In pursuit the perfect egg (sous vide) - Pic Heavy - Page 2

a777 · 16th August 2012, 1:20 PM

And if you really like eggs either keep some chickens, or find a friend who has chickens at home. The taste/texture difference to ones bought in the supermarket is ridiculous.

Also, the different breeds of chickens will produce different sizes/colours of eggs too

a777 · 16th August 2012, 1:42 PM

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White = Silver Spangled Hamburg
Blue/green = Araucana
Dark Brown = Barnevelder
Rest = Light Sussex and Australorps

Stone2x · 16th August 2012, 3:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Skramit

Just so it's clear, you're all using room temp eggs or refridgerated eggs?

For the short timed ones room temperature.

For the 60 minute ones it doesn't matter. The whole egg would be up to temp within the first 30 mins anyway, the rest of the time is just changing the texture of the egg.

yoink · 16th August 2012, 6:49 PM

What is the brand/model of rice cooker you used?

sgtraven · 16th August 2012, 7:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skramit

Just so it's clear, you're all using room temp eggs or refridgerated eggs?

refridgerated, starting temp of ~5c

yoink · 17th August 2012, 1:16 PM

You've inspired me to get into sous vide

I'm going to get one of the s.vide at home machines you are using - what model of rice cooker that is? It seems slightly expensive for the package that it comes in, but it might well be worth it, what are your thoughts?

Stone2x · 17th August 2012, 1:26 PM

You can use a slow cooker too. most people already have a slow cooker and/or rice cooker so you shouldn't need to buy that part.

I always use one of our two slow cookers as the rice cooker didn't seem to hold a stable enough temperature compared to the slow cooker.

yoink · 17th August 2012, 1:31 PM

I have a rice cooker, but it's a tiny 6 cup - they recommend at least 15 cup, which is why I'm interested to know what this particular one is...

OldnBold · 17th August 2012, 2:26 PM

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Originally Posted by yoink

I have a rice cooker, but it's a tiny 6 cup - they recommend at least 15 cup, which is why I'm interested to know what this particular one is...

I have used a Tiger Rice Cooker, which is very good.

yoink · 17th August 2012, 3:42 PM

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Originally Posted by OldnBold

I have used a Tiger Rice Cooker, which is very good.

Ah yeah they looks to be excellent, starting at ~$200 though... I guess you get what you pay for

scrantic · 17th August 2012, 3:51 PM

@sgtraven, Slightly off topic I know if you can cook these things at home yourself you're probably unlikely to want to try elsewhere but http://www.malingroom.com.au/ up the road from your place do sous vide "style" eggs @63 degrees and great coffee

Haven't seen anywhere else doing eggs like this.

yoink · 17th August 2012, 4:32 PM

Looks like a Maxium 15 cup, but with "GVA" branding... $50 doesn't seem too bad!

Amfibius · 17th August 2012, 5:30 PM

scrantic, Maling Room is not far from my place ... I often go there for coffee

BTW, I just bought a Breville hot plate to use for SV. Cost me $40. I can use any pot I like, including my massive 15L stock pot. I took it for a trial run and it worked beautifully.

oliverg · 19th August 2012, 9:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Amfibius

scrantic, Maling Room is not far from my place ... I often go there for coffee

BTW, I just bought a Breville hot plate to use for SV. Cost me $40. I can use any pot I like, including my massive 15L stock pot. I took it for a trial run and it worked beautifully.

Brilliant idea - do you just set the hotplate to maximum?

SmolderinCorpse · 20th August 2012, 2:02 AM

Hah, I love the amount of accuracy you're putting into making the perfect egg!

I just boil my for ten minutes.. come out quite nicely

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scrantic Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,022	@sgtraven, Slightly off topic I know if you can cook these things at home yourself you're probably unlikely to want to try elsewhere but http://www.malingroom.com.au/ up the road from your place do sous vide "style" eggs @63 degrees and great coffee Haven't seen anywhere else doing eggs like this. __________________ \| Intel Core i7-860 \| Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3P \| \| Corsair X128 Extreme SSD \| 8GB Corsair DDR3 1333 \| \| MSI GTX275 896MB\| Antec P183 \| Antec 750W PSU \| Storage Synology DS1511+ 4 x Hitachi 3TB Deskstar 5K3000

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