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I was looking for alternatives to my salt scrub, and came across the recommendation of chainmail. As I read the chainmail fans raving about their chainmail and the history of chainmail being used to clean pots, I came across one particular chainmail fan who talked about how much they appreciated being able to use the word chainmail in their daily vocabulary. I snickered reading your chainmail comment. I owe you, dear chainmail fan, an apology. The word chainmail is addictive. Every time I go to scrub my pan with my chainmail, I think of the injustice I did to you from afar for shunning your chainmail affection. While I cannot imagine wearing chainmail armor, I have new found appreciation for the craftsmanship the the chainmail workers of yore made chainmail. I appreciate how my simple chainmail cleans my cast iron pan. I appreciate how the chainmail flows in my hand when I wash the chainmail after the chainmail has cleaned my pan.

You may have solace in knowing that I am likely forevermore bound to think of your post and my rude internal snicker every time I see chainmail, think of chainmail, and certainly use my chainmail henceforth.

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Those that sear their steak before the sous vide: how is the flavor and texture if you were to eat it right after the sous vide, without a final sear?

And how do we feel from a food safety perspective of taking a very cold (34°F) raw steak, seasoning it (or dry brined at 34°F), searing it 60s/side on hot cast-iron, vacuum ceiling, and freezing to sous vide later? Would that even be enough sear for Maillard?

My dilemma: my mom loves steak, hates cooking smell in the house (especially browning/fat), so I was thinking of making her some up like this so she could sous vide on demand…

edit: strike texture part of question. I know it will lose the crust. That was me over thinking if any of the process (freezing seared meat, sv'ing seared meat, i dunno) would make it anything more negative than loss of crust.

How do you use cast iron pans that are larger than the induction circle?

My (crappy single) burner is 7”. It has worked well enough with 11” GreenPan, the edges are wayyy too cold in my 10” Lodge cast iron. I have let it heat a little longer, but still poor heat distribution.

My BS meter went off the charts on this one, but I have never leased a car (always owned) so thought I would check here...

Got a mailer from the dealer (meant to look handwritten) saying that they have a "desperate need" to acquire 2 Primes by end of month to "fulfill special used vehicle requests". Willing to over "above market value" and have "other good news to sweeten the deal".

Is there anything real to this? Obviously a phone call is cheap, but curious what y'all know.

I am 20mo into a 36mo lease of my 2024 RAV4 Prime XSE PP. Got it 4% under SRP in Late 2024 and the $6500 lease credit.

My elder mother wants a robot vacuum. Is Valetudo clean enough for her to use 1000 miles from me? I would do the install and setup (ideally remote and ship a modded vac to her, onsite is manageable if needed). Cheers

2002 996 Cabriolet 4

I have not been able to use the soft top for at least 2 years. My indie mechanic told me it needs new “latch assembly” which has an updated part number of 997 561 117 02.

I saw some things on Renlist about being able to get the latch assembly motor working with a pencil pushing on the microcontroller. Is anyone here knowledgeable about that and thoughts on how to tell if this my issue (and potential resolution)?

The soft top had failed one day due to hydraulics (since rebuilt) and I had to hand crank it down to get hard top back on. It was during this or the fix that the latch part broke.

When I turn on the car with hardtop fully latched, I get an error light I must dismiss for soft top not fully latched (or something like that) even though it is down and in back.

Would love to use my convertible this summer for less than the $800-1200 for replacement latch assembly.

Since switching to induction, I really don't find the need for long handle pots as much anymore. I would love to be able to find a ~2-4 short-handled stock pot or saucepan. Anybody have any suggestions?

What is your favorite stainless steel butter warmer? I really cannot justify $90-$120 for an AllClad or Made In. The rest of my stainless cookware is AllClad D5. I want this to be good and thick and induction capable, but that's just too much for something this small.

I am not an Apple Watch person, but I am my elderly mother's tech support...

I know the iPhone will be the primary location finder, but how far apart do they need to be and for how long to force person tracking to the watch? When she goes to the condo pool and leaves her phone in the condo, it does not follow her location. She is at least 400' from her phone, 4 stories different, and not on the same WiFi.

Not only does her location not update, but her watch will show no update for the last xx minutes since she walked away from the watch when I look at tracking her devices (family iCloud).

I recently re-requested her location and her respond from her watch so her Find My screen's "Me" section shows sharing from iPhone and watch. She did have to enable location permissions on the watch for Find My, but no option for "always" like on iOS. So it seems to be only doing it if she opens the app, defeating the point of iPhone fall back location IMO.

I got my mom an Apple Watch many years ago for fall detection, emergencies, etc. She has come to love it and it barely leaves her wrist. Series 8 with known working cellular.

I have not yet moved my UCG-ultra to zone based, do I basically need to? I felt like I used to be able to see all of my rules in iOS app but cannot currently. Found this. So now just are zone based better?

Is it markedly better? I do not have a ton of rules in there. Just never had done the migration

PSA: Drive Mode (Eco/Normal/Sport) dictates how aggressive radar adaptive cruise control (acc), especially in traffic.

Have people cutting in due to it being slow to accelerate? Kick it to Normal or Sport

Is there a way to prevent Eco driving mode from also putting on Eco Heat/Cool? I like the drive mode, but not so much the HVAC mode, especially in the beast weather.

2024 Prime XSE PP