I don't know that the steaks I've had at high end steak houses are the worst, but they've often been the most disappointing.

I can certainly almost always do better at home, and can often get better at Texas Roadhouse.

That said, I haven't been to the world famous high end steak houses like Ruth's Chris' or Peter Luger, mostly the downtown chop houses in Chicago b/c that was where I would get sent on business and could expense it. Got to where I skipped out on the 'high end' stuff altogether and settled for hot dogs and chicago beef sammies.

I've been to a few that were outstanding, but the two times I've been to Ruth's Chris were both very disappointing.

Mr. Master Chef Junior rocked the pan-seared tuna.. T'was awesome.. The kid is going to do OK..

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I recall one where they waxed poetic forever about their dry aging, and the cut had such an iron taste I might as well have been eating liver and onions at a diner.

Aldi cattleman ranch chicken fried steak, box mashed potatoes, McCormick package gravy and can green beans. Wife made it, I stirred the gravy, delish!

Looks really good!

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Kern River The Outstanding IPA was amazing holy shit

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I thinks these are call Shasami Tacos lol. It was our appetizer

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Her salmon

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My Cajun fettuccine.

It was at Johnny Garlics. I will be coming back.

That's awesome...

I want to hangout with Inmem if only to eat with him.

This. Awesome guy........

Last night I had this:

GRILLED CHESHIRE PORK TENDERLOIN
Anson Mills Polenta, Braised Collard Greens, Whole Grain Mustard Sauce, Crispy Onions

and it was truly outstanding.

You're nice

And you're nice too

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We also had this for dessert but shhhh don't let the peeps in the fitness thread know.

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I wish I could see a picture of this! :thumb:

I did Pho last night at my favorite place. Tai, Chin, Nam for the meats and a mango smoothie to cut the heat from all the sriracha and jalapenos I added. :p

Pho rokks!

Wow thats an appetizer? All looks so good but I want hers.

This was mine inmem58 and I know your jealous.

Vitamix bought, check (and ugh!); much fruit and yogurt bought, check; ribs from Rib Crib eaten (not shown), check; fruit cut and first run done.....yum.

This time we're gonna be ready for six weeks of liquid food after his surgery (so it'll prolly mean it only goes on for two weeks!!!!)...

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Looks like he approves of the smoothie. ^^^

He was very happy....

The Taco shells look amazing.

I had fried Halibut steak, it rocked.

Welcome to the club, man! :thumb:

Awesome.

And he picked Chiefs red too.

Nice, gotta love that!

Dude, I'm glad he's learning to cook, but jesus christ, don't let him use a knife like that!

:eek: I hadn't noticed that.

Teach him how to use it or he's gonna lose half his hand.

Man, that just gives me the chills lol.

He was duly scolded.

And had a corner of his whittling chip cut for it too... He's down to three corners!

You all obviously never have seen the wood carver at Silver Dollar City. I actually don't know how he has any fingers. But he has all 10.

Is his name Luke?

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Knife skills fixed. CP can rest easy, he can still count to 10.

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That's a lot better. Make sure he tucks those finger tips in more. That's level 2 of chopping.

Much better.

T-Bone steaks tonight and I still don't like strip steaks much!

Of course you don't. :)

You're trippin'. New Yorks are damn good brah

Dude...

Seriously?

Do you even have a clue as to what board you are posting on?

What? No apostrophe?

WTF are you trying to say you jack wagon

KC refers to them as KC strips, not NY strips.

Oh ****.


Here comes all the shit birds now.

Tell him don't get bloody cut towards your buddy.

I just call 'em strips.

Next lesson, reel those fingertips in and get the finger off the top of the knife.

That's how I slice my tri-tip lol.

Actually, they are originally the "Kansas City Strip."

The "New York Strip" designation came about later to try and upsell the cut on the east coast.

In fact, I won a bet with a guy when in Vegas about this. Dinner at Ruth's Chris with my choice of wine. Fortunately, the waiter new his shit about meat and I was somewhat reserved in my wine choice. The dinner only ended up costing the dude $750.

I was making no judgment regarding which was correct, just that in KC they're called KC strips.

Should I start a thread with the title being

"Texas sure has some good BBQ joints"

I could cause a ****ing tidal wave

Ok

Yeah, that's not next, but it's close.

Texas does? Hmmm, who knew?

Started off healthy, turkey chili, but then I added two cutup hotdogs, colby jack cheese and a dollop of sour cream. After all the beer I drank, lucky my arms reached the keyboard. I feel like a fat bloated bastard, burp!

This is why we can't be friends anymore.

Hey, you shut your bologna nacho eating pie hole!



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Not much time to cook these days, with all my running around and travel.

Did manage a quick baked chicken pesto ( store bought pest–so FMB can shoot me). Had to find lefover veggies so sauteed egg plant and mushrooms and then some sauteed spinach. That's it. No photo, cause rushed and memory card is in computer.

holy shit lol

LMAO

It will be chicken with basmati rice and fresh asparagus.

Fresh chicken was on sale for 58 cents/lb. We now have 20 lbs. vacuum sealed in the deep freeze.

I'm doing a lightly pan-fried cubed chicken breast in a light garlic lemon butter sauce. I've done this with shrimp before, and it's outstanding. Also very low sodium.

Tuna melts!

Turkey burgers with cranberry sauce, mayo and lettuce on an Udo's whole grain gluten free bun, some Cape Cod chips and salad.

Enlighten the dumbtard, why cube it?

No particular reason other than to increase the amount of crispy lightly fried deliciousness and help it cook faster.

The original recipe is for shrimp, so I cube it to bite-size pieces so the cook times are similar.

All American dinner tonight. T-bone steak, mashed potatoes, and a salad.

Do you think you can reshoot that in focus so I can see it. I'd like to read the labels.

****ing perfect, how are you doing the steak... broil, grill, pan?

I almost ordered a ribeye from the only joint in town that delivers them, but at $20 plus tip they can get bent, I dont need one that bad. I'm thinking a trip to the grocery store is in order tomorrow though.

I can get a bigger, better ribeye + onion, mushroom, garlic AND jalapeno to sizzle up and top it with for less money... not to mention making sure its perfectly cooked, unlike whichever yahoo that place has manning the grill tonight.

Gonna settle for a grilled turkey and ham club with swiss, tomato and bacon and tater tots tonight.

T-bone, huh? You must not like strip steaks.

I love to saute in butter and garlic, but at 63 degrees today I had to fire up the grill.

Makes good sense. Mind sharing the recipe.

You frog haired fine mfer you, thats exactly what I'd hoped you'd do... other ways are just fine, but only FIRE can open the gates to true steak Nirvana.

I have been on a buffalo chicken salad kick when going out. I have no idea why and it's not something I've really ever done. But when the weather starts getting hot and I want something, it always sounds appealing. Had one tonight after baseball with blue cheese crumbles, avocado, tomatoes and bacon. I should just start making it at home though. Pretty simple.

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Will do tomorrow.