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Hello, I'm Tom, and today for dinner

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I'm cooking myself salmon.

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Not using an oven or a hob or anything conventional,

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today, I'm going to be using the cooking power of this:

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An everyday, household dishwasher.

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The idea of poaching salmon in a dishwasher has been around for a long time.

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Bob Blumer, the "Surreal Gourmet",

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claims to have poached salmon in more than 100 dishwashers on 3 continents.

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And actor and gourmet cook, Vincent Price,

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is said to have once have cooked it on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.

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But there's no video evidence of it online yet

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So, I figured it was worth a try.

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Provided you wrap the fish really tightly in aluminium foil,

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there's no real danger to the dishwasher.

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I say that mainly because it's my landlord's dishwasher,

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and they'll probably end up watching this at some point.

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I drizzled a little oil, added the salmon, and then

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spent two minutes carefully folding and pressing the aluminium foil to make sure it was airtight.

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I had to be certain no water and detergent could get in,

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and that no salmon could get out.

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and then, I put the package in the dishwasher,

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added a capsule of detergent,

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set it to a normal cycle, and turned it on.

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...and now...

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I wait!

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I checked inside occasionally, just incase there was

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some kind of salmon based explosion.

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Half an hour in, everything looks good.

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the foil is in one piece, and there's no salmon thrown about the dishwasher,

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so, I think it's okay.

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Finally, it was time for the moment of truth.

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Whoa, okay, steam. ooh.

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After I defogged my glasses, I removed the salmon.

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It was hot.

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Ha. Ooh. Ow.

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Carefully, I unwrapped the package.

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It was dry inside, nothing seemed to have leaked,

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nothing smelled fishy from the outside.

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But I didn't know what I'd find

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Salmon ruined by detergent?

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Raw fish that was just a bit warm around the edges?

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Or possibly, just possibly,

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Oh, look at that!

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It seemed perfect.

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It flaked into two  pieces as I moved it to a plate,

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but that just showed it was light pink all the way through, and cooked thoroughly.

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So here's the big question:

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How does it taste?

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Perfect.

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