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hmmmmmm looks like the creami is on sale in canada for $170 for the next week or so
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1 hour ago, Anna N said:
Was it not being promoted as something to do with making cocktails?
for sure, mostly because thats one of arnold's major interests, but you can use it for any number of other preps where you might want to isolate things
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i think there must have been some backend configuration issue that they fixed today because magically out of nowhere (despite doing the same things repeatedly) it was finally able to download the new firmware and has since then remained connected to the app.
gave it a brief trial run with some sirloins on 100% steam to medium-rare. microwaved some fingerlings for a few minutes until soft, then put them in to brown while i took the steaks out to the ir burner on the grill.
pretty good overall, though i found the steaks seemed to dry out a little bit on the exposed end (admittedly i left them in for a little bit).
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i think there just may be not much in the way of qa; it seems like a looooot of bugs make it through. at least one redditor found that they’d stopped paying for some cloud api at one point for a while, which meant that nobody could link up their apps
at this point in the lifespan of the product offering the experience should really be a lot tighter imo and it’s kind of a letdown.
they’ve been owned by electrolux for five years now so it’s not like they’ve got no support. but given the quality of electrolux appliances i’ve had maybe i shouldn’t be surprised.
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thanks guys, i appreciate the help. i’m generally pretty tech savvy and i’m confident that the problems stem from the oven and/or bad software versus a network problem on my end. my network infrastructure is pretty solid.
clearly it’s got some love here but it’s a poor experience so far, and i’m not sure i trust it going forward. oh well, we’ll see if support comes up with something.
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On 6/7/2022 at 2:07 PM, jimb0 said:
that's rad, i'm glad you got some cash back!
righteous, man. i also like to experiment with koji, etc., and hadn't considered that the apo might actually be a useful tool for this purpose.
ah! well,
lol i think i already regret this. terribly buggy setup, and now a probable failed forced firmware update. not sure i want to bother getting it fixed versus just returning it.
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5 hours ago, SherryCobySam said:
I am loving my oven. If it ever breaks I am immediately getting another one. It has completely change the way I cook, and I feel no need to have either a toaster or a microwave because this does everything better Albeit slower. I got it on April 30 and ANOVA just refunded me an extra 20% off to take advantage of the sale. These people are amazing. Who has the chamber vacuum and it is it worth it?
that's rad, i'm glad you got some cash back!
2 hours ago, andrewk512 said:I am loving the APO lately - using it a lot for steaming vegetables and making different types of koji.
Vegetables I am doing at 220F and 100% steam, pretty straightforward
Pearl barley I presoaked then steamed at 220F and 100% steam, I added a bit of water and had to mix part way through to ensure even and thorough cooking
Soybeans I presoaked then steamed with a bit of added water - the challenge is in finding out how much water to use without having enough left over
Koji I start at 30C and 100% RH, I cover the koji with a very thin towel then cover the tray with plastic wrap with holes in it, my pan is perforated. Half way through I turn the temp to minimum, remove the plastic wrap (the koji is still covered by a light towel) and I also bump down the humidity if needed. If you stick to standard grain depth then the temp will pretty well regulate itself due to the fan in the oven, this batch was a bit thick and I had to finish it at room temp to keep it cool. I have done rice and soybean koji in a similar fashion.
righteous, man. i also like to experiment with koji, etc., and hadn't considered that the apo might actually be a useful tool for this purpose.
ah! well,
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are we still bullish on the apo? i see they're having a 10% off sale off the ovens, plus an additional 20% off sitewide (and 36% off their basic circulator + 50% off their higher-end circulator)
i'm surprised at how big the discounts are
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On 7/27/2021 at 8:51 PM, scubadoo97 said:
@jimb0 I also home roast with a Gene roaster currently. Started out with the heat gun dog bowl method and moved through different methods including the stir crazy turbo oven method. If you been home roasting long enough you know what I’m referring to. As far as coffee, I buy green beans. Just got 3 different beans from Sweet Maria’s. 5 lbs of each
haha sure do. that's tight, nice going
currently really into a washed mexican from oaxaca. really thinking of whether i can justify a kilo roaster, whether forced air or something like the jake kilo when it comes out. i think i could probably sell enough to justify it but it would be a slog to get there
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if you just want the powder to make the water, it's available here, too:
https://tkbtrading.com/products/carmine-powdered
i will say beet can be pretty hit and miss. i bake with beets periodically and i find that the pigment can be pretty unstable at heat and various pH levels. the surface of products will often remain red, say, while the internals of a cake will be bright yellow.
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i’m sure they would be delicious!! i’d argue that a yeast leavened ball of dough fried in duck fat would be much closer to a touton than an english muffin, all the same.
especially since modern english muffins tend to the denser nook and crannies sort of crumb while toutons are fluffier like a bun.
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3 hours ago, jedovaty said:
I looked these up.. aren't they pretty much english muffins? I know there are various ways to make english muffins (some people use yogurt, I follow a variation of the Model Bakery recipe, etc), but it's pretty much fully proofed dough that is pan fried... ?
perhaps. ime though a touton is generally thicker and is explicitly fried in grease (often rendered salt pork fat, but not always) while english muffins are usually dry-fried
some restaurants will also do deep-fried toutons, like a savoury yeast doughnut (though newfoundlanders find this controversial)
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2 hours ago, weinoo said:
Probably more the soaps and rinse aids than the actual dishwasher.
