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Larry, Mandolines will not handle cold cuts, they will tear the meat instead of cutting it. I guess this is due to the meat characteristics (harness, etc.) as compared to vegetables, you will need a cutter with more linear velocity than a mandoline to thinly slice meat. That's when a meat...

Olen3105, Try "Happy in the Kitchen" by Michell Richard. This volume plus Jacques Pepin's (for the techniques) should be a great reference. By the way, I've tried Garlic Ice cream (ref. your onions and ice cream comment) once in Canada and it wasn't bad at all.

This type of kettle is used in South America to heat up water for Mate, a local infusion equivalent to coffee or black tea. They are very popular and much more efficient than heating up on the stove. I've seen them all over Europe too...

Ikea has the same type of pans, enameled black on the interior and Made in France for a fraction of the cost. I have no issue with the seasoning and cleaning -I don't use my dishwasher-, they work quite well. However, the dark inside doesn't help much when you want to check for food readiness...

ella/TO, I live in Michigan, and worked for quite a while in Oakville. I know the brands, I was just joking

jani, The safest way to polish your cooper is to use a mix table salt and lemon juice or table salt and vinegar and rub it on the cooper surface. The salt acts as an abrasive rubbing the acid and cleaning very fast. A quick wash and drying and you are done. If have hammered cooper and want a...

MostlyWater, I purchased an Emeril machine long time ago in clearance at BB and Beyond for $20. It has removable sandwich inserts and also waffle and pizzelles inserts. It is OK, my kids use it at least once a week.

Stellasquash, Jacques Deseyne is a well known Belgian chef. Here is a webpage with his recipes for waffles: BABEL Note: There is no "Belgian waffle" per se, as Belgians prepare them according to the region where they live. The Brussels Waffle is probable the most popular in USA, but I...

jani, I have some Baumalu pans I purchased in France way back in 2002 I think. Never had an issue and they are great... except that are really heavy. Baumalu produces several lines (different wall thickness), if you purchased the stuff that is 2.2 or 2.5 mm thick you have a pan that will last...

mj1, From the pictures you posted, looks like a regular cast iron pan. Enameled pans have a different finish inside when compared to the outside (shimmier, smoother). In some cases, the enamel is clear (like LeCreusets), but also could be dark (IKEA) As some others recommended, I'd take it...

mj1, Is this a cast iron enameled pan? Regular black cast iron? Seems like your pan has some porosity holes as results of the manufacturing process. If you were able to see them bubbling, it means there are probably some additional voids inside the pan. After you heat up the air inside them...

LavenderLily, If you were able to inject the water into the siphon thru the outlet, injecting the water before the siphon is completely empty, then you should not need to refill with the CO2 charger, unless the CO2 is at a very low pressure.