Too Slow Joe

As a fan of Top Chef, we've been watching some of the cheftestants fawn over their sous vide slow cooker for endless challenges. For the uninitiated, sous vide is when the food is vaccum sealed in plastic and then cooked for hours in a tepid water bath. Supposedly, it seals in the flavor but for me it always kinda seemed like you forget to add flavor. I mean really is plain chicken good? No, you have to add salt, pepper, and other stuff to make it really tasty.

Well now they are bringing sous vide to home cooks. Me, I think this is a kitchen electric I can do without. I think grilling and what not does more to add flavor then it loses in juice.

Sous-Vide Home Cooking: Really Slow Food