On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:52:40 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:44:13 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:11:01 -0600, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I skipped the customary rib roast this year and went for small
>>>fillet mignon roast (3lbs, USDA Prime from CostCo @ $10/lb). It
>>>had less waste for the money and I didn't have to spend $50-$60.
>>>
>>>Roast:
>>>http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7031/fillet1.jpg
>>>
>>>Plated:
>>>http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/9379/christ2.jpg
>>>
>>>That was 127F inside. It only took an hour to cook. 500F oven
>>>immediately turned down to 250F.
>>>
>>>Go ahead Sheldon. I need a good laugh from Spam boy.
>>
>> No laughing... that's sad... has no marbling whatsoever
>
>Never had tenderloin, have you.

That's the lousiest piece of tenderloin I've ever seen, doesn't even
look like beef tenderloin... that's some hunk of your usual bargain
basement generic meat you pick up for cheap at your favorite big box
haunts... that piece of meat looks boring, not even properly cooked
and since tenderloin is a pretty tasteless cut... cooking it dead rare
without acouterments results in TIAD. You even sliced it too thick,
don't you own a sharp knife, obviously not, nor would you know how to
use one.

You need to learn about beef tenderloin:
http://www.finecooking.com/videos/ho...enderloin.aspx

My pot roast dinner tonight beats your boring beef in every way
possible:
http://i54.tinypic.com/jr4ghf.jpg
http://i51.tinypic.com/nbsm7s.jpg