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Default My Sous Vide Experiences. (WAS: Hacking your slow cooker for Sous Vide)

In article >,
"James Silverton" > wrote:

> Serene wrote on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 07:52:10 -0800:
>
> > On 11/09/2010 02:54 AM, Curt Nelson wrote:
> >> To :
> >>
> >> Thanks for asking my opinion on sous vide. I started out
> >> writing a quick blurb, but it soon turned into more of an
> >> actual subject, so I bumped it up to pole position.

>
> > Thank you so much for doing so. My geek partner is starting to
> > make noises about wiring up a sous vide rig, so I forwarded it
> > to him.

>
> Would a crock pot with a very low setting and Food-Saver vacuum bags
> work for "sous-vide"?The combination would be a lot cheaper than the
> rigs I've seen advertised.


Well, that's one of the disadvantages of starting a new topic to follow
up on an existing active topic. The original topic was in fact about
using a slow cooker.

I would suggest searching for the other thread and reading it.

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Dan Abel
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