Beef

[hairwegoagain]

Greetings from lovely, scenic, Research Triangle Park, NC.

I've just enjoyed a delicious 12 oz ribeye, twice-baked potato, cream-based lump crab soup, a couple Knob Creeks and Coke and a couple glasses of a delightful 2001 red.

Cassin, I ask that you re-think your strategy! It's one thing to cut back, another to abolish entirely!

Sincerely,

Hairwegoagain

 

[Cassin]

Maybe I will. I dunno.

Here is a few of my grilling tips.

Simple...

Always cook steaks it at room temperature. Its that simple. I always lay out my steaks while I am lighting the grill...making the sides...setting the table etc. By the time the grill is ready your room temperature steaks are ready. Never cook them cold. This nearly ensures an evenly cooked steak that is never dry. Also, never pick up steaks with thongs. You can tear/stretch the steak and one part will cook faster than the other. Always scoop them up with a metal spatula. I have one thats so big it looks like a fly swatter that could knock a terradactyl out of the sky.

Never use fresh garlic to marinade a steak. It sorta ages the steak faster in spots. I you do you will notice some nasty gray spots on the steak the next day and it just tastes fowl.

Cooking fajitas on the grill? When their done cut it lengthwise! This way it is with the grain and it will never be tough. Most people don't like skirt steak/fajita meat since it is so tough but the problem is with the way the chef cut it, not the meat.

Hamburgers? Never use anything lower than 90/10. Use half an egg per pound when mixing in spices to the meat. It sticks the meat together and makes up for the lack of fat and cooks a perfect moist hamburger. Don't use more than half an egg per pound or you have meatloaf.

Man I love grilling.

 

[The Gardener]

GREAT tips... thanks!

 

[The Gardener]

Greetings from lovely, scenic, Research Triangle Park, NC.

I've just enjoyed a delicious 12 oz ribeye, twice-baked potato, cream-based lump crab soup, a couple Knob Creeks and Coke and a couple glasses of a delightful 2001 red. Just back to my hotel, I've inserted a savory wad of Copenhagen as an out-of-town treat. A wonderful evening!

Cassin, I ask that you re-think your strategy! It's one thing to cut back, another to abolish entirely!

Sincerely,

Hairwegoagain

That sounds like a wonderful evening.

Oh, how I miss Copenhagen.

It's been a long, LONG time since I've indulged, but that crap is the BEST.

 

[oni]

I love beef and really love fillet steak but it causes me IBS! :cry:

 

[Cassin]

I love beef and really love fillet steak but it causes me IBS! :cry:

Then it hasn't been handled and cooked right. I hear this is common when Americans (I know your not) go over seas and have beef.

 

[hairwegoagain]

That sounds like a wonderful evening.

Oh, how I miss Copenhagen.

It's been a long, LONG time since I've indulged, but that crap is the BEST.

It was a very enjoyable evening. In stark contrast, it appears I'll be eating Chik-Fil-A tonight...bringing it back to my hotel room. No energy to venture out very far.


Cassin - I agree, great tips. Thanks!

 

[oni]

No Cassin it's more to do with any product that has beef in it! nothing to do with how it's cooked.

:cry:

 

[Guest]

What exactly is IBS?

 

[Cassin]

What exactly is IBS?

Irritable bowl syndrome.

The most famous person to have this, besides oni, is the lead singer of pearl jam.

 

[Cassin]

but in this regard, I would think that we tend to treat cows a lot better than we treat chicken. Poultry farms are horrific, at least the cows get an opportunity to graze...

I know the opportunity for hypocrisy is huge in my case for this. I do try to buy grain fed cage free chicken when I can from health food stores.

 

[The Gardener]

I completely understand.

 

[Strange Days]

I agree about the emotional food. I'm drinking chocolate milk once a week now. I drink about a quart at once just so my body has a chance to react to the sugar spike so it does not forget how. Very tasty stuff.

