351361 Thu Dec 14 19:58:45 -0800 2006 4 41 Cookware 0 2100193 Has anyone tried a PolyScience 7306C Thermal Circulator? Expensive ($950) toy but it sure sounds like fun. http://www.chow.com/stories/10145 http://www.cuisinetechnology.com/thermal-circulators.html They've also got an "anti-griddle" with a surface temperature of minus 30 degrees F. http://www.chow.com/stories/10167 Thu Dec 14 19:58:45 -0800 2006 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 2100568 Wow, with that level of temperature control you could probably get a pretty decent PCR process running in your kitchen. Nothing like a little between-meals cloning, I guess. Thu Dec 14 21:35:20 -0800 2006 2100193 25310 Chuckles the Clone 1 2101374 I think this whole sous-vide thing is a fleeting fad. It's way too fiddly for most cooks, and has no basis in any authentic cuisine. It's guys playing with toys. Fri Dec 15 01:39:43 -0800 2006 2100193 11995 pikawicca 2 2101415 EXACTLY!! End of story. Fri Dec 15 02:00:03 -0800 2006 2101374 10925 rtmonty 2 2103246 That's probably the same response you would give the early caveman when he decided to use this 'new fangled' thing.......FIRE!!! "What's that strange pan?"..."...'...I call it a wok"!!!...a rotisserie, a deep fryer, a pressure cooker...a microwave....etc..etc... Statement on the 'new cookery'... link: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1968665,00.html Fri Dec 15 19:15:41 -0800 2006 2101374 10485 ChowFun_derek