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Coffee And Pie posted:I’ve been wanting to try sous vide for such a long time, enjoy! And don’t forget to give it a good sear! You can just get one of these immersion sticks, they work fine and don't take up as much space when not in use. I really like mine as it takes a lot of the guesswork and babysitting out of cooking.
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I have one and it's very much a special occasion sort of thing for me because one, the effects are more noticeable with an extremely thick cut of meat and two, it just requires a lot more planning. And I think in the end I don't like the meat better it's just very different and is a very nice experience because it's very soft and every bite is ideally the same.
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Jun 15, 2021 18:31
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Aramek posted:I have one and it's very much a special occasion sort of thing for me because one, the effects are more noticeable with an extremely thick cut of meat and two, it just requires a lot more planning. I cook daily for a family of four and every week or two for guests so for me it's very convenient to be able to cook things in advance without having to watch it. That is one of the reason I love stew-like recipes. It's not the first time I try sous vide, I dipped my toes in it with a ghetto setup with a temperature probe and a pan full of water but it's nowhere near the same experience. I absolutely love good food as much as I love cooking so this thing is going to be put to good use for sure. Next time I'll try it with some salmon. e: it's serving time!  e2: trip report ; the thing which surprised me the most was not the texture (it was OK but still depending a lot on the cut) but the flavor. The taste of the spices I added in the bag yesterday was extremely present. So much it was a bit disconcerting. It's really cool and I think I'm going to use that feature a lot. SpaceGoatFarts has a new favorite as of 19:29 on Jun 15, 2021 |
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Jun 15, 2021 18:47
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I got a sous vide circulator like a year ago and it isn't life changing or anything, but it is very convenient for some foods and I use it a decent amount.
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Jun 15, 2021 19:12
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Captain Invictus posted:is this the sort of speaker that shakes building windows when you drive down the road, or is it only inside the car that the effects are felt The trunk and doors are lined with extra sound deadener so unless the windows are down you can't hear much outside. Added bonus is that even when the stereo is off road noise is pretty much non-existent now.
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Jun 15, 2021 19:23
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Glad you like your sous vide system. I got an Anova one and what I like about it is I can put it in different-sized containers. For example, for basic steak-sized dishes it can go in my plastic cereal box-sized container dedicated for this, and when I sous vide'ed a turducken I just put it in my cooler & covered the top with cling film. Content:  Lost enough weight that I needed new shirts, so I grabbed this Arc'teryx short sleeve button up off eBay.
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Jun 15, 2021 19:30
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You know it's funny because I think these things are perfect for salmon or tuna steaks and those are some of the only things I've never done in the sous vide. Bonus points if you have a blowtorch or a Searzall attachment.
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Jun 15, 2021 22:12
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Speaking of Searzall, apparently the original versions aren't being made anymore & I got a knock-off one. I chose the version that can work with propane torches instead of the butane ones (I already use propane for camping lanterns) but my Bernzomatic already broke. Any suggestions on another unit?
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Jun 15, 2021 22:18
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:The trunk and doors are lined with extra sound deadener so unless the windows are down you can't hear much outside. Added bonus is that even when the stereo is off road noise is pretty much non-existent now. ok you're cool the guys who drive down the road at 4AM with bowel-loosening bass rumbling everything within a 500 meter radius are not cool
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Jun 15, 2021 22:48
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Captain Invictus posted:ok you're cool There’s a guy who posts up outside my window just BLARING his car stereo, usually after 10. This is an apartment building. I think he’s picking up someone here or something but I still want to hurl a brick at his car from my window
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Jun 15, 2021 23:46
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A Rustoleum RockSolid epoxy kit to coat my garage floor, and some concrete crack filler. I got the cracks filled tonight, epoxy goes on in the morning. 🤞🏻 
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Jun 16, 2021 03:03
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I bought the new Sony WF-1000XM4 earbuds. They are fantastic. Big improvement over the previous generation and the best sound I've ever heard in Bluetooth headphones.
