The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

Maggie trying to pin M͠a͠x͠.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Frank I like those decorations, you ol' Scrooge! lol I like the cinnamon sticks and fruit slices, that's a nice look to a candle ring. I like something a little different.

How do you make those star looking bows? Those are kind of unusual.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Dirtying two pans again (or a pan and a contraption)... Nope. Well maybe if somebody else was going to wash the extra pan. LOL I don't think anybody has done any sous vide yet on Top Chef, I don't mind watching someone else do the cooking and dirtying of the pans.

If I wanted to make soup out of what's in the so-called vegetable drawer in the fridge it would have to be photo chemistry 'soup'. The other drawer is hopelessly jammed so there go those two drawers. My best friend keeps saying I need one of those little college dorm fridges for film.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary is roasting away.

 

[JonA_CT]

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Gary is roasting away.

My mom has that same exact colander.

 

[Gary A.]

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Gary is roasting away.

My mom has that same exact colander.

LOL ... this one came with Mary Lou. Had I know that the colander was part of the package ... my life, most likely, would have been much different.

 

[Gary A.]

Dirtying two pans again (or a pan and a contraption)... Nope. Well maybe if somebody else was going to wash the extra pan. LOL I don't think anybody has done any sous vide yet on Top Chef, I don't mind watching someone else do the cooking and dirtying of the pans.

If I wanted to make soup out of what's in the so-called vegetable drawer in the fridge it would have to be photo chemistry 'soup'. The other drawer is hopelessly jammed so there go those two drawers. My best friend keeps saying I need one of those little college dorm fridges for film.

Gary thinks you have a dirty pan phobia. If you ever saw Gary cook, no matter what he may be cooking, he tries to use every pot and pan in the house. The Sous Vide is quite clean compared to other cooking. The bag can be reusable ... but if you'd rather not, then just toss the zip-lock bag. The food is marinated and cooked in the same bag. Whence finished with the cooking, you can toss the bag. Gary recycles the water onto potted plants then wipes/drys clean. The contraption is wiped/drys clean. The only actually washing will be with the pan used for searing. One pan ... fini.

 

[jcdeboever]

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Gary is roasting away.

My mom has that same exact colander.

My great, great, great, grandmother did too.

 

[smoke665]

@Gary A. The pictures of the Tri Tip you sent me earlier, jogged my memory. From the looks of it you trim off the exterior membrane/fat/etc. before you cook it?? The one we tried was a pre-marinated, in a bag, and no directions to the contrary, so I think we may have cooked it without trimming off the outer membrane. I just remember we couldn't eat it, because it was so tough. Which really sucked, because the sample we had in the store was nothing like that.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary has been roasting away all afternoon. Mary Lou made a run to the post office and brought Gary back a frozen yogurt.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary is tired of roasting and jumping into the shower. The chicken is cooked (but not seared), the Sous Vide will keep the chicken at 158F until Gary is ready to sear and give the chicken it's final temp raise to 165F. In the bag is chicken, olive oil, basil, rosemary and spices.

 

[davidharmier60]

Dave is but 30ish minutes for sleep.
Working on a pressure washer in the back of the truck will do a soul in. Got the darn thing working however. Some stuff in the valves (intake). And some fiddling with other parts. Whatever we make goes towards a DSLR.

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[Gary A.]

The Sous Vide Chicken is very very good. This was Gary’s first chicken so there is a lot of room for improvements... but this is a great start.

 

[Gary A.]

Crazy story in the paper today.

“Sierra Nevada grew an inch during drought”
“Study says mountains rose as they lost 10.8 cubic miles of water from 2011 to 2015.”

“The Sierra Nevada drew nearly an inch taller during the recent drought and shrank by half an inch when water and snow returned to the area, according to new research from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge.”

That must be an impressive tape measure

The ground is rebounding from the glaciation of the last ice age - even where I am. The movement is very slow and very small, but it is measurable. We are bouncing.

Maggie bounces, a mountain range does not bounce.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Oh, well, if the sous vide thingy doesn't need to actually be washed then I'd be good! lol

It is ridiculous, but much of my life is I suppose... I realize (on a more serious note I guess) with a stroke being life changing that how I do something may not make a whole lot of sense. I do whatever works, which includes fewer dishes! lol I'm a one pot kind o' gal! Not that I wasn't anyway.