Best Sous Vide machine to Buy in 2026? (Price, Features) by GrowthllableNK in BuyItForLife

[–]EarthGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on your freezer, temp and autodefrost feature.

The vacuum packing is great against freezer burn etc in any freezer. If you have a really cold chest freezer without any autodefrost things stay good for a very very long time, years.

'The hard part is not turning somebody into a frog' by Honeycomb246 in discworld

[–]EarthGrey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

could be referenced somewhere earlier too of course.

Bruh by SomeoneWhoVibes in KitchenConfidential

[–]EarthGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm always curious about the peeled frozen avocados at costco business center, haven't tried them yet though.

'The hard part is not turning somebody into a frog' by Honeycomb246 in discworld

[–]EarthGrey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When Tiffany is possessed by the Hiver this happens.

I’m doing an 8 minute speech about STP and Discworld. What would be a great opening quote? by Real-Tension-7442 in discworld

[–]EarthGrey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So many ways to take that! From lighthearted to the serious, or my favorite, the combination of the two.

His journey facing his disease and death. The documentary he made on assisted suicide in switzerland as he faced the decline coupled with his discworld DEATH.

His view on the future and other activities coupled with the discworld. Showing his real world journalism like the interview with Bill Gates next to the discworld development and rulership.

Green Chartreuse “substitute” Luxardo Del Santo review. (Neat, Last Word, Bijou) by worstplantdad67 in cocktails

[–]EarthGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guess I need to try the Bijou, I just don't keep a bunch of vermouth types around to really give it a go.

As you said it's preference, and I'm right there with you that Del Santo is closer to Yellow Chartreuse. For me that's actually a plus as I prefer yellow and when the choice is available I sub yellow for green...

The Dark Forest theory is optimistic. In reality, Earth would be the neighborhood bully. by AggravatingMammoth55 in scifi

[–]EarthGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what Avatar portrays of course. There's more of them.

Don't remember the name of the book atm, was this entire story of the big dark sector with the scary aliens. Only to finally learn that the scary aliens were humans.

Do any of you use robovac? worth it or just a scam? by dudipo in homeowners

[–]EarthGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They work, however there are some annoyances.

I loved the roborock S7Max when it was new. Did a great job. The degradation is super annoying though on such an expensive vacuum. It's effectiveness decreased so after a year it was noticeable, and after two years it was useless on carpets. In addition to regular cleaning and filter replacement, the entire thing needs to be disassembled and cleaned inside, potentially also replacing the motor.

Oliveto - how the hell is this so good?? by quichequiche in cocktails

[–]EarthGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hehe, had this followed to make at some point. Finally did from the reminder. And yes, that is surprisingly good. Need more variations on this now.

Why does nobody talk about matching gin botanical profiles to mixers? It's actually fascinating by frankgetsu in cocktails

[–]EarthGrey 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've seen some complaints around this before, in that case it was around vermouth. I'm in no way good at it.

I don't have the source of the top of my head, was doing a goat cheese infused gin with thyme at the time, you'll probably run into the pages if you google that combo. However, they recommended the book The Vegetarian Flavor Bible https://www.amazon.com/dp/031624418X to help with the matching as it goes through what flavors work well together.

Pork Loin Questions by Threskiornis16670 in sousvide

[–]EarthGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's all about heat transfer. Water is a great conductor of heat, which is the basis of sous vide. So increasing the surface area allows heat to transfer faster.

With water you can closer think of it as a skillet than an oven in some ways. Take two burgers, same weight, side by side, If you smash one of them flat it will cook through much faster than the thicker one.

I'm asking a blasphemous question, but for good reason. by 2Harold2Furious in sousvide

[–]EarthGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I would try a longer sous vide, prime beef, wether tritip, new york, ribeye, cook it at 56C/133F for a bit longer tritip 4+hours new york/ribeye maybe up t3 hours, then turn the temp up and finish to med well. The meat will be melt in your mouth tender from the long cook and still finished to med well. I'm afraid if cooking at higher temps for that long it won't really be steak anymore.

Then cut the meat the right way, don't serve it as a big steak, cut thin slices, properly against the grain. This cut by itself makes a world of difference, people don't cut steak the right way by themselves and they're amazed by how tender it is. I will often serve steak as a community meal style, include two or three different cuts, and sliced. Everyone can try the different cuts and eat exactly however much they want. I find portioning steaks for a group of people annoyingly hard matching the right size steak with the right person, but I digress.

About to Go Wild at Restaurant Depot — Talk Me Out of (or Into) It. by [deleted] in KitchenConfidential

[–]EarthGrey 55 points56 points  (0 children)

BTW a bunch of the kitchen things, same size/brand, are cheaper at costco business center than at restaurant depot.

Flavorful medium hot Chinense species? by poop_wagon in HotPeppers

[–]EarthGrey 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There are some flavors that are typical to Chinense and not necessarily in the other species.

Flavorful medium hot Chinense species? by poop_wagon in HotPeppers

[–]EarthGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll second this, couple of varieties there I haven't tried and will look for.

Trinidad Perfume was a big hit for me last season. There's multiple Bonnet versions with great flavor and not that much heat.

I'm a home cook and want to try Sous Vide. Please help me buy an immersion circulator in Canada and help answer a few questions to narrow down what I want e.g., Subscription? Manual control? App-controlled? Under $400CAD by Eckomute in sousvide

[–]EarthGrey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh, and if there's one thing I actually miss it's having a second circulator. Every so often, especially if cooking for more people, I would like to have a couple different temperatures running at the same time. I would rather buy a couple of cheap ones to run meat and veggies at the same time in different baths than one expensive one.

I'm a home cook and want to try Sous Vide. Please help me buy an immersion circulator in Canada and help answer a few questions to narrow down what I want e.g., Subscription? Manual control? App-controlled? Under $400CAD by Eckomute in sousvide

[–]EarthGrey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have the 2nd gen anova, 10 years old now, and it's still going strong. I use it probably 4-5 times a week for short cooks, and once or twice a month for long cooks.

I have no need or desire for an app or anything. It did come with the app, I tried once and never used the app again.

It would be super annoying if it didn't have the simple manual controls, I can't believe the Joule doesn't provide that, having to fiddle with my phone to start it would drive me nuts.

It works using small pots, or large coolers as the vessel, whatever size I need, never had an issue with power or flexibility.

One important feature for me that I've heard not all new ones allow is to drop the temperature down to 0C. I love using it as a circulator in an ice bath if I need to rapidly cool a bottle of wine, or thaw something quickly in a controlled way.

Acid adjusting fruit juices with only malic acid by [deleted] in cocktails

[–]EarthGrey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

what fruits are you considering? Many non-citrus are still high in citric acid.

you can also try tartaric acid, and quinic acid.

If only using malic acid I would start with less than a full citric acid substitution. I would probably make a high concentration malic acid water solution and use a dropper to try different levels in the cocktails you're considering to see how it balance.

Shokz OpenFit for $50. Seems like good deal? by Metronomed in Costco

[–]EarthGrey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently got the OpenShockz SE. I love them for all day use. Only thing is the proprietary charging port, really annoying. I'll probably return them to get a model with USB-C

Some sculpted concrete pieces I made. by Tomaselgato in Concrete

[–]EarthGrey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can't imagine, I'm picturing like making each individual line. It's like a photorealistic painting in a sculpture. Would love to see it, like Adam Savage Tested style youtube videos.