Gravy's Cooking Thread

lanx_sl said:

I have that exact one, it's awesome, dont' forget to pick up
Amazon.com : Gasone Butane Fuel Canister (4pack) : Backpacking Stoves : Sports Outdoors

if you live near an asian grocer, the butane will be WAY cheaper, just ask for the butane for "hot pots"

But one can will last you a LONG time, I'm still on my first can, probably went through a lot of cows and fish already with it.

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I bought the Iwatani and went to the Korean grocery right by my house. Thanks for the tip. Got 4 huge cans of butane for 6 bucks. Amazon wanted more than twice that(more than triple if you want the Iwatani brand canisters). Anyway, this thing kicks ass. I wish I had one of these when I was a pyromaniac kid! Ok...maybe not.

Too much brown.

Drinking hot sauce will make it worse.

So I got my Anova Precision last week and decided to test it out with some NY strip. I have to say I'm thoroughly impressed with how well it came out and how easy it was.

I started it off at 135, but a few minutes in dropped it down to 130, which is about perfect for medium-rare.



This is a picture of one of the steaks in the water bath after about 10 minutes. I just added salt, a pat of butter and a few sprigs of thyme.



I dropped them in around 4pm and took them out a bit over 3 hours later, mainly due to playing WoW and drinking beer taking precedent. Needless to say, when I took them out, they did not look appealing at all.



After a quick(maybe a minute or so each steak) blowtorching, the end result:



They were perfectly cooked, tender and tasted great.

Vitality_sl said:

Nice job Soy, did you make any sides?

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My girlfriend wasn't over on Saturday, so I didn't bother making a 'real' dinner. My sides were beer and more beer. I also made a batch of soft pretzels! Shit was good. I could use some work on my pretzel-shaping technique.

Hah.

Yeah, I should just stick with a ball or 'stick' shape.