What's for supper, again

[Lloyd Smale]

meat loaf and mashed potatoes tonight

[Bob Riebe]

    Last night, Curry vegetable soup, lettuce salad with shredded roast chicken and Pastrmi sandwich with lettuce, tomato and onion.

[Mule 11]

Loaf of pizza bread and meatballs w lots of sauce for dipping

[Bob Riebe]

                                                   It appears we be a travelin down to Jimmy's Pour House for a wee bit oh Irish Corned Beef.
                                                    Bíodh lá maith agat, agus , Bain taitneamh as do bhéile. !

[Bob Riebe]

     
     Monday, I was finally going to grill some Porterhouse steaks on the OLD gas grill; well after 35 years the old girl gave up the ghost.
It was from Sears and for years, I would/could roll on over to Sears for new parts, BUT,    Sears is gone , so now the old grill is in the coof-off in the sky.

      It was the old Lava Rock style grill, and in the U.S. they seem to no longer exist.
SO:
      For now, all grilling will be done with charcoal or wood, although, I had used the gas grill mostly for pork chops for years nowl

      I did pull out one of my small wood grills and cooked the steak over Honeysuckle Bush wood.  -- MMM GOOD.
      I had bought 4 Porter House Steaks from Meijer's in Hillsdale Michigan when I was there for a wedding for 13 dollars a pound on sale.
I should have bought more but the cooler was Full. 


     

[Bob Riebe]

     We had one huge T-bone and one, for me, huge Porterhouse steak for supper.

     I had to go into the Twin Cities to get my glasses frame soldered (Lenses were very expensive and there are still people out there who can fix very old style glasses frames) but last time it took one hour, this time I had to kill 6 hours. (It was sixty miles from Mall of America to home)
     
     SO I had to find places to go to (it is HARD, to just kill 6 hours) and there was a butcher shop in the Twin Cities a friend said I had to visit some day, and this was the day.
     I went to Hackenmueller Butcher Shop.

                                                        Twin Cities Best Butcher shop Since 1938
                                                             

      I bought the above steaks for -- 24 dollars a pound -- $77.
      They were huge 2 inch thick steaks, and I actually think he gave e a break on the price because lifting them , they weighed  more than 3 and one quarter pounds.

       I generally try to avoid real thick steaks, but I was there, they looked REAL good , so I gave it a shot.
       Being that thick I stood them up on cross bone of the T, and cooked them over a Hot fire for awhile.  The fat gave me a flaming fire (this was mostly over wood, with charcoal as a heat extender).
        I was not sure how long or hard to cook them without burning the outside and having a truly bloody middle, so I said - Jesus help me not screw these up.

        Well in the end, her T-bone was Perfect , just the way she prefers them.  Mine was pink > reddish as one got closer to the bone, but was perfectly cooked and still juicy.
         I do not really intend to spend that much for Two steaks again but -  I was not sad I spent that much for these two.