JoNorvelleWalker

Well I took the plunge. Not without some problems. The primenow website seemed OK but I wanted to try the iPad app. Search as I might I could not find it. I called customer service and was told to search as I had been searching: "amazon prime now app" (in almost every permutation). What finally worked was searching the iOS app store for "amzn mobile llc". In hopes this information may assist some other poor desperate, hungry soul. However the app is designed for a phone sized screen so I went back to using the primenow website. Then I spent several happy hours meal planning and shopping! All was well until I went to check out. The checkout process froze. After repeating this several times I called customer service. The representative suggested I check out with the app. Once I got the app configured and myself signed in I was able to check out easily. I was relieved and delighted that my shopping cart from the PC appeared in the app. Within about 15 minutes I got a notification that someone was working on my order. Another 15-20 minutes and I learned my order had been filled. But it's been over an hour since then and the order is still sitting in the store. At least I've had no further notifications from Whole Foods. The order includes two containers of ice cream. I shall be most interested to see how they arrive. Ice cream, I figure, is pretty much the acid test. I am still troubled by the idea of tips on amazon. The suggested tip for my order was $9.00. I chose not to include a tip. If my ice cream actually makes it here still frozen I may be inclined to change my mind. Not related to Whole Foods as such, but on the subject of amazon and groceries -- yesterday I purchased a bottle of Dawn dish detergent from the shelf of my local Shoprite. When I next logged on to amazon they were recommending Dawn to me. Pretty scary. I fear most of us have drunk the Kool-Aid.

My bean club order arrived today -- with the bag of midnight black beans pre-opened. What a mess. Managed to scoop up most of them. I hope Roomba can find the rest. RG packaging leaves a bit to be desired. I've managed to spill bags myself before but this is the first time I've been saved the trouble. I called customer service but no one picked up the phone. No one has called back. Edit: RG customer service called back and they are sending a replacement for the midnight black.

Sadly I seared the eye longer than optimum. I think I'll stick to 55.0 which has worked well in the past. Tonight I plan to cook the deckle but still undecided on the temperature. There is a thread about cooking deckle but that was before sous vide ...at least before sous vide for me: https://forums.egullet.org/topic/84171-deckle-a-long-overlooked-cut-of-beef/

I am about to go stir fry some baby bok choy. My mind has been sautéed.

@iggiggiggy what type of oven that you can get to 645?

I got the email but so far no shipping details for me. (Hope, hope it's not in sequence of last name.)

So far the TeamFar pans have worked well for me. None have twisted yet in my experience. My favorite is their lasagna pan. (Which admittedly seems a little heavier duty steel than their sheet pans.)

I have to ask, what are the baking details?

Thank you. I didn't want to prejudice the answer by saying I usually anova my ribeye at 55C. Kenji has suggested that well marbled prime might be cooked a little higher. Tonight's ribeye (minus of course the deckle) is about to come out of the bath at 55.5. Intuition told me the deckle muscle might go higher still. I could be wrong. No rush, still time for many more opinions.

The local Shoprite is now selling Angus Prime brand beef, beef that is labeled USDA Prime. I took home a nice looking ribeye. Since I don't typically consume a whole steak in one sitting I dissected off the deckle. Both portions are now bagged. My question: what temperature is optimum for deckle?

I've been a fan of TeamFar pans for the CSO. Last night I got a couple of 12.5 inch by 10 inch TeamFar pans, not intended for the CSO: http://amzn.com/B072MPSLWG However I found that they fit the CSO lengthwise if the lip of the pan is touching the back wall. Would it be a bad thing to use a pan this size touching the back wall? There is plenty of clearance on the sides.

Officious adjective: "assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially with regard to petty or trivial matters." --- Google As of this afternoon, no hint of construction activity yet however.

In this case the delivery folks are contractors, not amazon employees.

Tonight I spent the slow time at work browsing that which Whole Foods has to offer: three or four commercial brands of ice cream I would love to taste. The aforementioned fresh duck. Cream, real cream. But it is hard to envision preparing ice cream when your Precise Heat Mixing Bowl is somehow full of chocolate. One catch is that amazon Now expects (but does not require) a tip for the delivery person -- unlike other amazon services where the delivery charge is folded in. Why amazon can you not just pay your contractors what their time is worth?? After a bit of googling I learned that amazon Now has only been offered in this area for the past six days. So far it is only for purchases from Whole Foods.

Four legs good, two legs better.

You don't have a Control Freak?

Here also this brassica is sold as Bok Choy, as differentiated from aforementioned Baby Bok Choy. Thanks @liuzhou for the topic. I am minded of an article I read not long ago about purchasing fruits and vegetables in Italy where the produce names are typically in dialect. As one vendor explained: "We point a lot."

Thanks for saving me the trouble of trying to link. After reading the article this afternoon I have even less sympathy for Bloomfield. And I am more content to cook and eat at home.

Amazon informs me I own The New Persian Kitchen. I read the reviews and passed on Cocopologie. But thanks @Toliver for the work you put into this.

The beef in question is Angus brand prime. It looks nice, haven't cooked it yet.

I may be reading this wrong...have to pinch myself. Let me back up a bit: For a while amazon offered me amazon Fresh. Granted, I had to pay extra over and above the cost of Prime and order two days in advance, but I could get nice foodstuffs delivered to my door. But then last fall they took it all away. I was more than a little sad. The local Shoprite is getting better. Just this week they reintroduced USDA prime beef, of which this afternoon I purchased a small exemplar. But the gravel trail to Shoprite is through the wetlands, passible on a good dry week at best. Then a couple days ago there appeared a large orange, officious looking sign: "On or about 10/17/18 Construction to Begin. Plan Alternate Route." A highway sign on a gravel foot trail. Seriously. Alternate Route. Nice, if that's an option. Where was I? Oh, yes. Tonight amazon is offering me the first fruits of Whole Foods, delivered to my doorstep in one hour. I can't get to Shoprite and back in one hour. As I understand this service is included in my Prime membership. I had been craving duck. Four hundred and fifty some poultry products to choose from. Shoprite often has frozen duck. Whole Foods offers fresh duck. And I understand from @chefmd they have great Kool-Aid.

Barbecue spareribs a la Kenji. OK, sous vide barbecue spareribs a la Kenji. Rancho Gordo pinquitos, recipe from Nopalito: A Mexican Kitchen. Both excellent. Finest meal I have had since, oh Chicken with Fennel, Preserved Lemon, and Olives two nights ago. Really excellent, both beans and ribs. Served with coleslaw and some of the last of my Ramapo tomatoes, not shown.

Do you cook them from frozen or thaw first? I'm assuming you cook frozen. How and for how long? (Good to see you're alive by the way.)

Chicken with Fennel, Preserved Lemon, and Olives, a la @Wolfert. For real this time.

After a cold, wet tropically torrential autumn afternoon I needed air conditioning and comfort food: Mashed potatoes a la Kenji, informed as always by Herve This. Copious cranberry sauce and methode rotuts not shown. I did make it out to harvest a few waterlogged tomatoes.