Anthro grad student, photographer, and part-time food dilettante.
Thanks for all your suggestions.
The egg chart's especially useful!! :)
I made this today... it turned out PERFECT!
I've made eggs that way countless times. This approach is more of an experiment and an introduction for me into sous vide cooking. I'm planning on trying some other foods later; eggs just sounded like the most straightforward to try first.
Update: as you probably already guessed, 150 F was not as I'd hoped. It had definitely set too much at that point.
Thanks. I'm going to make another attempt today. 147 F, one hour; leaving the eggs at room temp first (they were nearly room temp last time).
And another thing...
I'm kinda crestfallen that they're opening more non-CA In-N-Outs. I know, I sound selfish... but I like the special exclusiveness. It's just so distinctively Californian, it feels cheap and out of place to put it anywhere else (I'm picturing someplace flat and foreign like Nebraska... that's just weird).
Whenever I go away from home for an extended time, one of the first things I have to experience when I get back is an animal-style burger with animal-style fries on the side (overkill makes up for lost time).
Living in Southern California, horchata to me has always been associated with Mexican food. How interesting to find out its varied background!
I just tried my first experiment with sous vide cooking, using eggs at 146 F for an hour. The whites were only partially set...
I checked with another thermometer to confirm the temperature, and it was accurate. Is there something I'm missing? I've left a couple more eggs in the water and increased the temperature to 150 F. I'm leaving it in for another half hour and awaiting results.
I'm a bit confused, and not sure whether I should compensate for future recipes. Do you have any suggestions?
And this is probably a dumb question, but: Does elevation have any effect on sous vide cooking? (I'm at 800 feet.)
I've started making a DIY version with a PID controller and a crock pot (and some help from my dad, the engineer). I can't wait to try out this recipe. :P
I tried experimenting with sous vide cooking for the first time today. I cooked eggs at 146 F for an hour, but the whites had only partially set. Could you suggest where I went wrong?
I cooked the remaining eggs for another half hour at 150 F and though the whites had set, the yolk had become solid. I may try 148 F next time.
Probably a dumb question, but: Does elevation have any effect on sous vide cooking? (I'm at 800 feet.)
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