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#51
Jan 9 2021 01:00am
Quote (Bazi @ Jan 8 2021 10:37pm)
Coffee is something I used to despise, honestly until recently. Legitimate coffee, coffee flavored ice cream, coffee in desserts etc

In residency I picked it up , we had this really awful machine and the quality was probably something you would get in Pakistan. My last year in residency we got a Starbucks in the hospital and my life changed. Going from that shit tier coffee too smooth dark roast. From then on I have been addicted to it. Not even for the caffeine. I get good enjoyment out of decaf also, the taste just grew on me so strong. Every night where I’m off the next day I try to drink a decaf with some cheat dessert and start the next day with a French press. My day goes downhill the moment the cup is finished.


I have an expresso machine, works well enough. Nothing fancy, single boiler. I also use a French press for camping / fishing. Coffee here is more expensive at the store for crap Folgers than it is to order it in via companies with free shipping so I have a coffee subscription that sends me a new bag every month. Coast to Coast Coffee.

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#52
Jan 9 2021 01:23am
Monopolowa vodka + Ribeye mid-rare. For the midrare ribeye, coarse ground sea salt lightly coating the frying pan, the ribeye lightly rubbed with olive oil, and rubbed with fine ground black and red pepper.

Basis to every meal worth eating.

Edit: I'm with
SBD
that beer is legitimately awesome. Once you've developed a taste, every sugary drink is shit. Corona Familiar is my current go-to. Not really for a meal though, more for just after a hard day's worth of work, or while working projects during days off. :)

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Jan 9 2021 05:33am
Quote (InsaneBobb @ Jan 9 2021 01:23am)
Monopolowa vodka + Ribeye mid-rare. For the midrare ribeye, coarse ground sea salt lightly coating the frying pan, the ribeye lightly rubbed with olive oil, and rubbed with fine ground black and red pepper.

Basis to every meal worth eating.

Edit: I'm with ^SBD that beer is legitimately awesome. Once you've developed a taste, every sugary drink is shit. Corona Familiar is my current go-to. Not really for a meal though, more for just after a hard day's worth of work, or while working projects during days off. :)


I don't get the use of fine black pepper on steaks in place of coarse, freshly ground pepper. I love black pepper, but finely ground just overpowers the meat, if you ask me.
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Jan 9 2021 05:36am
Quote (Santara @ 9 Jan 2021 03:33)
I don't get the use of fine black pepper on steaks in place of coarse, freshly ground pepper. I love black pepper, but finely ground just overpowers the meat, if you ask me.


Coarse gets stuck in your teeth and provides something incredibly different than the flavor of the meal. I've gone both ways, and fine ground on pepper is simply my preference.

I get why you disagree, and I'm comfortable disagreeing on this subject. :hug:

Edit: Note that I have a red and black pepper mill. I set the grind. I've tried both ends of the spectrum. Fine/mid is the range.

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Jan 9 2021 12:03pm
Yeah, I prefer a mid-to-coarse grind for pepper on steaks. My wife doesn't like overly medrare to rare steak, so I usually do six minutes a side on the grill, four minutes, then rotate 90 degrees for two minutes for grill marks, then flip, and repeat on the other side (Try to only flip the steak once). Med-to-coarse ground rainbow peppercorns, and Himalayan salt.

If I'm doing for me only, I'll do three minutes instead of four on the first part.

*Chef's kiss*
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Jan 9 2021 12:08pm
Quote (Surfpunk @ 9 Jan 2021 10:03)
Yeah, I prefer a mid-to-coarse grind for pepper on steaks. My wife doesn't like overly medrare to rare steak, so I usually do six minutes a side on the grill, four minutes, then rotate 90 degrees for two minutes for grill marks, then flip, and repeat on the other side (Try to only flip the steak once). Med-to-coarse ground rainbow peppercorns, and Himalayan salt.

If I'm doing for me only, I'll do three minutes instead of four on the first part.

*Chef's kiss*


So you're talking Mid/Mid-well? For that, yeah, a coarser grain is better. That's the bit I forgot to mention. Having the pepper coarser with more rare cooks is not great. It doesn't have the time to cook in.
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Jan 9 2021 12:25pm
Quote (InsaneBobb @ Jan 9 2021 12:08pm)
So you're talking Mid/Mid-well? For that, yeah, a coarser grain is better. That's the bit I forgot to mention. Having the pepper coarser with more rare cooks is not great. It doesn't have the time to cook in.


Medium at most. I prefer closer to medrare, but a proper medium is still OK. Medwell is getting close to animal abuse.
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Jan 9 2021 05:25pm
Quote (SBD @ Jan 9 2021 01:00am)
I have an expresso machine, works well enough. Nothing fancy, single boiler. I also use a French press for camping / fishing. Coffee here is more expensive at the store for crap Folgers than it is to order it in via companies with free shipping so I have a coffee subscription that sends me a new bag every month. Coast to Coast Coffee.



I had an espresso machine that I loved and it lasted 6 months. Then I was doing some reading and it seemed to be a common theme with espresso machines. Do you have one that you recommend that’s quality and will last more than a year
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Jan 9 2021 05:49pm
Quote (Bazi @ Jan 9 2021 04:25pm)
I had an espresso machine that I loved and it lasted 6 months. Then I was doing some reading and it seemed to be a common theme with espresso machines. Do you have one that you recommend that’s quality and will last more than a year


I don't. Because of our remoteness we intend on leaving or selling most things when we move due to shipping costs to get out so we have taken the good enough approach to outfitting our kitchen.

It has to be a bottom tier machine but it has lasted over a year thus far and chugs along just fine. https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/breville-breville-cafe-roma-pump-espresso-machine-esp8xl/10106549
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Jan 9 2021 05:51pm
Quote (Bazi @ Jan 9 2021 04:25pm)
I had an espresso machine that I loved and it lasted 6 months. Then I was doing some reading and it seemed to be a common theme with espresso machines. Do you have one that you recommend that’s quality and will last more than a year


Double post.

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