Why not get some quality cocoa:

Cocoa Flavonoids

Cocoa flavonoids have antioxidant activity. They also may have anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities.

Then you can drink without guilt. :lol:

 

[Slartibartfast]

I do try to buy grain fed cage free chicken when I can from health food stores.

Is this because the larger stores don't sell such produce? I think all the UK supermarkets stock organic, free-range poultry, more expensive than the "conventionally" farmed fare but at least you know they've had a decent (if short and brutal ending) life - taste better too. If I'm in the market for some real top-notch slabs of meat - organic, slow-reared, hung for a decent period - then there's a growing number of farms who sell direct to the public, all made so easy by the interweb.

Slarti

 

[Cassin]

I do try to buy grain fed cage free chicken when I can from health food stores.

Is this because the larger stores don't sell such produce? I think all the UK supermarkets stock organic, free-range poultry, more expensive than the "conventionally" farmed fare but at least you know they've had a decent (if short and brutal ending) life - taste better too. If I'm in the market for some real top-notch slabs of meat - organic, slow-reared, hung for a decent period - then there's a growing number of farms who sell direct to the public, all made so easy by the interweb.

Slarti

More and more stores sell cage free chicken in the states but it is still hit or miss whether or not they have any in stock. Organic stores always have it but I can't walk out of there without spending in the 3 digits.

Just fired up my grill for the first time since October. Steak, chicken and a basket of sliced onions/garlic/squash right on the grill. Whipped out my brand new grilling utensils set, embarrassed to say how much I spent but it was worth it.

This is the exact basket I use...I line it with aluminum foil and its just perfect.

And if you use charcoal...you must purchase one of these for lighting coals. No fluid, ready on 10 minutes.

Hairwegoagain...man you must pick up some of that Nolan Ryan all natural steak they sell at Kroger's next time your at the store. Finest cut of steak I have ever bought from a standard grocery store. Holds the flavor of dry rub perfectly and little fat. Thick cut, tender and grilled perfect. Its hard to find good steak at a grocery store. Not too bad on price, I spent $10 on one cut. Better than $8 for a chewy fat riddled piece of crap you normally get.

Thats all sirs.

 

[hairwegoagain]

I will definitely give that a try - never tried their cuts. We do use the Nolan Ryan (or other 97%) ground beef for just about everything except burgers. Great stuff. Occasionally Tom Thumb will have a good sale on it and we'll buy a few pounds and freeze it.

I'd like to find a good old-fashioned meat market. Know of any? When I was a kid there were 2 or 3 around our neighborhood but they all disappeared.

That basket looks handy.

 

[bubka]

yeah, the fillet is my favorite cut, next to the strip, but just get a porterhouse and get both if you are really hungry

too bad cooking animal fats make you go bald :roll:

 

[Cassin]

These little fads come and go bubka, we just gotta ride them out.

 

[powersam]

I agree about the emotional food. I'm drinking chocolate milk once a week now. I drink about a quart at once just so my body has a chance to react to the sugar spike so it does not forget how. Very tasty stuff.

As for meat, I bought some skinless, boneless chicken breast for $1.80 per pound. I cut it up, added water, put peper, salt, tumeric powder, and paprika on it, stirred it up, and microwaved it for 4 minutes. I tasted pretty good, though not nearly as good as marinated meat can taste.

what are you doing microwaving meat ccs? dont have a stove top? (heating ring, gas burner, whatever you yanks call it)

 

[powersam]

I agree about the emotional food. I'm drinking chocolate milk once a week now. I drink about a quart at once just so my body has a chance to react to the sugar spike so it does not forget how. Very tasty stuff.

Why not get some quality cocoa:

Cocoa Flavonoids

Cocoa flavonoids have antioxidant activity. They also may have anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities.

Then you can drink without guilt. :lol:

oh and what does immunomodulatory mean? it gets bandied about all over this place, but definitions are sketchy.