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Jun 16, 2021 06:39
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skooma512 posted:There’s a guy who posts up outside my window just BLARING his car stereo, usually after 10. This is an apartment building. loving hate that poo poo, I'm a light sleeper so it's doubly terrible. it's like the guys I work with who bring suitcase speakers to work with them and absolutely blast dad rock that's audible halfway across the building above all the machinery, like not everyone wants to hear your oldies my dude, get some earbuds. Just utterly selfish shitheads who don't give a drat about other people, only their own satisfaction. anyways, since I'm turning into an old person, I've decided to get a jump on things and get addicted to hard candy early with filled raspberry hard candies. love this poo poo. 
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Jun 16, 2021 11:18
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I deal with that at my apartment pool. It’s a really nice pool so groups show up that don’t live there and bring their giant speakers. It’s always frat guys in American flag clothes and it’s always dad rock.
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Jun 16, 2021 13:15
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Dad rock owns. It's the most normal and thus the best kind of rock.
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Jun 16, 2021 14:54
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ok dad
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Jun 16, 2021 16:05
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:Got a new amp and subwoofer for my car... I'm here for it. Did you use dynamat in the doors and to seal them up? I like soundskin for that stuff.
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Jun 16, 2021 16:22
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I like my 10 inch sub in my Mazda2 because the car is so tiny it’s easy to fill and doesn’t spill out the bass.
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Jun 16, 2021 17:25
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Crab Dad posted:I like my 10 inch sub in my Mazda2 because the car is so tiny it’s easy to fill and doesn’t spill out the bass. Do you bump dad rock or crab dad rock?
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Jun 16, 2021 21:02
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:Do you bump dad rock or crab dad rock? Obviously crab dad rock but seriously 90s and 00s stuff like Portishead with a mix of newer “modern rock” stuff. Sometimes I break out the Big Krit, The Game and WuTang to give the sub an extra workout.
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Jun 17, 2021 04:26
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Coredump posted:I'm here for it. Did you use dynamat in the doors and to seal them up? I like soundskin for that stuff. Sorry, I was using Dynamat as a generic term for sound deadener. I didn't use the brand name stuff. I used this... https://www.amazon.com/Noico-deadening-Automotive-Insulation-dampening/dp/B00URUIKAK It's WAY cheaper than actual Dynamat or Soundskin. Only comparison I have is hearing a friends car after he installed actual Dynamat. I liked the results enough to do it in my car but holy hell is it expensive. Soundskin even more so. The stuff I got had great reviews so I gave it a try. From what I gather the name brand stuff looks to be more flexible and easier to cut. No heat gun required for the good stuff either. The generic stuff I got isn't supposed to need a heat gun either but I used one and it definitely made it easier to press it into seams and corners. As far as results it cut down road noise A LOT. The doors and trunk close with a solid "thunk" compared to the hollow sound of an average 14 year old Subaru. Talking about music, well it just sounds better. I don't have as much of that droning road noise sound to competing with the speakers. I don't hear as much of that metallic "resonating" anymore either. By that I mean it's the difference between listening to music in a tin shed vs a bank vault. It could actually be better too. I didn't want to go through ripping out the mechanism for the windows when I installed the stuff so there's a lot of places I could have insulated better. One day I might rip out the headliner and do the roof too. But yeah, it's good stuff 😃
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:Sorry, I was using Dynamat as a generic term for sound deadener. I didn't use the brand name stuff. I used this... I helped someone install dynamat once and was surprised at how heavy it is. luckily my current car doesn't need it as it already is really quiet, but defo needed the sub.
