"brooklyn1" wrote
> "cshenk" wrote:
>>"Sky" wrote

>>> ...... over-cooked standing rib (beef) roast? I'm curious because I
>>> don't know of any remedies that work? How does one rescue an
>>> over-cooked prime rib roast? And I mean a hefty one too - about
>>> 10-pounds worth!!!!! Something like that. TIA.
>>
>>Ouch! Sky, glad it wasnt your roast! The only things I can think of make
>>it no longer the same beastie.
>>
>>What I would do is cut it into roughly 3 lb sections and freeze 2 of them.
>>Fire up the crockpot with red kidney beans and 1/3rd of the overcooked
>>roast
>>(bone and all). Add onion, possibly garlic, and chili powder then water.
>>Might toss in black pepper and other spices. A thick rich beefy stew will
>>result in about 8 hours on low. The meat will soften down a good bit
>>(falling off the bones) and the 'broth' will be a beefy beany sort.

> That would work, only I think crockpotting would ruin it more than it
> already was thought to be by a little over cooking.

Might but depends on just how overdone it was. I'd at least try it then see
if it worked.

It's not often I have to deal with overdone meat. Don sometimes overcooks
but not that often.

> I'd cut off the ribs and freeze those for another dish. Next I'd trim
> away the big chunks of fat for bird food, coarse grind the
> entire thing, brown it well in a big heavy pot to give that
> pussy-wussy meat some flavor and proceed to layer upon layer build a
> pot of chili... skim the excess fat as it accumulates. Eat how much
> you want, chili freezes well. With different seasoning it can also
> become sloppy joes, or American chop suey can be very good. I like to
> include diced green bell pepper and serve with worschestershire...
> there are many recipes but mainly it's beef noodle caserole

That would work too.

> Didn't consume but like half that nine pound so-called Premium Grade
> store brand ham, no one liked it, not my guests, not me, not my cats.
> This morning I sliced as much meat as I could off the bone in large
> chunks and tossed them and the bone outside in my back yard... wasn't
> a minute a murder of crows congregated for a union meeting... crow
> traffic was more busy than Ohare and not one terrorist on the ground
> or in the air... crows are actually quite polite, they don't squabble.
> It's a bit dark now to see but I don't think they could have flown off
> with that bone but they sure had a blast pecking it to death. If it's
> still there some nocturnal carnivore is sure to find it and drag it
> off tonight. The price of a ham has no bearing on it's worth, from
> now on only the cheapo Cook's brand, never burned by one yet and I've
> been making 2-3 a year for a long time.

I never heard of it as a 'brand' before and it's not what i got, but it
might be decent.

I am more thn happy with the result of mine and wish you luck with the next
one.