On Sunday, June 28, 2020 at 7:11:50 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 19:25:56 -0400, songbird >
> wrote:
>
> >jmcquown wrote:
> >>... 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!
> >
> > ditto, i don't click blind links very often these days.
> >for one reason, not enough time, but also i just don't
> >want to support click-bait spammers.
> >
> > today we had a sirloin steak. Mom said she wanted
> >a steak. i pan fried it with a little butter to just
> >medium. juicy, a bit of pink in the center but not
> >dried out. she did not want any garlic salt or any
> >spices on it so i had to hold off on the garlic salt
> >until after it was cooked.
> >
> > i also made a baked potato, mushrooms and onions.
> >first time in a long time we had sour cream. normally
> >we have whole milk plain yogurt on hand and that is
> >good enough for sour cream substitute.
> >
> > since Mom did not want the onions and mushrooms
> >cooked enough to carmelize them i put some aside for
> >me to use to deglaze the pan and have them as a
> >part of my meal but not hers.
> >
> > all worked out well, we were both happy and well
> >fed.
> >
> > the steak was a little over a lb and about $6 so
> >not too bad for a sirloin these days.
> >
> > i actually prefer a ground chuck burger over many
> >steaks but this was a nice change of pace.
> >
> > songbird
>
> I much prefer a home ground chuck burger myself... and I don't much
> care for sirloin steak... I consider sirloin better for braising as a
> stew meat. I'll somtimes cook a NY Strip or Porterhouse but we don't
> eat steak very often, after 2-3 times it gets boring. For beef we
> much prefer a thick beef barley 'shroom soup made with top round. I
> keep a selection of dehy 'shrooms on hand, they have much more intense
> flavor than fresh 'shrooms... and dehy 'shrooms keep in the cupboard
> for years and years. Actually I stopped buying those tasteless fresh
> button mushrooms years ago, they're a big rip off... canned are
> better.

Same kooky Sheldon. I have no doubt that you can cook, but you finished your post with, "canned are better," which is just stupid.

--Bryan