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Re: Dishwasher Salmon

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Post by boomboomsubban »

fastball wrote: post #27
Ryder123 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t mean to be an ass, but in no way is a sous vide fundamentally the same concept as a dishwasher. There is no precision to the temperature or time control of a dishwasher, and there’s no dry cycle on a sous vide.

Sous vide is fundamentally about sealing food and cooking it in water. I wouldn't say the precision temperature control is the central part of the concept.

The article says cooking in the dishwasher primarily happens in the drying stage, so it's not really cooking in water. It's closer to defrosting in a pot of water then throwing it in the oven.

Re: Dishwasher Salmon

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Post by BHSPitMonkey »

bloaf wrote: post #52
greenyoda wrote: post #24

Car engines are another non-traditional source of heat for cooking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_cooking As with dishwasher cooking, the food is wrapped in aluminum foil.

The Red Green Show did comedy segments on both these concepts: Turkey in a dishwasher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Y4RV8pcY0 Turkey in a car: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niegc7QcilM

Turkey in a low Earth orbit: https://youtu.be/Zwf0RWXx8BY

Re: Dishwasher Salmon

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Post by arketyp »

pshc wrote: post #73
arketyp wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My poor man's sous vide is filling a really big pot with water and heating it up to a specific temperature. There's so much volume it doesn't cool down significantly by the food during cooking time. I put my piece of meat in a regular plastic bag and sink it down keeping the ends above water held secure by the lid.

Seems like the energy bill would be more expensive in the long run compared to getting a cheap sound vide accessory.

I just skip showering the next day. But yeah, it's more like the cost of being poor man's sous vide.

Re: Dishwasher Salmon

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Post by Aperocky »

jaggederest wrote: post #66

My father was a construction worker, running his own crew and company, and often worked with hot mix asphalt. He is also a recreational fisherman. He would catch a salmon, filet it, wrap it tightly with butter, aromatics and lemons in several layers of tin foil, and bury it in the middle of the truck full of hot mix asphalt. When they reached the fish, it was time for lunch.

The tin foil doesn't break?

Re: Dishwasher Salmon

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Post by userbinator »

simonjgreen wrote: post #67

I'm reasonably confident this will only work as described in US dishwashers as the rest of the worlds (as far as I'm aware) machines don't use heating elements to heat the air during drying. (Picked up on a Technology Connections video.)

In classic US mid-century dishwashers, to be precise; I suspect the new "high efficiency" ones won't work either.

Re: Dishwasher Salmon

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Post by seraphsf »

geocrasher wrote: post #84

I see your Dishwasher Salmon and raise you one Manifold Burrito. https://www.motortrend.com/features/1409-cooking-on-your-eng...

There’s an awesome cookbook on this topic, Manifold Destiny: https://books.google.com/books/about/Manifold_Destiny.html?i...

I played around with the idea with my first Jeep Wrangler, a burly car with a perfectly exposed engine block. Never cooked anything, but I was endlessly entertained by the idea that I might. I suppose the transition to EVs will steal this particular daydream from my kids…

Re: Dishwasher Salmon

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Post by ed_elliott_asc »

burnished wrote: post #31
anonytrary wrote: post #20

Neat and probably works on most dishwasher models, but not enough temperature precision for my comfort level. I wouldn't trust it. Rather just pan fry or bake myself a salmon. I don't have a sous vide, but I imagine this is not a replacement for one since the whole point is precision cooking.

I wouldn't worry about it - you can eat it raw after all and the cook time isnt long enough for it to make you sick (due to food borne illness from being in the temperature danger zone. Side note - sous vide steelhead is incredible, thinner pieces in my experience work out noticeably better

I think you’ll likely get tapeworms: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/real-life/woman-who-...
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