The Food Thread

lmckenney24

F Me In The Brain said:

Looks good!

Steaks....
One black wagyu, one gold


Will try to get a good pic of the finished products

Damn dude, those look great!

F Me In The Brain

I don't know the full deal with wagyu....just that it tastes amazing.
Being a rare eater (for real, my order is "as rare as the chef will let it out of the kitchen") I don't tend to get it.  However, when I read up the ways I saw to cook were all crazy-short.  Shorter than I normally cook.
Tried the way I chose from the videos and next time I will do the same way I normally do my steaks.

Mrs FMe is not usually one that eat it as rare as I do and she was concerned when she saw how red these were.  
She loved them both and I did as well.  
I still will put in the oven for a bit next time so I'm sure it will cook a bit more but it was really quite good this way - the remaining fat in the gold one tasted like fucking butter.

Look forward to next time!

deadendp

F Me In The Brain said:

I don't know the full deal with wagyu....just that it tastes amazing.
Being a rare eater (for real, my order is "as rare as the chef will let it out of the kitchen") I don't tend to get it.  However, when I read up the ways I saw to cook were all crazy-short.  Shorter than I normally cook.
Tried the way I chose from the videos and next time I will do the same way I normally do my steaks.

Mrs FMe is not usually one that eat it as rare as I do and she was concerned when she saw how red these were.  
She loved them both and I did as well.  
I still will put in the oven for a bit next time so I'm sure it will cook a bit more but it was really quite good this way - the remaining fat in the good one tasted like fucking butter.

Look forward to next time!

Wouldn't that be referred to as blue? (I could be wrong.) Not a steak eater, but probably because my mom always killed all meat-- very dry, very leathery. Couldn't quite go mooing on my plate, but I need to move away from the idea of the bad steak I grew up with. 

Cliffy6745

Hoooooooly shit, dude. Holy shit. That is as good as a steak can look

Cliffy6745

Seafood sunday is wahoo, grilled cauliflower, Cole slaw and shrimp cocktail 

F Me In The Brain

Love wahoo.
Nice.

Amy, I learned long ago to not try and put a name on it and expect everyone to agree.
Blue is a good description based on my opinion but I found that using that (and other attempts) description produced varying results.

Used to eat a good steak out at least once a week - martini and steak dinner or lunch with an old boss every week on top of personal purchases. 

 Landed on something that could easily be related.

I order "as rare as the chef will let it out of the kitchen" and typically the person taking the order says whatever their version of "blue" is...and I always repeat back to them - "please, as rare as the chef will let it out, whatever you call that, thank you."
Don't think I have been dissatisfied save for one occasion at a Fleming's.  It was the only time in a long, long, time I complained about a steak.  Shit was medium well 
I ate it and chewed on the comped steak as well as my martinis and a $100 off next visit.
They took that error by the poor guy very seriously.

deadendp

F Me In The Brain said:

Love wahoo.
Nice.

Amy, I learned long ago to not try and put a name on it and expect everyone to agree.
Blue is a good description based on my opinion but I found that using that (and other attempts) description produced varying results.

Used to eat a good steak out at least once a week - martini and steak dinner or lunch with an old boss every week on top of personal purchases. 

 Landed on something that could easily be related.

I order "as rare as the chef will let it out of the kitchen" and typically the person taking the order says whatever their version of "blue" is...and I always repeat back to them - "please, as rare as the chef will let it out, whatever you call that, thank you."
Don't think I have been dissatisfied save for one occasion at a Fleming's.  It was the only time in a long, long, time I complained about a steak.  Shit was medium well 
I ate it and chewed on the comped steak as well as my martinis and a $100 off next visit.
They took that error by the poor guy very seriously.

Do steaks run into the runny egg problem? Is it just Ohio that wouldn't allow runny egg yolks if you ordered them in a restaurant? (I grew up dipping my toast.) Is there some food safety concern they have with very rare steaks? I mean, I figure as long as you are ordering it, you aren't going to go to some questionable joint like Golden Corral asking them to bust out a blue steak. 

(A few decades ago, I called the health department in on a Golden Corral. Got a gift certificate. Knew it was a buffet,  but M referred to it as a cattle lot style feeding situation after we got there and saw what was going on. The health department shut them down permanently.) 

mcgruff10

Cliffy and Brett with some kick ass meals tonight!  Nice work fellas. 

Cliffy6745

mcgruff10 said:

Hosting my moms bday tonight.  Eggplant rollatini, ham, chicken bruschetta, bow ties with pesto, orzo salad and pineapple bread.  

Happy birthday, mrs. mcgruff! Looks like a feast and a great time 

GlowGirl

F Me In The Brain said:

I don't know the full deal with wagyu....just that it tastes amazing.
Being a rare eater (for real, my order is "as rare as the chef will let it out of the kitchen") I don't tend to get it.  However, when I read up the ways I saw to cook were all crazy-short.  Shorter than I normally cook.
Tried the way I chose from the videos and next time I will do the same way I normally do my steaks.

