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Sorry, one last question. You did cook it sous vide, right? I just had a look at your web site. Stunning plates, just gorgeous.

I cooked wild Alaskan salmon sous vide recently at 106 degrees for 30 minutes. My husband is not a fan of fish that tastes "too fishy" if you know what I mean, so the dish taste wise was not a big success, but texture wise it was perfect. I wondered about trying it again with a milder fish and it looks like halibut will fill the bill nicely. That is a lovely plate. How much olive oil did you use?

Norm, thank you very much for the link. Do you use yellow or white corn syrup? And regular white vinegar or some other kind? I will be making these for sure.

Norm, I hear those chicken wings calling my name. Any chance you would be willing to share the recipe?

Starbucks sells instant coffee that I believe consists of real coffee beans. They might have an espresso one that might work.

You have my sympathy. Tough to get angry when they are trying to be helpful - especially when they are so proud of the effort. Last year our younger neighbour decided to do something nice for us and weeded our garden while we were away for the day. We came back to a pristine garden, but devoid of all my herbs that I had so (almost) lovingly tended. This same neighbour the year before decided to do some work on our front yard, and took out our hibiscus tree. This year he once again decided to be helpful and offered to weed the garden. I pointed out my two lonely herb plants, tarragon and sage and asked him to be mindful of them. I am happy to report that the tarragon is still there but the sage has been stripped to a stub. We plan on transferring the stub and tarragon to large pots and put them on our deck. Keep 'em safe from helpful hands and all that.

I'm in Ottawa and I bought a bag of it at a butcher in a small town on the outskirts of the city. Try visiting another butcher who makes his/her own sausages and ask them to sell you some.

Do you happen to remember who and where this is posted? I would be interested to read this.

I bought some once and all I could taste was anchovies. I threw it out.

I did do them for 24 hours at 55C. Unfortunately, I had marinated them in teriyaki sauce for a while beforehand and the steaks were mush. Only after they were cooked did I look at the ingredient list on the jar of sauce and found it contained Asian pear which of course, is what turned the meat to mush. The flavour was good, texture not. Thank you all for responding.

I recently purchased a couple of flat iron steaks. I have never purchased these before but want to cook them sous vide. I have researched the topic on google and it seems people cook it from anywhere to one hour to 72 hours. What have you found to be the best length of time? I will be doing them at 132F. Thank you.

We have a cooler that we bought at the hardware store but the brand name escapes me. It plugs into to the cigarette holder of your car and it also has a different plug that allows you to plug it into a regular electrical outlet. Last weekend my husband had a 6 hour car trip and he took with him some frozen foods including bread. It was still frozen when he got to his destination. Also, if you plug it in the other way, it will (supposedly) keep food hot/warm although we have never used it for this purpose. We keep this cooler in the car so when we visit various markets we can keep our purchases cool. Something like that would probably do the trick. Oh - my husband just said the make is Koolatron.

Ah, thank you. I don't think I have ever seen them in Canada. Sound good, though.

What are Sugar Babies?

PSmith, that's hilarious. I can't stand little kids in restaurants. If they are really young, they get bored cry and or scream which is not my idea of me having a good time. I also don't like how some parents of 4 or 5 year olds let their kids run amok in restaurants. I am, however, sometimes very pleasantly surprised when I see some really well- behaved ones, and there are some. It really comes down to the attitude of the parents.

The pans I have now are made by Lagostina and yes, they are still perfectly flat and do work on my stove. Here is what the Demeyere site says about the Controllnduc line: Controllinduc is a safety system that limits the maximum temperature to 250 C on induction cookers. The pan will heat to 220C but above this temperature the power of the inductors progressively diminishes and stabilizes between 245 - 250 C. Beyond 250 C the material loses it's magnetic properties and demands the induction plate to diminish it's power. Kind of neat, that. Thank you very much for your responses, I appreciate it very much. If anyone else would like to chime in, I would be happy to hear from you.

Surely someone must know something about the Demeyere line that they would be willing to share?

I just purchased an Iwatani torch and have used it to sear steak, on which it does a great job. What other items can I sear with this? Poultry? Fish? Scallops? Pineapple? Any suggestions welcomed.

Last year, we bought an induction range. I have been using the same stainless steel pots and pans that I previously used on my gas stove, but wouldn't mind getting some new ones. Today I was at my favourite kitchen store and saw the Demeyere line. They have a line designed specifically for induction called Controllnduc. Does anyone know anything about this line? Or about the Demeyere line in general? They are fairly pricey, but are they worth it?

That looks amazing. Are the chicken dumplings deep fried?

Peter Reinhart has a video course on the web site Craftsy.com if anyone is interested. He gives over 5 hours of teaching under the following headings: Lean dough, straight dough method, Lean dough, pâté fermented method, Rustic bread, pain a l'Ancienne method, Sandwich bread and soft dinner rolls, Marble rye bread, and, Chocolate babka I have watched all of the segments and really enjoyed them. I have several of his books but it sure was nice to see the breads demonstrated. The course is $40 and you are able to ask Peter questions. I have had several questions and they have been answered within a few hours. Whether Peter himself answers them or not I don't know but the answers do come under his name.

http://www.fornobravo.com/pizzaquest/instructionals/59-written-recipes/402-sriracha-seasoned-salt.html Maybe you could make your own? I just made some of this for my husband and he says it is excellent.

I do mine for 45 hours at 55.6 followed by a quick sear and they are perfect.

keychris, I am in awe. Those are beautiful.

So I'm bumping up this topic as I have a question about toasters. I went through the whole topic again and it seems that Breville is preferred by a long shot to the Dualit. We were out again today looking at toasters and the store had a Waring 4 slice toaster on sale for $50 less than the 4 slice Breville. Does anyone have an opinion on the Waring? Thank you.