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Anne Whateley posted:The best plastic wrap is a cheap one, stretch-tite I believe that is the costco brand, yes. For a long time, Costco used to sell giant rolls of that, but, they have disappeared in favor of Kirkland branded boxes, which feels and acts identically, implying that they are still making it but as their house brand.
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I miss the old Saran Wrap with the pollutants. It worked better 
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Discussion Quorum posted:I just bought some Kroger brand to replace some Great Value that lasted me many years (I don't use much plastic wrap) and holy poo poo it's so, so bad. To the point where I'm seriously considering tossing the nearly full roll and buying something else because gently caress potentially dealing with this thing for the next 5 years or so. Just return it?
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May 30, 2023 20:27
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I have 2 rolls of the costco stuff and to me it wasn't as good as some of the name brand stuff I get at kroger or whatever. It was a total pain to get the roll started, it smells funny, and the cutting mechanism was inferior to the name brands (partly the film is just too wide for the cutters so it often doesn't start the cut nicely).
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May 30, 2023 22:55
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When I was in college I bought cheap plastic wrap and that poo poo never stuck to anything it was unreal.
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May 31, 2023 03:35
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Smart and Final has good wrap with the slicer like the old Costco stuff
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teraflame posted:When I was in college I bought cheap plastic wrap and that poo poo never stuck to anything it was unreal.
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May 31, 2023 04:51
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Did goons just spend a page talking about plastic wrap
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May 31, 2023 05:25
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Pfft Glad? Personally I prefer the Wrapé wrap made by a small shop in Switzerland. The stretch ratio is far superior
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For the folks talking knives, there's a knife thread if you want to get super nerdy. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3846213 BBQ Dave posted:Ok I'm a believer. One of us! One of us!
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:Just return it? I didn't buy it, like, yesterday. I probably had it for over a month before even opening it. Like I said, I don't use much plastic wrap. While I am wasting Jeffrey's ones and zeros complaining about kitchen wrap, Great Value unbleached parchment paper is another "get something else next time" purchase.
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May 31, 2023 14:42
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I bought one of these ten years ago: https://www.amazon.com/Reynolds-914...981636799&psc=1 I don't think I'm even halfway through. But I also own a ton of glass containers with lids that I use 95% of the time I need to seal something.
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My vacuum sealer may be on the way out, but I'd rather fix it than buy a new one if it's possible to do so. Specifically, the problem is I'll begin the process of sealing something in a bag, but once the suction stops, air seeps back into the bag. During the suction process the bag will seem fully vacuumed. I imagine this has to do with the seal on the inside of the machine, but I don't know how to fix this. The seal itself is fairly simple foam, doesn't seem particularly compressed. Anyone have advice for this? Do they sell new seals for these kinds of vacuums? Specifically I have a Gourmia GVS425.
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SwissArmyDruid posted:I believe that is the costco brand, yes. For a long time, Costco used to sell giant rolls of that, but, they have disappeared in favor of Kirkland branded boxes, which feels and acts identically, implying that they are still making it but as their house brand. Kirkland brand is branded with both stretch-tite and kirkland labels: https://www.costco.com/kirkland-signature-stretch-tite-plastic-food-wrap%2C-11-78-in-x-758-ft%2C-2-count.product.100116718.html
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Verisimilidude posted:My vacuum sealer may be on the way out, but I'd rather fix it than buy a new one if it's possible to do so. You probably have a loose spot in the foam seal somewhere so it doesn't think its done and keeps going until the safety times it out and air goes right back in. When mine does that I just hit manual seal to force it to finish.
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Nephzinho posted:You probably have a loose spot in the foam seal somewhere so it doesn't think its done and keeps going until the safety times it out and air goes right back in. When mine does that I just hit manual seal to force it to finish. I've tried this, but in the time between hitting manual seal and the vacuuming process finishing, air seeps back in. I'll play around with the seal a bit more and see if I can replace it.
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As a last ditch effort, if you can't find a replacement maybe try a bit of food-safe mineral oil on the foam? Often times gaskets and such get a little bit of grease to improve sealing, but that may not help much if it's a gross leak.
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Verisimilidude posted:My vacuum sealer may be on the way out, but I'd rather fix it than buy a new one if it's possible to do so.
