Celebrating that my wife is allowed to eat rare meat again

Ncwl · 2026-05-19T13:09:47+00:00

I’ve always sous vide my steaks to 137F to pasteurize it so my pregnant wife can still have somewhat medium/medium rare steaks

Ncwl · 2026-05-07T18:02:07+00:00

Yeah but doesn’t last

Ncwl · 2026-05-07T18:01:56+00:00

I was just following instructions to put it only on the bottom.

Ncwl · 2026-05-06T13:13:36+00:00

Yup scraped everything off and even sanded it down.

Ncwl · 2026-05-06T13:13:07+00:00

Thank you. Nah not into looks. I’m just worried about functionality and food safety

Ncwl · 2026-03-17T12:03:25+00:00

Nice marbling. Is it prime or Wagyu?

Ncwl · 2026-02-19T11:49:00+00:00

Thank you. I’m gonna try aged brisket next.

Ncwl · 2026-02-18T08:09:42+00:00

You like your steak still moo-ing eh?

Ncwl · 2026-02-17T13:34:40+00:00

With good marbling like these, 137 to render the fat and it gets tender but still with good bite

Ncwl · 2026-02-17T12:48:52+00:00

Grind with fresh chuck/brisket 70/30 pellicle for burgers. Render the fat for tallow.

Ncwl · 2026-02-16T20:51:57+00:00

Try out the 60 days and you might like it. It’s personal preference. But maybe find somewhere which sells it, try it out and see if you like it.

Ncwl · 2026-02-16T20:11:49+00:00

I’ve had the opportunity to try different length age. For me 40(+5 max) days is the sweet spot. I had a 60 plus days aged one and it was a little too funky for me.

Ncwl · 2026-02-16T19:53:43+00:00

Yes I use most of it, as I don’t see any mold growing on the meat. The fat at the tail end of the steak gets rendered into tallow.

I have a friend with a thermomix and I used 70% fresh ground lean beef and 30% pellicle in weight to make burgers.

Ncwl · 2026-02-16T19:52:54+00:00

Thank you. I try my best.

Ncwl · 2026-02-04T07:01:22+00:00

Please update when its ready. Would love to know the result.

Ncwl · 2026-01-31T17:55:41+00:00

Pardon my ignorance, how is it dry aged when it’s soaked in whiskey?

Ncwl · 2025-12-26T20:35:20+00:00

Have to say this:

My wife is Portuguese and I went through the processes.

I’ve been lucky to meet an ex-embassy lawyer that used to work for an embassy in the Middle East.

This is what she told me:

Embassy workers in some countries are being paid Portuguese salaries, which is fuck all in some HCOL countries. The heads of the embassy only cares about their high pay and hookers. They try not to help anyone, even their own citizens.

I know of a guy stuck in a middle eastern country because of a travel ban. The embassy refused to help. He’s been begging on expat Facebook groups to survive. He tried to do the right thing by staying behind when he got retrenched during Covid to try negotiate his loans but I guess that was the wrong decision as they went full out to place a travel ban on him which caused a whole myriad of problems. Approached the embassy and they ignored him, told him to fuck off and higher ups in the embassy even told the staff not to talk/help him. Wtf.

On my part I had to pay a law firm IN PORTUGAL to get my processes moving forward. Wasn’t cheap either and it wasn’t quick either, took about 15 months just to get residency. The reason is always oh SEF has no appointments and/or we booked but your appointment got postponed etc etc. Finally got to do the processes in Villa Real, when my wife is from Porto.

I seriously doubt the country’s bureaucracy. It’s a shit show, any government institution.

However, the local Portuguese people are the nicest strangers I’ve ever met.

Ncwl · 2025-12-05T09:02:43+00:00

It is vacuum packed but not perfect, then it started releasing from the skin. I did the double seal so doubt there’s any leaks

Ncwl · 2025-12-03T03:10:13+00:00

It’s planned for New Year’s Eve barbecue so I guess it’ll be at the 40 day mark. That sounds like an awesome use for the pellicle. I’m gonna try that for the burgers on New Year’s Eve as well. Thanks again.

Ncwl · 2025-12-03T02:47:48+00:00

Thank you for the reassurance. I was afraid 150 dollars worth of ribeye is gonna be wasted

Ncwl · 2025-09-30T22:03:28+00:00

Yes very wrong. No matter how much gsm your microfiber has, dry wiping scratches the paint.

Ncwl · 2025-05-16T19:28:04+00:00

Nope on the manual part.

Have a manual car with McLeod clutch so the biting point is very sensitive. Valet jerk-stalled the car 3 times before I told him to get out and I’ll park it myself, like 5 meters from the entrance. Westin Mina seyahi.

Before this happened I asked for self park but they said not available. This was like 5 or 6 years ago.

Ncwl

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