Couple Cooking grilled steak
Both A and B worked today, and since A was inside in Texas August heat, and B was outside in it, the Plan was for A to come home, prepare and grill rib eye steaks.
A seasoned the steaks with sea salt, pepper, and garlic powder. (Yes, powdered garlic. NO TIME to go the extra mile with garlic prep. Please applaud the step up from garlic salt. Please.) A cleaned the grill. A put on B & B brand charcoal, basically mesquite chunks, and then added B & B smoking wood chunks. The goal is to add smoke. This brand is made in Mexico. Sold in Texas, hope everyone can find it where you are.
A was ready to put the steaks on when B said, "Let me do this. You burn shit." A deferred. Argument avoided, as well as work for A. Very cool. A sat on the porch, drank a couple of beers, B got covered in smoke and may have the smell of mesquite in B's hair for the night.
A loves the smell of mesquite. A said, "Hell, yeah."
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Keep 'em comin' OTC!
I enjoy these so much!
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your pot roast column...
caused me to cook one the next day. I used the instant pot and didn't peel the taters nor carrots (organic home grown ones). I also put in chopped celery and onions. Ate on it for two days and then used the remainder as a soup base.
Currently just have one rib eye in the freezer and our local producer ran out, probably until fall, so I'll have to wait on copying your steak protocol.
Bon appetit!
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Isn't peeling carrots a desecration of some sorts?
I am more likely to leave potatoes unpeeled than not.
The chef's trick I know, but seldom have time to employ, is to coat vegetables with olive oil, bake them at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, then dump them into the soup or stew.
I used to add celery to lots of dishes, but got out of the habit. If you are feeding one, most of the celery will be ruined before it can be eaten.
Seems B loves celery, so A will add it to the grocery list henceforth.
It is a challenge to cook for others.
To cook WITH another person is bizarre. While A does actually "burn shit", B forgets to acknowledge that B totally distracts A from the cook fire, and focuses A's attention to another fire.
Hell yeah.
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