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His sous vide cooking experiments look really good, so I figure why not give it a try? Seems like to use one though, you need a stock pot or other basin that can tolerate being heated to sous vide temperatures, and a FoodSaver or similar device to vacuum seal meat and veggies into bags. So, after doing some research, I decided to get the relatively cheap and straightforward Cusinart Vacuum Sealer, along with a stock pot from Sur la Table.
Shopping surprise #1: to assist shoppers in getting their purchases to the car, they had some strips of plastic tape that could be cut to length and peeled back on each end to reveal the sticky side, and would attach to either side of the boxes, becoming convenient handles. Nifty! They worked pretty well and peeled off without too much trouble.
I decided to cruise the rest of the street mall to see what was interesting, and spotted a place called 'The Walking Company'. "Hmm, me, let's go check that out," I thought to myself. "Maybe they'll have walking sticks or something."
Nope... It was a shoe store! But hey, I'd been meaning to look into some new shoes anyway, so I asked if they had velcro shoes. They did, but only on their website, and would I like to order it through them? A glance at the shoe sizes revealed a rather... complete selection of sizes. "Say, how do I find out what shoe size I am, anyway?"
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tugrik!His sous vide cooking experiments look really good, so I figure why not give it a try? Seems like to use one though, you need a stock pot or other basin that can tolerate being heated to sous vide temperatures, and a FoodSaver or similar device to vacuum seal meat and veggies into bags. So, after doing some research, I decided to get the relatively cheap and straightforward Cusinart Vacuum Sealer, along with a stock pot from Sur la Table.
Shopping surprise #1: to assist shoppers in getting their purchases to the car, they had some strips of plastic tape that could be cut to length and peeled back on each end to reveal the sticky side, and would attach to either side of the boxes, becoming convenient handles. Nifty! They worked pretty well and peeled off without too much trouble.
I decided to cruise the rest of the street mall to see what was interesting, and spotted a place called 'The Walking Company'. "Hmm, me, let's go check that out," I thought to myself. "Maybe they'll have walking sticks or something."
Nope... It was a shoe store! But hey, I'd been meaning to look into some new shoes anyway, so I asked if they had velcro shoes. They did, but only on their website, and would I like to order it through them? A glance at the shoe sizes revealed a rather... complete selection of sizes. "Say, how do I find out what shoe size I am, anyway?"
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