Steak out
Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 12/17/2024 - 11:15am
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?
Comments
Hope the steak was worth it!
Those late night gigs take a toll.
We don't spring back as quick no mo.
Thanks for picking up the pieces.
question everything
I think the two
Tequila Sunrises had a little to do with it.
Legal full disclosure.
E2 was designated operator.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
NJ Drone PSA
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:
This is alleged to be an actual photo from one of the drones.
happy trails all!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Do these drones have an onboard
.
defense mechanism
for incoming bottles?
question everything
lol
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Extreme weather event
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.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Good afternoon, e1!
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!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Probably Wagyu beef
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.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
I wonder if Brandon is seeking revenge on Pelosi for being part
of the group pushing him out his desire to run for reelection?
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5044669-biden-congressional-...
It is more like
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...
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
We should return
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.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov
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.
~
https://www.rt.com/russia/609490-general-kirillov-investigations-recap/
question everything
FAFO!
I can't believe
Russia does not have assets in Ukraine that track their military leaders. And global oligarchs live somewhere.
just sayin'.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
I guess it wouldn’t surprise you
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.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
Mangione The Freedomfighter?
CEO orcs are killing us.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
lol….
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.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
Yeah, but
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.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Orange State
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:
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….
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?
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
They are starting to eat each other
Such a good sign.
It looks like I'm gonna outlive the majority of the depraved a**holes, which will give me the opportunity to write some exposes' on the rotten scum. And maybe piss on their graves.
And I'm being kind.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Guess what? Now he is considered a terrorist!
The terrorism charge is to send a message to others
He’s charged with 1st degree murder already which usually gets you life so adding the charge won’t make his sentence longer.
It’s also sending a message to the donor class letting them know that they will get as protected as possible. It’s why Huchol wants to set up the hot line for the parasites.
See the video on this in the blues.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
Ringside
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.
The Portland dining scene
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.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Prime rib is still a thing around here
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.
question everything
I'm with ya there, QMS
Gotta be closer to pink than red for me. Medium rare is my rock bottom.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Rib eye for me, no special treatment, medium rare,
goodly amount of fresh ground pepper.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
I'm also
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...
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Annuity
LOL
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
My Dad was a rancher.
We raised our beef. We kept a freezer full of beef at all times. We never ate a piece of beef rare. We ate beef at least twice daily. Pork, bird, and seafood were rarities. Dad insisted that a lot of possible unclean knives and saw blades here and there during processing would pass some bacteria to people.
If we can't grill rib eyes or prime rib, we just wait for the right weather. Salt, garlic powder, black pepper. Charcoals are mesquite. Grill mark both sides, set off flame to cook to medium, med. rare for Dear One, med. well for moi.
If traveling, and gas grill is the only option, I use a special Mesquite rub.
When I lived in Houston, I went to renown steak houses. I asked for well-done, and the chefs would try to dissuade me. What I would be served was medium well. What I wanted in the first place. When I asked for it, I would always have to send it back for more grilling.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Yea, when ordering out
.
medium is sort of a value judgement
depending on the cook
In the "better" restaurants I tend to go
'cooked more' pink is okay in a good cut
blackened on the outside and red in the middle
doesn't work for me
used to love the slabs of meat rolled out to the
tables in Brazil - you could choose your preference
of doneness by pointing and the slicer would oblige
question everything
I visited Brazil once,
remember getting the medium I requested. Great food, great memory!
I just remembered a Brazilian steak house in Budapest! Great results!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I favor steaks with just a little salt
and nothing else. No steak sauces, marinade, or spices.
E2 can sometimes be embarrassing, has to have ketchup on all meat. I prohibited her from ordering a steak last night. She had crab cakes.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
I once often cooked an elaborate
stove top steak, red wine, butter, fresh sliced mushrooms, salt...but I went back to my Texas roots.
Rib eyes and prime ribs SHOULD be marbled enough not to worry about being tender, and red wine is a tenderizer. Yes, it adds flavor, but if you have a good cut of meat, it is not necessary. Save it for slow cooked roasts.
I would go hungry before I would desecrate the steak with marinades and bottled sauces and so forth.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Roasts in a crock pot
are great for a Friday dinner and weekend street tacos. And sometimes sandwiches Monday noon.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
I’ve been cooking all my meat in the crockpot
Put it on low and let it cook for 4 hours and it’s very nice and tasty and very tender. I reuse the sauce like people do sourdough and add extra stuff if it gets low. One of my favorite ingredients is Italian dressing and beer. Takes about 5 minutes…
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
Both italian Dressig
and beer are meat tenderizers. The dressing was all the rage back in the 80s or 90s.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
You told me that beer was a tenderizer
It’s why I started using it instead of wine and brandy…I can only find 5 year old brandy here and it’s not as mellow. (Hint)
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.
~Hannah Arendt
Roast:
Entree, then sandwich, then tacos or beef and vegetable stew. Versatile, never goes to waste.
Some chef in Austin suggested to salt and pepper the meat, coat with flour, brown each side in butter, then roast in the oven or crock pot with red wine up to level with the meat.
That searing adds taste and also keeps the meat moist, much like the initial searing of a grilled steak.
Sigh....it's the little things...
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981