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Jun 18, 2021 11:51
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LifeSunDeath posted:I helped someone install dynamat once and was surprised at how heavy it is. luckily my current car doesn't need it as it already is really quiet, but defo needed the sub. It's shockingly heavy. I think I ended up using 60lbs total between the doors and trunk. It'd probably take about that amount to do the roof and the floor pan. If you're thinking about installing a sub may I make a suggestion? https://www.crutchfield.com/p_575P3...xBoCtT0QAvD_BwE My nephew has one of those in a Ford Escape with an otherwise stock stereo. Also talked a buddy at work with an Explorer into buying one. It sounds absolutely amazing for the price. It'll go loud enough to drown out the stock speakers easily. If you've ever done anything with electrical poo poo, car or not, you could hook it up with little trouble. It's not ridiculously big either so it'll fit in any car. My nephew uses his car for Uber so he even rigged up a quick release harness so he can pull it out in a hurry. If you wanna get a Solobaric of your own I ain't gonna talk you out of it though. Loud music is fun 😎
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Jun 19, 2021 09:16
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Bought one of them newfangled records Also a beer but in a different establishment
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FreudianSlippers posted:Bought one of them newfangled records Scientist rules.
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Jun 19, 2021 20:16
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I ordered this bookcase:
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Jun 19, 2021 21:16
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Thats a really neat bookcase I use my sous vide thing as a defroster now more than anything.... It's really good for defrosting.
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Jun 19, 2021 23:16
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X-posting myself from the GBS Sardines Thread:Android Apocalypse posted:
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FreudianSlippers posted:Bought one of them newfangled records Very jealous. Dang.
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  Drinking at a dive bar for my GF"s birthday, we bought some pull tabs...spent $20, won $4, put that $4 into more pull tabs and ended up with nothing.
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Pull tabs are the absolute worst, most boring form of gambling. Worse than scratch offs. I kind of get why they exist but goddamn, at least put keno in or something (the local laws probably don't allow it of course).
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FreudianSlippers posted:Bought one of them newfangled records The best album. Nice.
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Inspector 34 posted:Pull tabs are the absolute worst, most boring form of gambling. Worse than scratch offs. I kind of get why they exist but goddamn, at least put keno in or something (the local laws probably don't allow it of course). Tell me about it. But, her birthday and that's what she wanted. But yeah, at least scratch offs you can go slowly, pretend you're getting your money's worth... especially if it's one of those "game" ones like the crossword or Pac-Man games... but pull tabs are over in half a second. And you're right, local laws don't allow real gambling at bars here, and I think technically the pull tab profits go to a non-profit? Fake edit: Yup. 
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Jun 21, 2021 12:54
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The serious scratch off addicts just go until they find the game key and then check the result part.
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FreudianSlippers posted:Bought one of them newfangled records I'd really like to try the beer version of this album.
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Whelp bought a Roomba i6 self empty on an impulse prime day warehouse deal for less than 1/3 the regular price. Very curious to test it out head to head against the Shark IQ self empty vacuum and see if it’s meaningfully better!
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OSU_Matthew posted:Whelp bought a Roomba i6 self empty on an impulse prime day warehouse deal for less than 1/3 the regular price. Very curious to test it out head to head against the Shark IQ self empty vacuum and see if it’s meaningfully better! Make sure to glue on googly eyes! I bought a 1960s sign off eBay  I have it hanging next to my basement bathroom. Blue Footed Booby has a new favorite as of 04:34 on Jun 22, 2021 |
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Make sure to glue on googly eyes! After 8 months of waiting, we recently got our new fridge delivered from Wayfair, and first thing we did was transfer over the googley eyes   Those shelter signs are neat! We had one on my high school. The shelter itself was chock full of old rotting junk from the 70s like chairs and old furniture. Not that there’d really be any point of seeking shelter in any global nuclear apocalypse anyways. You should get one of those Civil Defense Geiger counters to go along with it, it’s fun to make clickey clacks over uranium core samples and depression glass 
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OSU_Matthew posted:After 8 months of waiting, we recently got our new fridge delivered from Wayfair, and first thing we did was transfer over the googley eyes Would you believe that just after I read your post and said "lol nah" eBay gave me a Special Offer? My counter (complete with documentation and current calibration cert) is nominally on the way. Also I heart your fridge.
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Got some new tools at Lowes. A decent ladder to replace the rickety old one the previous owners of the house left behind. Some sawhorses too... Those are to help with all this other poo poo I bought...  We finally got tired of the whole house being white from too to bottom. Went with these colors...  "Purple Royalty" for the kitchen and dining room and "Boisterous Blue" for the doors and shutters.
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