sf wrote:
I guess all cooking is a parlor trick. Sous vide, as I understand
it, is close to unique in its ability to not curdle protein while
still gelatinizing connective tissue. This gives a result with
a different texture than most, perhaps all, non-sous-vide braising methods.
Silly? No more so than lots of other things that are done in the
kitchen in order to achieve an exact effect.
It certainly has nothing in common with weird behavior by waiters.
Steve