Steak out

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I'll be late for my own funeral.
Sorry about the late post. Was up late last night with an evening dinner engagement with family.
We were at the best steakhouse in Portland, The Ringside, and I splurged and had a 12 Oz. Dry aged bone_in New York cut priced at $84.
What was the occasion?
My granddaughter and her SO were flying out today to spend Christmas with his parents in Iowa and will not return until after New Years.
I'm sure those steaks are cheaper in De Moines.
So, I'll open the thread with this.
What did I miss this morning?

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QMS's picture

Those late night gigs take a toll.
We don't spring back as quick no mo.

Thanks for picking up the pieces.

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@QMS
Tequila Sunrises had a little to do with it.
Legal full disclosure.
E2 was designated operator.

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Hi all,

Just a quick PSA regarding the drone sightings in New Jersey, one of my favorite places. The well-named Garden State.

First a field guide:
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This is alleged to be an actual photo from one of the drones.

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happy trails all!

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@dystopian
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defense mechanism
for incoming bottles?

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forcast for Lewis County, Washington today. They are calling it an Atmospheric River bringing drenching rains and rising river levels.
The last time we had a storm like this I followed up the next day with a trip up to the farm to witness how high Otter Creek, which runs through my parcel, rose.
That was on December 23rd, 2019.
It was up about 2 ft. Which wasn't that bad, but what I saw shocked and delighted me.
Peering down the embankment, I saw a 2 ft. long salmon spawning with the smaller male dutifully following.
As I recall, the fingerlings grow and migrate downstream to the sea. They then spend 5 years out at sea before returning to where they were born.
I should make a trip up there and see if they've come home.

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A local Houston news story yesterday was about a Japanese restaurant that was now offering a bone in rib eye, special Japanese cut, for $1,000.00.
Well, whatever. I think I will pass.
I hope I am very late to my funeral, just sayin'...
Thanks for the OT, friend!

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@on the cusp
Wiki says it's among four breeds of Japanese cattle bred for special marbling and tenderness.
I've been growing away from red meat for a few years now. But every once in awhile I'll splurge for a good T-bone, Porterhouse or Chateaubriand.
I haven't stopped eating red meat, just cut the portions down a lot.
I hope you are very late for your funeral too. I like having you around.
Thanks for stopping by.

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of the group pushing him out his desire to run for reelection?

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5044669-biden-congressional-...

President Biden in a new interview published Tuesday said there should be a ban on members of Congress trading stocks, taking a position on an issue that has entered the spotlight in recent years.

“I don’t know how you look your constituents in the eye and know because the job they gave you, it gave you the inside track to make more money,” Biden said in an interview with Faiz Shakir, a political adviser for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) who founded the media group More Perfect Union.

“I think we should be changing the law … that nobody in the Congress should be able to make money in the stock market while they’re in the Congress,” Biden said.

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@humphrey

he wants to pull the ladder up behind him. Mr. "10% for the Big Guy" Biden doesn't have just one hell of a lot of wiggle room here, to my way of thinking...

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@humphrey
to the days of 90% top tax rate on earnings when the uber wealthy are still alive and inheritance taxes when they die.
And close the trust fund loopholes.

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was killed on Tuesday in a Moscow assassination allegedly carried out by Ukraine, was the Russian military’s top official on the hazards posed by weapons of mass destruction.

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The Ukrainian security service (SBU) announced formal charges against Kirillov hours before his murder. A source in the agency told the media that the assassination was its operation against a “war criminal.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/609490-general-kirillov-investigations-recap/

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@QMS
Russia does not have assets in Ukraine that track their military leaders. And global oligarchs live somewhere.
just sayin'.

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@QMS

that shitlibs are cheering his death because he’s an orc from Mordor. Bet they’d scream to high heaven if Russia murdered a Nazi in Kiev.

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@snoopydawg
CEO orcs are killing us.

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Speaking of Luigi they took a poll on whether people would turn him in for the reward money. Many said they would turn him in just because it’s the right thing to do.

From staunch single payer advocates to snitchers.

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@snoopydawg
I saw a video of something of a rave party where Mangione's face came up on the screen behind the stage and the crowd roared in approval.
So where was that poll done?
At a police chief convention?
Please don't tell me it was a CNN poll.
Give Sam a scritch for me.

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@earthling1

The latest outrage is that AoC wanted to head an important committee, Pelosi didn’t want her to so she whipped the vote to get people to vote for a 74 year old man who has just been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Apparently she did it from her hospital bed in Germany whilst she is recovering from hip surgery.

Looks like all the sniveling AoC did to Pelosi didn’t pan out for her.

Comments from article:

AOC did all that sucking up to Nancy and Joe, selling herself out, just to be beat by a walking corpse.

Love that for her

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that was my first thought too! She fucked over Rashida Tlaib during fucking genocide for less than nothing? I hope she feels good about it.

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These old politicians just won't give it up, even when they are near death. We'll have a whole caravan of wheelchairs coming into the Capitol for the next State of the Union.

McConnell has to hold on to his aid to get from room to room. Feinstein should have been made to retire instead of dying in office. How many congress critters are over 80? 90?

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Not living in area anymore, but read where Ringside during lockdown decided to sell their steaks. The line went all the way up Burnside. It seems that over the years, the Portland area lost a lot of steak houses--just not popular anymore including those places where you got a free meal if you ate an insane porterhouse I believe it was. Is there any place that even serves prime rib anymore. Seems gourmet hamburgers has replaced the traditional steak in the area.

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@MrWebster
has recovered magnificently. Plenty of room for growth too. Food courts are popping up everywhere offering some amazing new dishes.
The culinary school scene is thriving and turning out innovative chefs with a name to build.
It's starting to be fun again to go downtown Portland and the Vancouver waterfront.
Prime rib was on the menu last night.
Thanks for the post.

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@MrWebster

a huge slab of bloody meat with a baked tater
for about $20 on certain nights of the week.
Would consider it, if only to bring it home,
and slap it on the grill to finish cooking it.

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@QMS
Gotta be closer to pink than red for me. Medium rare is my rock bottom.

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enhydra lutris's picture

goodly amount of fresh ground pepper.

be well and have a good one

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@enhydra lutris

a ribeye and/or prime rib person: rare, a little butter, a lot of pepper.

Cooking is entirely optional, in my view, and is often just a waste of time. My late brother-in-law used to order steaks by saying "Knock the horns off, run 'em through a warm room, and slap it on a plate!". I can get next to that.

A good steak tartare or carpaccio is a true treat, just as is sushi/sashimi in the case of good fish. But for me, once beef has anything resembling a grill mark, it has pretty much gone far enough. Beef in a recipe with a sauce is a different story, of course- but if it is supposed to be exposed, I like it *exposed*.

My cardiologist refers to me as "the annuity". Okay, fine...

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