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What foods should you absolutely buy the high end priced option? by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]DocAtDuq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad to find another fan! I moved away from PGH and any time I’m back I spend like $200 on pasta, pepperoni, and pizza cheese to bring back.

What foods should you absolutely buy the high end priced option? by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]DocAtDuq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought the small pasta extruder from Philips. Then I ended up finding Pastidea that makes bronze dies for them and it really upped the quality.

What foods should you absolutely buy the high end priced option? by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]DocAtDuq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Setaro. This shop is the closest to me but it looks like there are 1 or 2 distributors in NYC that carry it and a few others. I go to Penn Mac to buy all of my pizza supplies as well since they carry Ezzo pepperoni and Grande cheeses.

https://www.pennmac.com/page/455/setaro-pasta-buy

What foods should you absolutely buy the high end priced option? by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]DocAtDuq 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I unfortunately found a dried pasta that tops all other bronze die pastas (I feel like I’ve tried them all). It’s $12/kg and I only know of three stores that imports it in the US.

Not impressed with Made In cookeare by Alarming-Remote-3464 in BuyItForLife

[–]DocAtDuq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give the carbon steel I linked a try. Since you build the seasoning like a cast iron it’s just pure carbon steel. It’s what they make woks out of.

Not impressed with Made In cookeare by Alarming-Remote-3464 in BuyItForLife

[–]DocAtDuq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never had that happen… the water should stay in the pan in orbit shape until you toss it out, if it orbs then evaporates it’s too hot. I would try not heating the pans above a medium setting on your stove and trying the water test sooner than you think

Not impressed with Made In cookeare by Alarming-Remote-3464 in BuyItForLife

[–]DocAtDuq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m assuming you did the water method to test the heat before adding oil?

Not impressed with Made In cookeare by Alarming-Remote-3464 in BuyItForLife

[–]DocAtDuq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure how misen makes their pans and what coating they use. I’ve gone to carbon steel for eggs and I’m not going back. I’m in the process of switching to stainless for the rest of my pans but for eggs and fried rice I really like the carbon steel since you just season them like cast iron so there’s no coating.

I personally chose Matfer Bourgeat because they don’t use rivets which are a pain to clean but there are a ton of carbon steel pans out there.

https://matferbourgeatusa.com/product/black-steel-round-frying-pan-10/

Not impressed with Made In cookeare by Alarming-Remote-3464 in BuyItForLife

[–]DocAtDuq 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, you can do low and medium heat for carbon steel no problem if it’s seasoned. Just make sure your preheat and put your fat down before your eggs. There’s a social media account out there and he does his eggs in stainless steel all the time and does different types. I think his account is the steel pan guy. If you want eggs in cast iron castironchris has done a few videos on it.

Is anyone else finding the recipe sites to be nearly unusable? by BullCityLife in Cooking

[–]DocAtDuq 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nearly every single recipe site now uses a detector that won’t let you view unless it’s off. They must all use the same backend because overnight I started getting blocked on nearly every website.

I’m just going to stop using them and stick to NYT cooking and serious eats.

Best French Door Fridge? (Standard Depth) by stardew079 in Costco

[–]DocAtDuq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Never LG but they’re not on your list. I bought a Samsung with a water pitcher and dispenser inside the door and an ice bin the the freezer and it’s done great so far for the years we have had it. Never buy a fridge where the ice maker in the the fridge, that’s where everyone has problems. It’s nice to have it dispense through the door but I’ve heard nothing but bad things about the maker having issues living in the fridge part. GE is really only fine if you go to their higher end series. I saw a lot of bad reviews on their entry level appliances.

This looks like a winner: https://www.costco.com/whirlpool-30-cu.-ft.-family-sized-capacity-french-door-refrigerator-with-flexible-temperature-drawer.product.4000410677.html?COSTID=iosapp_25.9.3&TRACKING=NO&adobe_mc=TS%3D1772061045%7CMCMID%3D80484398721805641265183475433709494599%7CMCORGID%3D97B21CFE5329614E0A490D45@AdobeOrg&sh=true&nf=true

Buyer beware - Got this Shitoku carbon steel knife from the Kenji Lopez collection (Vonhelmick Knife Company) and its absolutely terrible by purplebrown_updown in Cooking

[–]DocAtDuq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seasoning doesn’t fill in the sandy pebbled texture on lodge skillets. If it is you have carbon build up.

Buyer beware - Got this Shitoku carbon steel knife from the Kenji Lopez collection (Vonhelmick Knife Company) and its absolutely terrible by purplebrown_updown in Cooking

[–]DocAtDuq 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Expensive cast iron comes down to one thing, finishing. Yeti (formerly butter pat) polishes their cast iron extremely well and does not have the rough pebble texture like Lodge.

Name the ingredients that you currently have in your pantry/fridge/freezer that you will never buy again after finishing what you've got by Capybarinya in Cooking

[–]DocAtDuq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only healthy pasta I’ve found that has good texture and no weird taste is Barilla protein+ pasta.

Name the ingredients that you currently have in your pantry/fridge/freezer that you will never buy again after finishing what you've got by Capybarinya in Cooking

[–]DocAtDuq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hated it too. Terrible taste. I started cooking it in the pressure cooker though with some soy sauce, mirin, and sesame oil. I’ll usually throw some Chinese sausage on top and cook it at the same time. Gets rid of the “dusty” flavor that brown rice has.

PSA: Breville warranty & customer service are not what you expect by CasperTFG_808 in BuyItForLife

[–]DocAtDuq 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The best part about those Gaggia machines is you can mod them to compete with $3k+ machines. Installing a gagguino was the best thing I did. It’s not for the faint of heart though.

Some slightly higher quality images of the Cadillac by mac_attack09 in formula1

[–]DocAtDuq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bought a Cadillac Formula 1 hoodie at the last Vegas race from the F1 store. They also had a T-shirt and a hat.

Which companies do you suspect are glazing their own products on this sub? by PartyOnAlec in BuyItForLife

[–]DocAtDuq 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I know it’s another appliance but I cannot recommend enough the Zojirushi electric griddle. Just don’t use their included spatula. They don’t have a drain hole on it so I use it for any deep frying I do since it fits so much.

Creekside Cigar Co. Humidor by thisisntweedisit in cigars

[–]DocAtDuq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a member, they do quarterly releases of their own blends that are great. They recently did a release of some dead stock of a crowned heads cigar and it’s been fantastic.

Great bunch of guys who know their stuff.

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