JoNorvelleWalker

Progress. I now have figured out how to display the camera viewfinder on my iPad Pro. I don't have problem with camera shake, however last night's hand held dinner was out of focus. It is easy enough to focus with the lens wide open, but once the lens is stopped down for depth of field it is almost impossible to refocus accurately. This calls for a tripod obviously, and I will give the tripod another shot. I've ordered some extension tubes and the extension tubes may help.

Scheduled shad delivery date is the 16th. We'll see if this time, unlike last year, Citarella actually delivers. @Katie Meadow I'm sure you know Citarella ships shad next day over almost all the country. For a price.

I don't often prepare batters, but for my last batter I used the Blendtec frothing jar (the jar with a metal disc instead of the typical Blendtec blades), on the Blendtec batter setting. No problem with emptying the jar or with cleanup. I would expect the Vitamix experience to be similar. Most recently I used my stick blender for a spinach souffle. The stick blender worked fine, but the next time I made the souffle I just used a whisk -- much easier and far less mess. I'm sure by now I must sound like a broken record, but for anyone contemplating a stick blender, consider an homogenizer. Price is high but the technology is game changing.

I suspect a lid supply problem. I've noticed other foodstuffs now coming with plain lids.

These are boneless fillets. You should give shad a try before the season ends.

If it helps, Modernist Pantry has a new video up about making gummies.

Pity the poor kids hooked on Momofuku ranch.

Faced with few options I decided to give Citarella another try. They have flat rate $25 shipping to my address. I ordered shad and little neck clams. Lord being willing I shall eat well.

I read in The Economist that cows are being fed vegetable oil to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Methane in particular. I guess no one considered the effect on butter.

Another APO duck leg. You know what they look like. So good. Served with beans. More beans. For posterity, tonight's settings were fourth shelf, 250C, rear and top elements, 40 percent steam. Cooking time 14 minutes. Lots of lovely duck fat. I preferred the moderate steam to last time's no steam, as good as last time's roast duck was.

Since the PHMB is induction heated I doubt removing the bowl will help the chocolate cool faster.

I have not the slightest idea what this is but it sounds good.

My advice is not to stir with the mixer at all. Just use the PHMB standalone.

If that is correct, I like Kikkoman Marudaizu.

I don't see it?

I am not familiar with the product (nor could I find an exact match to the name on amazon US), however one possibly similar soy sauce I have is Yamaroku Shoyu B0036TFXY0.

Blast chillers are nice in the living room.

Thanks. Local 130 is not all that far from here and apparently they deliver. No mention of shad on their site that I could find. Might be worth a phone call.

Reprise of @Katie Meadow’s faux spinach souffle. Much more to my taste. Served with grilled lamb. No leftovers.

@Franci the tuna is beautiful. May I ask how you cook your tuna, and how much you cook it? When I grill tuna it is usually more rare than I enjoy, or else unappetizing and dried out. Sometimes both.

Well, yes, but sometimes circumstances dictate lighting that's behind you. The picture is 1800 grams of chocolate sitting in something that's an egg mold, sitting in something that is a large roasting pan.

And the method is?

Anova is selling their Precision Oven in Australia. The APO is a steam oven that will accommodate a typical baguette pan. Sort of a CSO on steroids.

While answering a chocolate question earlier this afternoon I revisited this image: It illustrates one of the shortcomings of iPad food photography.

Yes, took three days to set up, but is fast and works great. My desktop, however, is Windows. And I am not using the Sony software. Nonetheless I'm pretty sure you could do the same with Apple. What I did was install the Windows FTP server. The FTP server is a component of Windows but is not installed by default. I set up a user account for the camera and created a directory for the camera to upload pictures to. On the camera I entered the IP address of the server (in other words the IP address of my desktop), the user name, and password. (The camera was already set up on the WiFi network.) Now to up load pictures I press the display button on the camera, then the Fn button (which in display mode is the image upload button). The camera takes a moment to connect to WiFi, then I select my images to transfer. When the ones I want are selected I press the menu button to begin the transfer. When the transfer is complete the camera asks if I want to up load more images. If not, the process is finished and the pictures are in the directory I specified. Edit: I forgot to mention, I also set up an FTP server on my iPad. That works too. The camera supports connections to three different FTP servers. Sony has promised new firmware to increase the FTP server count to nine. Now if I could only up load pictures to my Roomba...