Oh - let me count the ways in which Americans have been led into parting with their hard-earned dough.
agree, i haven't looked up the chemistry but i'd wager that the increased alkalinity of dishwasher detergent plus extended exposure to pretty high heat does a number on the anodic coatings. then once that was screwed up i bet they tried their darnedest to scour the discoloration
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quick pizza since it was cool enough to bake inside today.
rapid ferment, added a pinch each of molasses and sodium ascorbate to add a little complexity and extensibility that helps with single day ferments
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putting the grill to work for doughnuts
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i grew up with black walnuts and consequently enjoy them quite a bit - but many don’t and they can be difficult to find in quality. as for french toast, imo it’s basically bread pudding for breakfast. which i’m mostly fine with, haha.
for content: we recently acquired a new gas grill and with it being hot as the dickens outside, i’ve been trying some baking in it outside. buttermilk scones with cranberries and pecans. they would have had chocolate but somehow i’ve lost the big rubbermaid tote with all my chocolate stuff in it.
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so asked me if i could do pizza for supper - about two hours ago, and no dough on hand. obviously not going to be the best crust but not the worst, either. i goosed it with some extra yeast and a little molasses to make up for it. baked it on the new grill, which makes this technically my first grilled pizza. all told, not too bad.
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chia works as well in some applications.
i agree that the flour/water mixtures of whatever stripe you wish to name won't work for a cookie, which requires driving more moisture out to get the desired effect. with all due respect to the op, this is something of a fool's errand unless you really get into some of the more novel technical ingredients
the closest to a low-ish calorie chocolate cookie that you can easily make imo are something like the flourless fudge cookies. here's a king arthur version of this recipe:
https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/flourless-fudge-cookies-recipe
if you were to replace the sugar with a combination of non-nutritive or at least low-calorie sugars, it works pretty well. that in and of itself requires some experimentation, though.
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22 hours ago, btbyrd said:
Isn't the problem not with what non-sugar is being used and rather with ice crystal growth? Add some stabilizers. Gelatin, pectin, locust bean gum, carrageenan, guar...
yes, although some specifically tend to be just bad for frozen desserts especially imo
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On 6/1/2021 at 4:42 PM, scott123 said:
I think, because granular erythritol looks so much like sugar, it's easy to fall under the misconception that it provides bulk. It doesn't. The molecular weight for sugar is 342 g/mol, while erythritol is 122. You might be tempted to think that erythritol provides 1/3 the bulk, but, it's way worse than that, since the relationship isn't linear. At room temp, 370g of erythritol is soluble in 1 liter water (1/5th the solubility of sugar). If you were to dissolve 370g sugar in 1 liter of water, it wouldn't be super viscous, but it would clearly not be pure water. 370g of erythritol, on the other hand, would be indistinguishable from pure water. That's how little bulk erythritol is bringing to the table.
Erythritol has only one purpose in desserts- in small enough quantities to keep it from being crystallized (crystallization = no sweetness + offputting endothermic/cooling effect) it's invaluable for bumping up the synergy with other sweeteners and elevating the overall quality of sweetness. Fats, protein and starches all impact erythritol's crystallization, so there aren't any hard and fast rules. Keeping my erythritol in proportion to the polyd has worked pretty well for me. 7 parts polyd to 1 part erythritol, in solution, tends to keep the erythritol from misbehaving.i think you’re using bulk differently than i am, perhaps. industrially erythritol is considered a bulking agent.
as for use in desserts unless i’m explicitly seeking out its crystallization (in some cookies it’s actually interesting as it adds a fudgy texture) i generally restrict its use to something very wet like a pie or warm custard - a lot of pies can use erythritol on 1:1 basis for sugar or even higher to overcome its lower sweetness (though as you say i tend to use it synergistically with some blend of super sweeteners).
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I know the difference between the two, but i'll just say it - while both can cause issues, one is really another level. i refuse to eat jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes) for this reason.
it's too bad that erythritol, for several reasons, fares so poorly in frozen desserts in quantity because i find it the best tolerated in terms of something that is bulking. it's just not that useful in cold stuff or baking anything with a lower water content.
"banned ingredients" in this case, imo, are only a pain insomuch as acquiring them can be expensive, really, we're not talking about anything with health risks. selling is a different story, i guess, but even then, i don't think polydextrose is banned in the EU as a food additive, unless this was done, like, extremely recently:
https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/novel_food/catalogue/search/public/?event=home&seqfce=784&ascii=P#
also, i'd keep an eye out for allulose. it's not banned, either, rather it hasn't yet been allowed. multiple companies are pushing for approval as we speak
too bad that really the sorbet is the issue, here, since it's a lot easier with something like an ice cream full of fat.
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On 5/28/2021 at 1:54 PM, pastrygirl said:
I got the Color EX
"Tempers 12 Kg of chocolate in 8 minutes."
😍 😍 😍 😍 😍
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@scott123 covered everything i'd say, as usual. i like allulose a lot - for other people, i can't eat it, personally - so if you can acquire it, or don't mind finding a source for it, it's a great option. although like with other sweeteners, you'd still need to add a super sweetener like the aforementioned sucralose, say.
depending on what's easy to find for you, you might also consider playing around with polydextrose / poly-D instead of, or in addition to, inulin. but again, that's a personal thing as inulin is difficult for me to eat beyond one or two grams.
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On 5/28/2021 at 9:17 AM, dtremit said:
A *minimum* 2 inch insertion depth is going to rule out a number of applications.
i wonder if that's in part to guarantee safety for the probe internals. you might end up being able to get away with other depths at safer temps like in a sv sitch
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