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the best food related purchase I've ever made was a sous vide circulator back in 2017 on a cyber monday sale
makes meat prep infinitely easier compared to other methods, with predictable high quality results every damn time
i could never, ever go back 
(came to mind since I just tossed some cheap pork chops into the water for dinner)
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@Chel Definitely something I'd like to lay my paws on when I've got kitchen space once more. ^_^ I'd enjoy the experimental side, I think, seeing how different meats and fish turn out at various temperatures and durations.
I wonder how really good Iberico pork would turn out.. =:9 I've ordered that a few times from the delivery service I use, and it's gorgeous stuff - like the usual kind, just /moreso/.
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@porsupah it's pretty useful from a space perspective - just need a plastic tub for the water, and a decent skillet for finishing the meat off with a sear
my current apartment has a really small kitchen, so its been really useful from that perspective
I've actually been meaning to give iberico pork a try! Scarly and I are heavily budgeting our groceries this year though, in preparation for moving in early 2020, so it might have to wait a few moments, though ;_;
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@porsupah that is a fair point tbh 
and... oh gosh, that IS limited D:
here's hoping that you're able to get a new place with a bit more substantial kitchen in the very near term - I'm definitely rooting for you!
and... and... that... that would be quite an unfortunate typo x3
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@Chel All the moreso given I /love/ cooking, and was lucky enough a few years ago to be renting a place with a beautifully laid out kitchen - enough space for five chopping boards and still have a few feet of countertop spare. ^_^
Ahh, that's it! I recall you mentioning P-town. ^_^ Only visited there once, quite briefly - I was living in Medford, in the south. (Not somewhere to seek out, though Ashland and Jacksonville are nice, if perhaps a bit twee)
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@porsupah that... sounds like the kitchen of my dreams 
good kitchens are honestly exciting to an utterly absurd degree, and I legit fantasize about being able to someday have a fully customized one
and yeah, cooking is a complete delight and joy, to say the absolute least - especially when you've got some folks to cook for :3
and yep - P-town it is! we already go down quite a few times a year, so it'll be a money savings in that regard to simply live there x)
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@Chel Ahh, I know you mentioned the move sometime, but I forget - what destination do you have in mind? Retiring to Gstaad already? =:)
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@porsupah oh goodness, wouldn't that be a treat?
but... alas... we're simply gonna be going a couple hundred miles down South to Portland, Oregon... fleeing, desperately, from the mess that is Seattle 😅
my parents are down there, Scarly's closest brother is down there, and most of our favorite places to go are down there, so... :3
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@Chel It might be worth seeing if you can make it happen as a special treat for some occasion. ^_^
The trouble is, the spare space in the kitchen amounts to the two chopping boards, and a few extra square inches to the side of one of them. ^_^; That said, there is a crockpot (which my keyboard initially dropped the "r" from =:) on the stove - the only space for it - which could be shifted. Still, that's likely only happening with a new gig, which'd likely mean a new location. (Yay!)