"Felice" > wrote in message
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> Conspicuous Consumption Alert!
>
> Both daughters and the son-in-law took me out for a birthday dinner at
> Mooo in Boston last night. Reading the menu, I jokingly remarked that I
> wouldn't be ordering the "True 100% Kobe Beef Kagoshima Prefecture Japan
> sirloin" at a hundred bucks for six ounces. SIL looked me in the eye and
> said, "Why not? It's your birthday!" Ah! Call my bluff, will ya?
>
> Well, I've had American-raised Kobe and now I've had Japanese-raised Kobe,
> and let me tell you that the difference is worth the price (as long as
> someone else is paying). I had the Japanese, Junior Daughter had the
> American, and the others had basic steaks, and we did a group taste-test.
> The JK won hands down, and we all agreed it was beyond description. So the
> difference is not, as I had suspected, a load of hype. If you ever have
> the chance, give it a try.
>
> What else? Stuffed potato halves, Panko-crusted onion rings, creamed
> spinach and mushrooms -- basic steak accessories, but ones that know
> someone -- and a whole lot of a yummy Cakebread white. (I LIKE white with
> my beef, so there.) Dessert for Senior Daughter and me was a butter pecan
> parfait, for the JD a brownie ice cream sandwich, and for Himself a glass
> of port.
>
> I went to bed last night not really caring if I saw the morn.
>
> It's good to be me at 82.


I hope I'm eating Kobe beef at 82 and writing to others about how good it
is! Good for you... and Happy Birthday!

George L