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Anyone got a set of stainless, all-metal skewers for kabob/yakitori/satay/kkochi/whatever they really like? Strong feelings about round vs flat skewers? Been using bamboo, tired of having to soak 'em ahead of time.
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I have these Norpro skewers and they're decent but stuff will still spin on them sometimes. I'd prefer a middle ground between these and the really broad kofta-style skewers, but they're serviceable.
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These are great. Flat, just wide enough to keep solid stuff from spinning. Kofta not amazing. Very sturdy and the points are just sharp enough to be super effective but not dangerous. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003FZAVU6?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share The included rails are really useful in some situations too.
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I got these long long mans from Home Depot. I couldn't find many other options at that size/price. My two criticisms are that the points aren't beveled, so it's tough to get vegetables on without cutting a pilot hole, and that the wooden handles are flush with the metal so if you grab them wrong they can be spicy. They also make a 17 inch size. I prefer flat to round because cooking over high heat gets really difficult when you can't flip the food reliably. It makes smaller chunks tougher to deal with. I really do need to try kofta on them someday; they're basically made for it.
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One of the local public libraries has specialty cake pans to borrow. I think that's an awesome idea.
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https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1668672103258701826?s=46&t=Kzmv5HsyFqNWsBcA-dIRLA Well this is a surprise
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Steve Yun posted:https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1668672103258701826?s=46&t=Kzmv5HsyFqNWsBcA-dIRLA Thank private equity. They were bought in a leveraged buyout, the new owners insisted on creating and selling InstaPot branded items that had nothing to do with pressure cooking. The same company owns American Pyrex, which is why the dishes now explode in the oven from time to time.
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They closed all their outlet stores, even the one in Corning, NY closed. They had the world's largest pyrex measuring cup there. It wasn't made out of pyrex though.
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the most evil item they sold was an instant pot branded slow cooker which looked very similar to and cost almost as much as the actual pressure cookers
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Clark Nova posted:the most evil item they sold was an instant pot branded slow cooker which looked very similar to and cost almost as much as the actual pressure cookers That hardly counts as evil. Even among kitchen equipment.
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Steve Yun posted:https://twitter.com/cnn/status/1668672103258701826?s=46&t=Kzmv5HsyFqNWsBcA-dIRLA Whoever buys the remnants, bring back the old borosilicate formula, plz
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Brother Tadger posted:Whoever buys the remnants, bring back the old borosilicate formula, plz From your lips to God's ears.
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Guess I shoulda posted this before buying the thing, but what would you check when buying a used stand mixer? I just picked one up off craigslist for $50 I pressed on the drive mechanism to make sure the gears didn't slip, didn't feel any broken teeth. It's missing the whisk, but does have everything else.
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Brother Tadger posted:Whoever buys the remnants, bring back the old borosilicate formula, plz Not that PYREX, unfortunately https://www.allrecipes.com/article/what-is-the-difference-between-two-pyrex-types/
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Borosilicate cookware is easy to find on Amazon
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What do you all like for a salt cellar? Lid vs no lid? I finally wore out the Tupperware knockoff I've been using. I have one of those swing lid wooden ones for Maldon salt, and it's fine, but something ceramic might be nice.
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you ate my cat posted:What do you all like for a salt cellar? Lid vs no lid? I finally wore out the Tupperware knockoff I've been using. I have one of those swing lid wooden ones for Maldon salt, and it's fine, but something ceramic might be nice.
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My wife has a set of those ceramic jars with hinged lids, and the smallest two (probably 1/4C and 1/2C respectively) were too small to be of any other use. I use them for sea salt and kosher salt, respectively.
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I use an anchor hocking custard cup with a plastic lid The lid is loose enough that I can open it with my thumb
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you ate my cat posted:What do you all like for a salt cellar? Lid vs no lid? I finally wore out the Tupperware knockoff I've been using. I have one of those swing lid wooden ones for Maldon salt, and it's fine, but something ceramic might be nice. Emile Henry salt pig.
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I’ve got a ceramic one with a wooden lid that someone brought back from Barcelona; it’s very pretty but the lid is attached such that it will not stay up no matter what which is annoying. Kind of want to go back to a plain wooden one, redoing my kitchen soon so maybe it’ll get replaced then.
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My wife had a 1-cup Dutch oven for some reason, so we use that.
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