Images of items I have purchased (except trainers)

Soldato
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Another fan of Hue here, as said buy it all in the sales and its not as bad. As for being too dim, I've got a strip on the back of my TV unit, its anything but too dim, I have to turn it to about 10% or its too overpowering.


I bought and installed a Nest Protect (wired) this weekend, replacing the old 'dumb' smoke alarm in the hallway. Will be getting a couple more for the bedrooms in time as well as the thermostat too.

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Probably doesn't apply but don't vape around these, vaping sets them off all the time.
 
Associate
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Technically not purchased today, but fitted today... a new dual camera system on the bike.

A better spot at the back than the last one (on the number plate). Initial quality of the footage looks... average. Only a quick loop round the garage area so far though.

What camera is this and where the feed goes i.e. handlebar-mounted LCD of some sort?
 
Soldato
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New chef toys for my kitchen, with the first rib eye steak currently being Sous vide cooked :D

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Soldato
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Sous vide is the best thing in the world. Ever. I love my Anova.
I've been cooking for 25 years and i've never really embraced it. I've used it in a couple of restaurants i've worked at but never really considered using it myself, so i thought it was about time i introduced it to my kitchen tool kit. I had my scotch fillet earler, cooked perfect medium rare and seared either side for about a minute. It looked great! I just need to find a good source of vac pac bags over here now :)
 
Caporegime
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I've been cooking for 25 years and i've never really embraced it. I've used it in a couple of restaurants i've worked at but never really considered using it myself, so i thought it was about time i introduced it to my kitchen tool kit. I had my scotch fillet earler, cooked perfect medium rare and seared either side for about a minute. It looked great! I just need to find a good source of vac pac bags over here now :)

I bought a vacuum sealer from Lidl years ago, the rolls can be had quite cheap online, but a couple of weeks ago I made some nice steaks and ran out of roll so I simply used freezer bags in the ol' pot of water trick, worked a treat as well.



Try a blowtorch for marbling too if you want to go full Blumenthal.


Just whatever you do, don't fall in to the trap of precooking x amount for lunch / dinner and then when you run out simply cooking in the pan when you run out. That's why sous vide is generally quite pricey, because a good restaurant will overcook to make sure they meet supply and there can be quite a bit of wastage.

Your restaurant though, hope it's all going well :D
 
Caporegime
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Yeah I was going to go down the gorilla tape route but saw Stans had a 30mm kit, which would save me trying to cut the tape to width.

A track pump? or a Compressor?

Track pump, I have a Bontrager Flash Charger.

I had to stop letting people borrow it, it was getting silly. It's so handy.
 
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