Comments on: Instant karma http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2005/12/31/instant-karma/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:49:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew Feldstein http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2005/12/31/instant-karma/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Andrew Feldstein Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:52:02 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2005/12/31/instant-karma/#comment-85 <p>Ooh, I forgot to add you should forget the 10 second model--why are you buying a Thermapen anyway? I have the one with the nice sharp point that reads wicked fast. Never a problem with the tip, but it is <em>sharp</em>--poke myself all the time I do.</p> <p>I do try to keep the thing closed so I don't get poked so often, but I can't always remember to do that. And some times it's impossible. For example, for my family's Chanukah Fry-Fest a couple of Fridays ago, I learned that even though the probe will read very quickly, it heats up very quickly too--so you have a choice, getting poked or getting burnt (I got poked and burnt.)</p> <p>One of my favorite things is to use the Thermapen while heating water or oil to watch the temperature climb (only every half minute or so--any oftener is obsessive).</p> Ooh, I forgot to add you should forget the 10 second model—why are you buying a Thermapen anyway? I have the one with the nice sharp point that reads wicked fast. Never a problem with the tip, but it is sharp—poke myself all the time I do.

I do try to keep the thing closed so I don’t get poked so often, but I can’t always remember to do that. And some times it’s impossible. For example, for my family’s Chanukah Fry-Fest a couple of Fridays ago, I learned that even though the probe will read very quickly, it heats up very quickly too—so you have a choice, getting poked or getting burnt (I got poked and burnt.)

One of my favorite things is to use the Thermapen while heating water or oil to watch the temperature climb (only every half minute or so—any oftener is obsessive).

]]> By: Andrew Feldstein http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2005/12/31/instant-karma/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Andrew Feldstein Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:45:02 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2005/12/31/instant-karma/#comment-84 <p>Have had mine for a couple of years. These rock. And they make great presents. And you get lagniappe with every purchase (yay jelly beans!).</p> <p>>You can get a Celsius-only model, but only in gray.</p> <p>Reason enough not to get the Celsius-only model. I got mine in yellow. Bright, blinding, yellow.</p> <p>Why to those Cook's Illustrated people on TV always have only the gray model? Couldn't they afford a couple more bucks for a cool color?</p> <p>And why do they always have the boring-but-functional-and-just-as-good-as-the-others brushed aluminum Master Chef 2 All-Clad pots?</p> <p>Doesn't anyone at Cook's Illustrated have any sense of <em>style</em>?</p> Have had mine for a couple of years. These rock. And they make great presents. And you get lagniappe with every purchase (yay jelly beans!).

>You can get a Celsius-only model, but only in gray.

Reason enough not to get the Celsius-only model. I got mine in yellow. Bright, blinding, yellow.

Why to those Cook’s Illustrated people on TV always have only the gray model? Couldn’t they afford a couple more bucks for a cool color?

And why do they always have the boring-but-functional-and-just-as-good-as-the-others brushed aluminum Master Chef 2 All-Clad pots?

Doesn’t anyone at Cook’s Illustrated have any sense of style?

]]> By: Eh... not so much http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2005/12/31/instant-karma/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Eh... not so much Fri, 06 Jan 2006 03:11:12 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2005/12/31/instant-karma/#comment-63 <p>I just ordered us a Thermopen based on Cook's Illustrated love of said gadget. We went with the original 10-second thermometer; CI says that the new high-speed's tip is too thin and prone to breaking and bending. Yeouch! 10 seconds will be fast enough, thanks!</p> I just ordered us a Thermopen based on Cook’s Illustrated love of said gadget. We went with the original 10-second thermometer; CI says that the new high-speed’s tip is too thin and prone to breaking and bending. Yeouch! 10 seconds will be fast enough, thanks!

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