paulthenurse
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Does she know that's how you describe her to your homebrew friends?
I don't need any help getting in trouble. Thanks anyways.
Does she know that's how you describe her to your homebrew friends?
Got a tortilla press after seeing Yooper using hers. It was fine. I used Corn Flour (Mesaca Masa Harina) and made some tortillas. They were pretty good by themselves. I fried a few tortilla chips and I found the thick tortillas made subpar chips. The outer edges were thin while the centers were thick, so the chips were inconsistent. Still tasted good, but I've had better chips buying corn tortillas from the store to fry up.
The press was a cheap, aluminum thing I found on Amazon for $12. I will have to play with it some more to find out how I like the tortillas best. They are not very large, so I press pretty good to spread the mixture out more, and then the edges get thin, but the center doesn't.
I'm not sure I prefer corn tortillas to flour tortillas for some things. I made fajitas and the corn tortilla didn't taste right and they broke along the bottom when I bent them. I can see using these for tacos if I could figure out a good way to fry them up with a bent shape.
Now to see if I can press flour tortillas with this or if there is another way to make them, like rolling them out.
I love corn tortillas over flour. Not many options at the store though. For my palate, the corn is so much better.
For that reason alone I'm gonna look into these tortilla presses. Wife's gonna kill me, though, if I add one more gadget to the kitchen collection.
We roasted up a small turkey we had lying in the freezer. Homemade stuffing with brown rice cooked in the turkey juices on the side with stuffing & gravy. My wife bought a pack of those pop-up timers at some point & had to use one on this turkey. That thing came out really juicy. When we were frying corn tortillas, they were the canned ones.
+1 on @CheeseyGoodness amount of fat (and/or moisture) in the dough probably the biggest issue. And fat on the griddle may have caused it to crisp.I looked at recipes online and my problem may be that I used an oil spray on the griddle when I cooked them. I was sure the recipe I used said to lightly coat the hot griddle, but nothing I see now says to do that.
I'm eager to try again and to also make some flour tortillas. Those have simple recipes too, just a bit more work to roll them out.
Wife's gonna kill me, though, if I add one more gadget to the kitchen collection.
Anyone on here do sous vide with a crockpot and a temperature controller?
I've got a nothing special cut of beef marinating with a splash of soy sauce and some rosemary I hope to do tonight. It's probably about 3/4 of an inch thick, so it'll probably need to go for 3 hours at 140F. Does that sound about right?
Cheesy - I have a DorkFoods controller that I use for sous vide, love the thing. I use it with whichever vessel is the right size for what I'm cooking - which would be, my small 2 quart crockpot, or my 8 quart roaster oven, or my 22 quart roaster oven.
What I've learned is there is a happy medium between "not long enough" and "too long" but it's a long margin of error, so I usually err on the side going towards "too long" - it depends on the cut though. 140* would be on the high side if it's a steak, I usually do mine at about 125* so I have some room to give it a really good sear and still not overcook it.
Also, I don't like to put much salt in with the stuff if it's gonna sous vide too long, it tends to make the meat mushy otherwise. Just my experience!
You can always add salt to food after its done. Its hard to take salt away.
Anyone on here do sous vide with a crockpot and a temperature controller?
I've got a nothing special cut of beef marinating with a splash of soy sauce and some rosemary I hope to do tonight. It's probably about 3/4 of an inch thick, so it'll probably need to go for 3 hours at 140F. Does that sound about right?
Thanks for the replies, they definitely helped.
The cut of beef was labeled as "London Broil" so I'm not actually sure what it was. It was closer to 1 inch thick than 3/4.
I had it marinading in a few splashes of soy sauce and some fresh rosemary for about 8 hours before it hit the bath. I had it at around 125F for approximately 2 hours (took me longer than it should have to get my controller set to the heat setting )
It hit a hot grill for 1:30 on each side, then about 45 seconds on each side again. That was all she wrote.
I could definitely tell it was a cheaper cut of meat but it was way better sous vide than it would have been otherwise. I'm guessing if I gave it more time in the bath it would have been more tender but I just ran out of time. Hoping to get time to try some chicken breasts tonight
I've yet to try doing beef in the bath, defiantly does wonders to chicken, especially breasts.Thanks for the replies, they definitely helped.
The cut of beef was labeled as "London Broil" so I'm not actually sure what it was. It was closer to 1 inch thick than 3/4.
I had it marinading in a few splashes of soy sauce and some fresh rosemary for about 8 hours before it hit the bath. I had it at around 125F for approximately 2 hours (took me longer than it should have to get my controller set to the heat setting )
It hit a hot grill for 1:30 on each side, then about 45 seconds on each side again. That was all she wrote.
I could definitely tell it was a cheaper cut of meat but it was way better sous vide than it would have been otherwise. I'm guessing if I gave it more time in the bath it would have been more tender but I just ran out of time. Hoping to get time to try some chicken breasts tonight
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