Steaks
Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 16:50:43 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 6/28/2020 4:23 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 6/28/2020 3:53 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 6/27/2020 12:27 PM, CookinYeti wrote:
>>>>> So for fathers day we got some amazing steaks and decided to smoke
>>>>> them instead of grilling them. This was one of the few times I had
>>>>> such high quality meat, so I seasoned them with just salt and pepper,
>>>>> and smoked them with mesquite for an hour.
>>>>>
>>>> Sounds like a great way to potentially destroy a good steak.* Then
>>>> again, I don't know what you consider "amazing steaks" or "high
>>>> quality meat".* I'm pretty sure most people try their best not to buy
>>>> crappy quality meat.* What cut were these amazing steaks?* Ribeye?* NY
>>>> or KC Strip?* Porterhouse?* T-Bone?* Pray tell!
>>>>
>>>> Nope, not clicking your link.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> Don't recall who did it, one of the TV chefs, and I tried this.* Season
>>> your steak and allow it to come to room temperature.* Then place it in
>>> an oven set at 200 degrees until the meat reaches 100 degrees, about an
>>> hour.* Remove and sear on a hot grill.
>>>
>>> It came out good but was time consuming for small benefit.* I guess you
>>> can do something like that on a smoker.* Mesquite is a strong flavor,
>>> done wrong can be bitter. Also, without a sear on the outside you are
>>> missing a lot of thereasons a steak is so good.
>>
>> "Bitter" is exactly the word that came to mind when I thought of a
>> mesquite smoked steak. An hour seems like overkill, too. I love a nice
>> sear on a good steak, cooked to medium-rare. Smoked, nope.
>>
>> If I ate steak often my steak of choice would be a so-called cheap cut.
>> Chuckeye (aka Delmonico). Nope, I wouldn't smoke it.
>>
>> No plans here for a BBQ on the 4th. To me 4th of July BBQ conjurs up
>> images of get-togethers and people gathering around. Not happening
>> here. It shouldn't be happening anywhere in the middle of a pandemic.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I can't imagine any beef steak smoked with mesquite or with anything.
> We are planning on grilled chuck steak for the 4th, medium rare
> inside, chared outside, with asparaguys... a salad with our garden
> greens.... we've been eating those greens like crazy... a bit of work
> to pick and clean but makes a very tasty salad... arrugala is not as
> bitter as yoose think... I cut off the stems as they're fiborous and
> get stuck between my teeth.
>
As bad as crotch hairs Popeye?
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