. The first time I was trying to deep fry using my cast iron Dutch oven. Temps were off over 50+ degrees. Tried the test using water in stainless steel it was pretty good. Oil in stainless steel not good. Tried cooking something sous vide, I believe it was a piece of fish. The temperatures varied plus 5 degrees swinging to minus 5 degrees throughout the cooking process. Not good for sous vide. The probe sucks. When I was deep frying, it fell off three times, twice into the hot oil. Fortunately, i was standing right there so I could fish it out. Also, it is not long enough. If you want to deep fry something for more than one person, you need a LOT of oil, or the probe won't reach far enough into the oil. Finally, I have never seen a more useless manual in my life. My two reasons for wanting it were to be able to deep fry outside on my balcony and to sous vide some small pieces of food that didn't require a long cooking time. It failed at both. Just thinking about it makes me cranky.

Here is what I think of it: I am in the process of returning it for a refund. The return and the refund have been authorized by TastyTop.

I had that book too but never made anything from it. Finally dropped it off at the thrift shop so a more useful book could take it's place.

Sadly, they are all gone.

Rib steak cooked sous vide at 133F, and the roast potatoes referred to by @Mmmpomps and @Shelby above. I thought I had baking potatoes but didn't so used Yukon Golds. They were yummy.

I think I might try one or two of these recipes in my Breville Smart Oven Air. It has an air fryer function that so far, i have only used for French fries and grilled cheese sandwiches. Thanks!

Spicy Asian noodles with chicken. Didn't feel much like cooking and I had a Costco cooked chicken in the fridge so made this. A bit of cucumber salad on the side.

@Shelby and @Mmmpomps did you use baking potatoes or regular ones?

Wow! That is beautiful looking dough.

You are almost as bad as @Toliver I just sprung for the Simple Thai Food one.

Tune in on the 17th!

Will do. Thank you.

9 Thank you. I bought one yesterday and will try it SV. Ours, however, was "on sale" for $5.99/lb. I'll cook the veggies separately in the jus. They used to be a bit cheaper but I doubt that we'd ever see them for $I.97/lb.

@rotuts I am interested in your SV method for corned beef. How differently does sving the CB affect the texture as compared to cooking it in the more traditional way?