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Part of my problem was likely the size of my pot. It is a 12 litre pot but needs to be fairly tall for me to be able to secure my circular to it. Maybe next time i'll try a shorter pot like a Dutch oven and not secure it and see what happens. I'm glad you were able to enjoy yours. I remember one year my dad grew it in one of the farm equipment barns. It had a dirt floor and he just put more dirt on it and planted away. Once it started growing, he would cover them up and keep doing it until they were ready to eat.

I did this last night. I put hot water in my pot and waited for the temperature to go to 95 celcius. And waited. And waited some more. The water was evaporating at a rapid pace while it was heating so I boiled a kettle of water and added that. Finally it got to 95 degrees and in went the packet. I had largish endives, vacuumed packed (foodsaver) and the bag had a bit of butter, salt and sugar. The packet floated. I repackaged it. It still floated so I said the h--l with it and left it. We had dinner and I promptly forgot about it. By the time I rescued it it had been in the hot water bath for 2 hours, not one as called for. I chilled it and it is still in the fridge. I'm not sure when we are actually going to eat it. My suggestion, Anna, for what it's worth, is to pre-heat the pot on the stove. You will save a lot of time. However, if your place is suffering from dry air, heating your water using the sous vide equipment may be the way to go, long as you're not in a hurry.

I love the murals. Puts the sterile atmosphere in my grocery stores to shame.

Me too.

I have one piece of the blue cornflower. It ti is square and is a 1 litre size. I use it a lot.

I have one of these and use it all the time for precisely the tasks you mention. Works like a charm.

Has anyone other than Norm cooked anything from the magazine? My niece made the caramelized oranges and said it was nothing special. That was one of three recipes I had earmarked. The other two are the carrot salad and because I am probably the world's worst pastry cook, I may try the pie crust. Hope springs eternal and all that. Those were the only recipes that held any appeal for me.

@lindagThe link did not work and I have never heard of such a thing and I'm curious.........

@Anna N Interesting. Well, I could never be like that woman who returned the blueberries, but I sure was disappointed in that tube of unami paste, mainly because I had such high hopes for something that turned out to not be to my liking. I do try their new stuff so will keep in mind the return idea for something I truly don't like.

It never occurred to me. I have never thought to take sonething back because I didn't like something but I have taken stuff back if there was something wrong with it. Boxes of smashed crackers come to mind. We now have a Farm Boy a 5 minute walk from where I live which is aiming to be the "Trader Joe's of the North". (Quotation marks mine and slogan dreamt up by me.) They have a plethora of house branded items and more all the time, and of very good quality. I am going to test their return policy. I was making lunch today and pulled a Farm Boy jar of Pickled Hot and Sweet Peppers out of the pantry only to discover that it wasn't sealed. We'll see how that retùrn goes.

I bought a tube of that when it first came out. I thought it was dreadful, and threw it out.

We saved up. C'mon over.

Another Canadian sipping wine watching the election results.

Smithy, looking forward to the trip!

That would be $39.93 Canadian at current exchange rates. No thanks. I looked at my niece's copy (initial copy not available to Canadians) and I did not see much that appealed to me other than the caramelized oranges. But then, unlike a lot of people I don't have much if any, interest in the science behind food, which I thought this magazine had a lot of.

@rarerollingobject You do absolutely amazing work. I am in awe. I took a couple of cake decorating classes and I still can't make the Wilton rose.

It looks delicious but, but, where's the skin?

I like my Norpro ceramic butter keeper.

That makes three of us. I had success once, and that was that. It refuses to co-operate. I stick to yeast.

I like Jack Bishop. Does he have a vested interest in ATK?

I have a serrated one of these made by Messermeister which I love. I have another with a straight blade made by Oxo which I love not so much. I suspect either of these are readily available in the States.

Couple of pints of Scotch Bonnet hot sauce. Used my ThermoMix on the balcony to keep the fumes out of the house.

The recall I was referring to was for Mr. Christie, not Oreos. I should have been clearer.

It is interesting that there has been a recall notice in Canada. I'm a news junkie and haven't read a thing about this, so thank you.

We are grateful for small mercies.