Tastebud Chicago: How to Cook a Steak
Linked to this page the other day but have to do so again after trying this out with a should have been tough shoulder steak. Did nothing different other than to add a bit of Adolphs meat tenderizer before the salt, pepper and olive oil. After adding the meat tenderizer (msg free) to both sides of the meat, I let it sit for about 5 minutes then added the salt, pepper and rubbed olive oil into it all on both sides of the meat. Used a regular meat themometer, instead of the fancy digital remote they recomend, and at 150 F took the meat out of the oven.
Added a bit (quarter cup I guess) of water to the sauce after cooking it all for a few minutes. This helped to break the hard crust up and softened the dried onion bits and chives I used instead of fresh scallions.
Was wonderful! Tender, moist, and as flavorful as the last t-bone I had at a restaurent and paid much more for. This one was $4.18 + tax and it fed the both of us to over full. Good stuff! A five star recipe!
Article – How To Make Beef Machaca
Sounds good. Will have to try this sometime soon when I have the mud oven fired up. Should be able to do the simering in there and the searing with the coals left after firing.
Techdirt: News.com Editor Explains Why Google Is Immoral
Now if someone can explain just how an idiot like this got to be news.com’s editor…
Techdirt: I’m Sorry, You Can’t Use That Deduction: It’s Patented
Totally out of control patent office. Kind of like the rest of the government. Totally out of control… 🙁
Boing Boing: Great bookmod: encyclopedia into scrapbook
The link on the Boing-Boing page goes nowhere as the “artist” has taken the site down as she seems more worried about someone using a picture of “her” work to promote or link back to “her” site than about sharing her ideas.
I have run into this blinders-on attitude quite a few times with “artists” trying to “protect” their “property”. Thought then and think now that if they are that concerned about “their” work they don’t need to have a website in the first place. The web is a place for sharing. Get over it!
This is the pix that she has her knickers in a wad over:
Good concept, though I would have used string or rope or leather instead of wire to tie it all together.
The Maven’s Archive
Words are slippery little things. Here’s some unusual ones.
Tastebud Chicago: How to Cook a Steak
Mummmmmmm Steak! Gonna have to try this in the mud oven… 😉
Linux Commands for Beginning Server Administrators – www.reallylinux.com
Good bookmark material for anyone running linux or unix. Server or not. Several of the commands were new to me and I have been running linux for several years on the desktop.
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