PrintWin Tickets to Thomas Keller Event This Weekend
We have two tickets to a Thomas Keller event at the Astor Center this Saturday at 6:30 p.m., celebrating his new book Under Pressure. Keller will join his friend and co-author Michael Ruhlman, along with Per Se chef de cuisine Jonathan Benno, to chat about the principles of sous-vide (the slow cooking in plastic bags below the boiling point).
The lucky winners will also get an autographed copy of the sous-vide book. To win, just tell us your favorite sous-vide dish and if you've never had one, something tasty Mom used to throw in a plastic bag. We'll pick two winners at random and have the tickets waiting at the door. Comments will close at Noon EST on Friday. Standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
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My mom used to slow cook pork shoulder in a plastic bag and it was awesome!
hungryone at 10:42AM on 11/19/08
the cherry miso beef tongue at wd-50. KILLER!
JP001 at 10:54AM on 11/19/08
Shake and Bake.
and I did help.
dbdtron at 10:54AM on 11/19/08
Anything made by Aki and Alex.
simon at 10:55AM on 11/19/08
Stuffed Cabbage stuffed in a bag
hicoffice at 11:12AM on 11/19/08
Thomas Keller's sous-vide Maine Lobster tail at French Laundry. To die for!
andrearode at 11:14AM on 11/19/08
second the shake and bake, but i didn't help.
amyxshi at 11:19AM on 11/19/08
Simple foods in my childhood home, so I'll add Shake and Bake as well!
cmwsjnb at 11:28AM on 11/19/08
Never ate anything sous-vide but would love to. And unfortunately my mother never cooked anything tasty. But I would love to hear Chef Keller speak about the technique as I will be getting a sous-vide combo from Fresh Meal Solutions thanks to Michael Ruhlman's blog.
andyb at 11:32AM on 11/19/08
Definitely turkey sandwiches when I was in grammar school! haha
Joseph Bayot at 11:39AM on 11/19/08
Duck I had at JoJo once that was unbelievably good, even though I didn't think the duck would work sous-vide. I trusted Jean-Georges and it paid off!
MrKnish at 12:11PM on 11/19/08
Ooo it was either Thanksgiving turley in a bag or BBQ pork butt in a bag in the microwave when the grill and oven broke!
Scarlett at 12:17PM on 11/19/08
My mom didn't make anything in a plastic bag--she barely cooked at all, and when she did, it was out of a can. My husband, however, makes beer-brined pork chops that are incredible.
meganfra at 12:47PM on 11/19/08
mom's thanksgiving turkey in plastic bag.
Dedaa at 1:08PM on 11/19/08
The "cheese" for Kraft mac n' cheese came in a pouch. Does that count?
zoverman at 1:31PM on 11/19/08
I've always wanted to try Martin Picard's Stuffed trotters which he sous vides and serves with fois.
Mom used to "sous vide" pre packaged food that you throw in boiling water. Wonder if that counts.
jackl at 1:37PM on 11/19/08
add another one for shake and bake.
bedwell at 1:45PM on 11/19/08
tasty bites (indian food in a bag cooked in boiling water). somehow these taste divine while camping.
tudogostoso at 1:59PM on 11/19/08
mom used a bag to marinate meat...
Lucia at 2:12PM on 11/19/08
i've always wanted to try food cooked with sous vide, but my mom used to make ice cream shaken up in a plastic bag. yummm
missmicker at 2:22PM on 11/19/08
Mom would throw my PB&J sandwich in a plastic bag before school - does that count?
Erisgrom at 2:22PM on 11/19/08
mom used to throw bbq meats in a plastic bag for marinades
foodinmouth at 2:23PM on 11/19/08
The short ribs at Ko were pretty amazing.
ChiefHDB at 2:25PM on 11/19/08
shake and bake!
meggadeath at 2:26PM on 11/19/08
When I was a kid, we were broke, so the only "in a bag" meals we had were the boil-in-bag frozen meals like salisbury steak and turkey with gravy! Sodium-tastic!
kll205 at 2:38PM on 11/19/08
How about chocolate chip cookies in a plastic bag?
wencheung at 2:41PM on 11/19/08
i make pretty good steamed broccoli using those ziploc steamer bags, so let's go with that.
sarahlucy at 3:07PM on 11/19/08
home made chinese dumplings in a plastic bag ... to freeze
piehole at 3:40PM on 11/19/08
Hmm.. I faux-sous vide some chicken breast this weekend with butter and herbs in Saran wrap. I got the temperature too high and it was good but not great. The confit byaldi i served it over, however, was stellar keller.
mohpoh at 3:43PM on 11/19/08
I've never had anything prepared sous-vide but my most fond remembrance of dish involving a plastic bag from childhood is when my mom used to marinate pork tenderloin in sesame oil, honey, fresh ginger, brown sugar, garlic and soy sauce overnight before coating it in sesame seeds and roasting it. Raw meat swimming in a bag meant deliciousness the next night!
tortor at 4:04PM on 11/19/08
"mac and cheese" at per se
mcyfei at 4:14PM on 11/19/08
My mom keeps her home made pizza in plastic bags for leftovers!!!
amypen at 5:26PM on 11/19/08
Dan Barber's sous-vide chicken at Blue Hill. Wow.
jamesfood at 6:16PM on 11/19/08
Hot dogs... Still in the wrapper and heated with continuos running hot water in the sink. It was a creative solution to a gas problem (the stuff that runs the oven and stove, not the flatulance...)
BirdDoggie at 6:30PM on 11/19/08
never had a sous-vide dish and mom didn't much use plastic bags either. she did pack me awesome lunches in tupperware though - fried rice, spaghetti, sandwiches, etc. all good and homemade.
graceinspace at 6:56PM on 11/19/08
shake and bake
mchow at 8:57PM on 11/19/08
i've never had sous-vide or shake 'n' bake! mom used to bake chicken in reynold's oven bags though, pretty tasty results AND easy cleanup :P
savingandsavoring at 11:10PM on 11/19/08
My mom would make shake and bake, but add in crushed cornflakes to the shake part!!
queensblondie at 11:10PM on 11/19/08
Peanut butter and fluff sandwich aka the Fluffernutter. Wrapped in a plastic bag, it never fails to taste like childhood.
bjornsen at 9:16AM on 11/20/08
I've never had sous-vide so I'll say a massive roast beef sandwich for lunch when I was in middle school.
tingtingng at 9:19AM on 11/20/08
The deep-fried short ribs at Ko (I think they are prepared sous-vide...). Mom made a mean pot roast in a bag.
sarahb at 9:42AM on 11/20/08
I agree with SarahB. Those deep-fried short ribs at Ko were amazing. I still pack my lunch items in plastic bags - not quite as exciting as those short ribs.
kreps at 10:00AM on 11/20/08
Pot Roast. Slow cooked with vegetables and a gravy that would make Elvis beg for eighths.
tacologic at 10:30AM on 11/20/08
Never had sous -vide, but Mom used to make a whole chicken w/ vegetables slow cooked in those plastic Reynolds bags. So juicy and delicious.
mtabry at 10:45AM on 11/20/08
Mom used the recipe on the box for roasted potatoes with lipton onion soup mix!
chadmd23 at 11:55AM on 11/21/08
And we have two winners! Congrats to mchow and cmwsjnb. We'll be contacting you by email shortly. Thanks to everyone who entered. There are more chances to enter throughout the week.
Erin Zimmer at 3:37PM on 11/21/08