May 16, 2018
Jonesing for gadgets and wanting to become
a minimalist do not exactly go hand in hand. So, though I’ve managed to get rid
of a lot of assorted “things” over the
past few years, I still have a drawer in my kitchen filled with things I likely
never should have bought in the first place.
May 17, 2018
For example, my sous vide machine. It
attaches to the side of a large pot
filled with water, keeps the water at a very specific temperature, and cooks
food “low and slow”, guaranteed to turn me into a gourmet chef over night. I couldn’t wait for it to arrive, and have
used it exactly once.
May 18, 2018
I cooked pork tenderloin that day, a cut of
meat that you really can’t ruin – there is no way that I have discovered (yet)
to cook pork tenderloin that results in a tough meal. So even though I made a
very good dinner that day, I can’t really attribute the win to my sous vide.
May 19, 2019
Most recently, I picked up an instant pot,
and even though it is huge, even though it takes up a lot of valuable real
estate in my kitchen, even though I know it is just a dolled-up pressure cooker
(and I already had an old-timey one of those), I can honestly report ZERO
BUYER'S REMORSE.
MAY 20, 2019
I use this sucker every week. Sometime I
use it twice a week. Hell, I’ve been known to use it three times a week. I make
big batches and store them individually in the freezer. My son, who does most
of the cooking through the week, seems to love it as much as I do.
Everyone loves this. But can't I just use my crock pot for a lot of things? And why don't I use my crock pot much? It works when I do.
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