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Know what I think sous vide cooking will rob us of?

Think about slow cooking a big old piece of meat (whatever your favourite is). Come home after that puppy has been cooking all day, and the house smells delicious. Not so with sous vide.
 
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Don't worry about it. In 6 months the sous vide machines will be in the cabinet with the bread maker and the sodastream and every other kitchen gadget fad.
 
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I've actually never bought a kitchen gadget that I haven't continued to use on a regular basis. Waffle maker? weekly. Apple peeler corer slicer? Pies all the time. Stove top espresso maker? Every morning.

Maybe this will break the trend. It arrives tomorrow. I am as hard a diamonds in an ice storm. I have a big ass pork loin ready to go.
 
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What does an ice storm have to do with how hard the diamonds are?
 
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BrutulTM_sl said:
Don't worry about it. In 6 months the sous vide machines will be in the cabinet with the bread maker and the sodastream and every other kitchen gadget fad.
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Maybe, I am not so sure. The big reason I like it is not the way it cooks but how easy it makes cooking. If I want a steak, I prep it hours ahead of time and throw it in there, it cooks while I handle the sides, there is no pressure and no stress. Then I dig it out and sear it quickly and bam, perfect steak. And the cleanup is as easy as drying it off. Maybe in 6 months or a year you will have the last laugh, but right now I am incorporating this into my routine and it is working out great.

Brisket today turned out great. Would I prefer a smoked brisket? Yes. This was just something different. I am no so sure about putting the rub on while it cooks, that will be the test I guess. Much of the rub came off during the cooking into the juices. idk, we will see. It was super tender, medium rare, perfect. The only problem I had was that I haven't cleaned my grill in a while because I am a shitbag and I started a small fire when trying to get the grill blazing hot enough to sear it.
 
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The lamb loin chops turned out very well, super tender. I took pictures and will try and fuck with that later.

The wife went nuts for these, btw. She was very impressed.
 
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I love not worrying about over or under cooking anything. We love to go to the movies but don't ever eat there, fuck paying 10 bucks for a hot dog. With the Sous Vide I put some nice Ribeyes in there with some Rosemary and Garlic and by the time I came home all I had to do was take them out and sear them real quick. Combine this with a slowcooker and you have your meals cooking while you are out and everyone can eat within 5 minutes of getting home.
 
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This made me laugh, and it's relevant to this thread.

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i use my sous vide station weekly, 1yr plus so far, soda stream too.

what does get shelved is the deepfryer, i've now taken a liking to just using a wok and temp probing.

bamboo steamer i use once every 5 years, and the assorted coffee devices (cold press/moka pots etc).

kitchen aid mixer doesn't get shelved, shit will outright murder you if you lift it over your head.
 
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Gravy_sl said:
The lamb loin chops turned out very well, super tender. I took pictures and will try and fuck with that later.

The wife went nuts for these, btw. She was very impressed.
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how much you paying for lamb chops compared to say pork chops and a nice steak cut? lamb is triple the price of beef around here.
 
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Yeah I have one of those little square box deep fryers in the basement too. The wok is way better and I would do it in a cast iron frying pan before I went and blew the dust out of that thing.
 
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lanx_sl said:
how much you paying for lamb chops compared to say pork chops and a nice steak cut? lamb is triple the price of beef around here.
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The lamb loin chops were only $6.99/lb. at Costco. May have been that day only? I haven't been back to check.
 
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So I decided to revisit the sous-vide salmon after not liking it a couple of times. This time I brined it for about 1 hour before cooking and did a good sear. I read quite a few places that recommended the brine for sous-vide fish, not sure if it made a huge difference or not but this time around it came out way better, but honestly I think it had more to do with the sear.

In the bag I was pretty basic, some olive oil, garlic, and rosemary. I put the fillets in a hot cast iron skin-down then dumped all the contents of the bag into the pan along with some butter and basted the fish with that. Did about a 60 second sear, and it definitely helped make the fish temp not seem so tepid but it didn't overcook the fish at all, was still the perfect doneness.
 
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