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“What cut to you like the most?”
T-bone.
The marinade (ideally marinated overnight): red wine, Worcestershire, black pepper, lemon pepper, garlic salt, and Tabasco.
Spicy tabasco?
I like your choice, the Porter House is essentially the King of the T Bones. Same cut, only bigger (depending on your butcher).
Which reminds me, I need to have Kurt put on his Big Boy Pants and enjoy the King of the Ribeye Domain: The Tomahawk … available at Manhattan Meats in Manhattan Beach, CA (which is a great butcher). Tomahawk here:
It happens that the old man I’m watching after right now is the patriarch of a ranching family. Maybe I should ask them to sweeten the deal with a cut straight from the source.
When I lived in San Antonio, I saw signs for barbacoa everywhere. I thought they were ads for coffee shops. Turns out, it’s a cow’s cheek (or sometimes a pig’s). I never got around to trying it, only because fajitas are my go-to Tex-Mex.
I like the commentary on journalism. The problem is that young libs get into journalism to “change the world” and “make a difference.” Regular journalism is boring because you just report on what happens. However, if you can get people riled up based on what you write; then you’ve accomplished something. You then get accolades from others for your “courage.” Today’s journalism can get a football team to change its mascot, or worse, get an inexperienced empty suit to become President.
I have been on a sirloin kick recently.
The picanha is also extra nice. Grilled picanha with a brazillian pinto bean is the way to go.
What is a worse social calamity than the phenomenon that men like playing video games with females with physics defying boobs?
A.) The fact that we have exterminated an order of magnitude more people than the holocaust because…… babies are icky, especially girl babies.
B.) The decline of civic organizations that cross social boundaries, exasperating social divisions leading to a lack of common understanding.
C.) The decline of real growth, and the decreasing opportunities for people of modest means, and creating fundamental counter-purposes between the people.
D.) UNPOSSIBLE!!!eleven!!!!
(Super Awesome Bonus Answer)
E.) A Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, Chris Christie Human Centepede running for office.
If E, which order is the most horrifying.
Speaking of Manhattan Beach. There is a cuban joint on Sepulveta called versailles, and it has a garlic chicken dish that will blow your mind. Good live music too sometimes.
Guru gives it 2 thumbs up. I have literally considered flying across the country just for dinner. Hmmm $532 dollars. It may be worth it.
Don’t know if you are taking suggestions for improving the podcast. I heard the comment that you aren’t going to provide new material but just rehash old material.
That works for me. However, ease up on the testosterone. Seems we are listening to three people (seems like 40) all intent on one-upping each other. It is very shrill and your voices are great without having to go up octaves and speeding up deliveries.
If you are trying to be comics, I always found the slow delivery and punchline worked best for me. Send me a message if you are going to change; otherwise, ta-ta.
First of all……….I LOVE THIS FREAKING PODCAST!!!!
Secondly, I think you mentioned Oklahoma City in the steak debate. Sampled a few steaks there while working at Tinker AFB and if it isn’t in the conversation then the conversation is stupid. I say the best stakes are where the damn cows are and Cattlemen’s in the stockyard district is a legend. Not a fancy pants NYC steak house just awesome steaks.
I feel like I need a shower after listening to this podcast.
Tracked and Targeted is growing on me. I wasn’t sure about it the first time I listened – it is quite different in style from the other podcasts. But now, having listened to several of them, I like it. Keep up the good work.
Any chance of recruiting Dennis Miller for this slot?
There is a dearth of good steakhouses where I live.
Personally, I want a decent cut of meat (Porterhouse, Filet Mignon, Ribeye, Prime Rib, Whatever) seared to the point of caramalization on the outside, a quarter inch of cooked meat, and the center to be a brisk 105 degrees… the temperature of fear.
Every time I go to a restaurant, I want a vet to walk by, shake his head and think, “I could have save it if you had given me half a chance.”
Love the Podcast. Keep up the good work and eat a steak for me.
OK, first off, I am from Philly and you are right, cheesesteaks are not steak per se, even if the beef started out as a ribeye. But a great cheesesteak hits a button in the back of your brain like nothing else beef-wise will ever do (which wasn’t your point but this is my rant so there.)
Here is my philosophy for living the good life: As with Music, Art, Sex, And Sports, Fine Cuisine is all about technique and ingredients.
You guys miss the point about the cuts of meat: Chateau Briand is the filet of the filet, and needs almost no seasoning; Filet mignon is tender and also requires little enhancement. The other cuts vary in toughness and marbling, and really it is a matter of finding what you like best and what you are willing to do to enhance the flavor. I personally hate NY strip because it isn’t worth the effort sawing it apart to eat it, when a great filet mignon can be cut with a fork (and comes with a great bernaise or hollandaise sometimes).
Also, grilling vs. roasting: you need to try the restaurant style, in which you grill or pan-sear the meat on both sides then put in an oven with indirect heat to finish off to desired doneness (usually about 10-12 minutes at 350 for Medium on an 1.5 inch steak). Once you try this you may never go back to grilling only.
Final word on meat: Have you guys tried briased beef in a home-made BBQ sauce? You ain’t lived until you have tried Wyoming Rodeo Days-style braised, full length beef ribs (the same ones that come with your beloved ribeye or prime rib) that have been braised at 210 degrees for about 8-10 hours. To die for (as your cardiologist will probably comfirm, but we are already in the neighborhood, no? So why not go to the end of the block? :-) )
Oh, and you need to lose the ‘hot tabasco sauce’ catch-phrase and hold a contest for a new one. (That’s right, after 3 weeks we have come out of the woodwork to complain!)
Seriously, I love your podcast, you guys have your fingers on the pulse like nobody’s business, judging from your skewering of Monica Lewinski, the smackdown on Fox and your take on the rebirth of journalism. Everyone laments the loss of subscription numbers for print/TV media; you guys are the only ones I have seen to pick up on the fact that it is being reinvented in a way that won’t be complete for a long while. :-)
Keep it comin’.
Bit
I wrote my post above before I heard somebody say, ‘Jeb Bush with Tetanus!’
THAT’S you new catch phrase!
Bit
Steak? Yes, please, I’ll take three. Preferably in a red wine and black pepper sauce. My personal favorite is the T-bone, though the Delmonico, New York Strip and Filet Mignon are all terrific.
Well, this Christian did vote for Romney, and agree with you about anyone who did not vote for Romney because he is a Mormon. The people I have some understanding for those who did not vote for MCain or Romney because they did not actually fight for their votes, but that decision was grievously short-sighted. One hopes they’ve learned from that mistake.
Thank you for putting up with all the innuendo in the hammock. Also, I think “Innuendo In The Hammock” should be the subtitle of Schlichter’s memoirs.
The good Colonel and his beautiful Cuban bride have been known to enjoy a meal or two at Versailles, as have I.
I love this addition to the Ricochet podcasts. I am familiar with Kurt’s work on twitter having followed him for a while now, but it’s nice to hear the voice of the #caring tag. I wanted to comment on the discussion about journalism. I think that journalism as an “objective” art form is a relatively new phenomenon. In the good old days (long before TV) newspapers were openly partisan and made no pretence at objectivity. But that was back when intelligent debate was normal and being offended and defending your opinion were intellectual pursuits not indictable offences. I’m not sure exactly when it started but at some point we decided to outsource our discernment to a “trusted news source” and assumed that we no longer had to think for ourselves. I have no problem with opinion, just stop pretending that ideology is fact. Truth is good, but nobody’s truth comes out without a world view. I prefer Hugh Hewitt’s take on this: “There is no objectivity, there is only transparency”. The death of this modern and entirely specious “objective journalism” could not come any quicker.