Mrs FMe is not usually one that eat it as rare as I do and she was concerned when she saw how red these were.  
She loved them both and I did as well.  
I still will put in the oven for a bit next time so I'm sure it will cook a bit more but it was really quite good this way - the remaining fat in the gold one tasted like fucking butter.

Look forward to next time!

I’m glad those came out the way you like them. It sounds like they were perfect for you. They look great on the plate, but they are a bit too rare for my personal taste. I like mine just slightly pink. I have the opposite problem as you in restaurants. A lot of chefs don’t like to cook the steaks medium well. I remember once having to send back a steak to be cooked a bit more three times. I felt really bad about it because I am not a person that often complains at restaurants but I just couldn’t eat it that rare. I am sure the chef thought it was a travesty 

GlowGirl

Cliffy6745 said:

Seafood sunday is wahoo, grilled cauliflower, Cole slaw and shrimp cocktail 

You have outdone yourself as usual. Those shrimp look great. 

F Me In The Brain

deadendp said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Love wahoo.
Nice.

Amy, I learned long ago to not try and put a name on it and expect everyone to agree.
Blue is a good description based on my opinion but I found that using that (and other attempts) description produced varying results.

Used to eat a good steak out at least once a week - martini and steak dinner or lunch with an old boss every week on top of personal purchases. 

 Landed on something that could easily be related.

I order "as rare as the chef will let it out of the kitchen" and typically the person taking the order says whatever their version of "blue" is...and I always repeat back to them - "please, as rare as the chef will let it out, whatever you call that, thank you."
Don't think I have been dissatisfied save for one occasion at a Fleming's.  It was the only time in a long, long, time I complained about a steak.  Shit was medium well 
I ate it and chewed on the comped steak as well as my martinis and a $100 off next visit.
They took that error by the poor guy very seriously.

Do steaks run into the runny egg problem? Is it just Ohio that wouldn't allow runny egg yolks if you ordered them in a restaurant? (I grew up dipping my toast.) Is there some food safety concern they have with very rare steaks? I mean, I figure as long as you are ordering it, you aren't going to go to some questionable joint like Golden Corral asking them to bust out a blue steak. 

(A few decades ago, I called the health department in on a Golden Corral. Got a gift certificate. Knew it was a buffet,  but M referred to it as a cattle lot style feeding situation after we got there and saw what was going on. The health department shut them down permanently.) 

Not sure.  I know I couldn't eat eggs cooked all the way and like them.
I do see a variety of cooks.....some where it is damn near cold in the middle and some where it is what I would call medium-rare.

I once microwaved a raw venison steak for one minute and ate it.  
Was fucking great. 

F Me In The Brain

GlowGirl said:

F Me In The Brain said:

I don't know the full deal with wagyu....just that it tastes amazing.
Being a rare eater (for real, my order is "as rare as the chef will let it out of the kitchen") I don't tend to get it.  However, when I read up the ways I saw to cook were all crazy-short.  Shorter than I normally cook.
Tried the way I chose from the videos and next time I will do the same way I normally do my steaks.

Mrs FMe is not usually one that eat it as rare as I do and she was concerned when she saw how red these were.  
She loved them both and I did as well.  
I still will put in the oven for a bit next time so I'm sure it will cook a bit more but it was really quite good this way - the remaining fat in the gold one tasted like fucking butter.

Look forward to next time!

I’m glad those came out the way you like them. It sounds like they were perfect for you. They look great on the plate, but they are a bit too rare for my personal taste. I like mine just slightly pink. I have the opposite problem as you in restaurants. A lot of chefs don’t like to cook the steaks medium well. I remember once having to send back a steak to be cooked a bit more three times. I felt really bad about it because I am not a person that often complains at restaurants but I just couldn’t eat it that rare. I am sure the chef thought it was a travesty 

Yeah that is tough.  You pay for it so should get it how you like, or as close as they can get.

That is a travesty, though. 

F Me In The Brain

mcgruff10 said:

Cliffy and Brett with some kick ass meals tonight!  Nice work fellas. 

Thanks - happy birthday to your wife!

mcgruff10

F Me In The Brain said:

mcgruff10 said:

Cliffy and Brett with some kick ass meals tonight!  Nice work fellas. 

Thanks - happy birthday to your wife!

Hey how did you cook those burgers the other night? Grill? Throw a slice a cheese on them?

deadendp

mcgruff10 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

mcgruff10 said:

Cliffy and Brett with some kick ass meals tonight!  Nice work fellas. 

Thanks - happy birthday to your wife!

Hey how did you cook those burgers the other night? Grill? Throw a slice a cheese on them?

I read as just putting a slice of cheese on them.  (This is after the steak picture.)

F Me In The Brain

Hahaha. 
Cast iron, rare - although for burgers it is typically more cooked than steaks.

eddiec

So I'm up in this Hobbit glamping site for a night for my niece's birthday.

I saw on their website they had a wood fired pizza oven so I packed my gear and went to work.

RK50065

Holy shit that looks awesome!

(Pizza looks good too...)

rgambs

Fucking awesome!