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  1. jorach
    Glad someone finally said it, though the more I think about it I doubt we'll see a "beef tenderloin" made out of ex-tartare I wonder when we'll see "beef tenderloin" made out of two tails aligned and glued.
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    I replaced all of the knobs immediately after purchase. Kinda sad given Le Creuset's price.
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    Trying to make a list so you can steal the copy closest to you. Clever.
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    I think the most dramatic thing I've served out of the sous vizzler is short ribs. 72 hours at 55Cish should do the trick, then pull them out and sear them in a hot pan to give them a nice crust.
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    I'd use them if they were for things I was planning to buy anyways but they're normally for highly processed stuff that I don't bother with.
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    I got mine last Wednesday.
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    I have the plastic Kuhn Rikon and it works great, no issues. I balked at the $40 price tag on the Epicurean as well.
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    There are three chemicals in the recipe that I had never heard of before reading the recipe. Unless you already know how to make it you probably don't have the ingredients. Not to be a jerk, I ran across the recipe and thought of your post last night.
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    I don't think Amazon will give me a discount and I don't want to ship the entire book back to them and be without it for months while they get more. Basically I got boned but there's no way to "fix" it without being even worse off so I'll deal. Like I said I'm sure I'll crease a page or something eventually. It's a book not a museum piece.
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    Well, especially given the packaging.
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    Books showed up, one of the volumes had the corners folded under themselves but I guess I can live with it. I keep telling myself I'll crease a few pages eventually.
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    Check your tracking number; Amazon said mine would be delivered the 8th. I got the shipping email and plugged the tracking number into Fedex. It's coming tomorrow by noon.
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    No email from Amazon but my account says "Shipping Soon" estimated delivery 4/8. I ordered on February 17th with two day shipping via Prime. WOOHOO.
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    I'm guessing the people waiting in line for Applebee's and the Cheesecake Factory are there for the same reason I am: they're with their parents who don't care about food and arguing is only going to make the wait worse. Only two more hours until we can eat at the Texas Roadhouse. Send help.
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    Did Amazon email you guys to say it was getting bumped up or did it just happen?
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    I ordered Feb 17, if Amazon's delivery estimate of 4/18 is right that feels like we're on schedule. People who ordered two weeks before us are getting their books two weeks earlier.
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    Maybe not exactly what you're looking for but "Wine and War" is a book about what the French did with their wine during German occupation. Interesting stuff.
  18. jorach
    If quinoa is such a valuable crop why don't more Bolivians grow more of it?
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    Is that bar? 15bar is a lot.
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    Weird. I find tomato sauce to be one of the easiest things to make. I make a big batch and freeze it in plastic bags in smaller servings.
  21. jorach
    I think intuitively you all understand that you won't get 100% vacuum; even something like a $5000 machine can't completely evacuate every air molecule from a space. The semiconductor industry uses enormous (and expensive) vacuum pumps to remove air from the inside of their machines. It can take days to get down to an acceptable level of vacuum. There's some interesting science in there: eventually there's so little air that a pressure difference across the pump is ineffective, you essentially need to wait for the remaining molecules to randomly bounce their way into the pump and get shot out the other side.
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    That stinks, when did you order?
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    Aaron, you ordered yours 5 or 6 months after I ordered mine and you are getting yours 2 months before me. You should be thankful. They are not being shipped in order. He probably isn't getting his before you; he just hasn't gotten the delay email yet.
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    I ordered February 17th and Amazon says I'll get the book on April 18th (two day Prime shipping).
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    I'd guess a lot of people got interested in the science of food through Alton Brown's TV show, and though it's easy to dismiss it as "basic" or "elementary" remember that to make a TV show you need a broader audience than "fifty guys who talk about the temperature specific proteins denature at". It's disappointing to hear he's not a fan of this book, I'm betting a lot of Alton fans are looking forward to Mr. Myhrvold's tome.
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