The Coffee House

[waday]

I hope you feel better, @vintagesnaps !

Headache today. Ugh.

I'm totally buying this book for our kid. General Relativity for Babies - Board Book

 

[table1349]

Gary tends to cook low and slow and so far no problem with the mats melting.

My very favorite method to cook a perfect steak starts with a square cash iron grill pan on the stove. It is the home version of how some of the very best steak houses cook their steaks. The process is quite simple but employs high heat. Bring your oven up to 500 degrees (260C). Once the oven is to temp put a cast iron pan on your largest burner. I like to use a square cast iron grill pan instead of a 12" cast iron skillet. Heat it on high for about 5 minutes until it reaches a temp of 500 degrees. To reduce cleanup issues I sprinkle course kosher salt into the ridges of the grill pan.

Take your steak, I prefer ribeye but any thick cut steak (1 1/2") will work, that has been sitting out for 30 minutes. Lightly coat the steak with canola oil then season it liberally with salt, and pepper as well as any seasoning you might like. I use my "house seasoning" which is a mix of salt, pepper and garlic powder.

Put the steak down in the hot pan for 30 seconds, do not touch the steak or the pan. After 30 seconds flip the steak and let it cook for 30 seconds. Preferably you flipped it to an unused portion of the pan. After 30 seconds take the pan and put it in the oven for 2 minutes on the center rack. Do not touch the steak. After 2 minutes flip the steak and put it back into the oven for another 2 minutes. When the 2 minutes are up take the steak out, put it on a platter that has been warmed and cover with a double layer of aluminum foil for at least 5 minutes. This will give you a perfect medium rare steak. If you prefer you steak to be medium then add 1 minute to each side in the oven.

Top the steaks with your favorite compound butter and serve.

That is why I am looking for those really high heat silicon mats I heard about. I don't want my induction range to have a melted silicon top stuck to it so for now I am just real careful with my cast iron grill.

I use a heavy grill pan indoors to cook our steaks also. @Gary A. stop reading here. I think they come out better than on the grill.

I heat the pan on high but I use butter instead of canola oil then salt and pepper to taste. Usually we'll cook filet mignon but occasionally a t-bone or ny sirloin. 2-3 minutes on each side depending on thickness then rest for 5 minutes on a platter for perfect medium rare. We can only do this with butter because our stove has a very powerful exhaust system since butter smokes so much but it does give a very nice crust on the steaks. Even with the exhaust on high it does occasionally cause a bit of eye watering for the chef.

Your method above is what I use for pork chops and they come out perfect if you do 4 mins each side then 4 mins in the oven.

None of this is induction - just a plain old ceramic cooktop.

Got to agree, lets the full flavor of the meat come through. A good cut of meat should be able to stand on it's own flavor wise with just a touch of seasoning. In fact, it sounded so good that when I went shopping today I had the butcher cut me a nice rib eye for tomorrow night. No wife to cook for so I am fixing 1 person meals and just because she is gone for a couple of weeks there is not reason for me not to eat well.

Give Gary's idea of a stand alone induction plate a try. I wouldn't be without Induction now or if I had to gas. They just control too easy. Only thing with induction, unlike electric/ceramic you need to be ready to cook. There is no time to prep while cooking since you get instant heat on and off.

 

[table1349]

Just got done ordering a hand cranked butter churn. I can see this being a morning chore on Saturday's and making buttermilk pancakes for breakfast with the left over butter milk.

 

[limr31]

Hey, hosers.

Is it really only Tuesday afternoon? Excel is messing with me and I'm convinced it is pure spite on its part.

Are we sure it's only Tuesday afternoon?

 

[SquarePeg38]

Hey, hosers.

Is it really only Tuesday afternoon? Excel is messing with me and I'm convinced it is pure spite on its part.

Are we sure it's only Tuesday afternoon?

Yes, it's only Tuesday. Or as I like to call it this week: Monday2.0 We need to get with the European program and get on the 4 day work week with multiple months vacations. See @Frank F. we do agree on something.

 

[JonA_CT]

I played golf today and was paired up with a couple of geezers. I out drove them by a solid 40 yards each hole.

I still lost by 15 strokes. These guys were awesome, and they started calling me grasshopper by the time we hit the turn, haha.

 

[jcdeboever]

I played golf today and was paired up with a couple of geezers. I out drove them by a solid 40 yards each hole.

I still lost by 15 strokes. These guys were awesome, and they started calling me grasshopper by the time we hit the turn, haha.

Yup, my mother in law kicks my butt. She hits them straight but around 150 on a drive. Consistent. Rarely two putts the green. She said drive is for show but putt for dough. I can hit a drive 300 yards down the middle and it all falls apart from there. Lol

 

[terri36 7]

It took awhile this year, but summer has officially arrived, heat wise. We had an amazing May and June! This week is shaping up to be in the upper 90's in a day or two - ugh!! My basil doesn't like it at all.

 

[limr31]

It took awhile this year, but summer has officially arrived, heat wise. We had an amazing May and June! This week is shaping up to be in the upper 90's in a day or two - ugh!! My basil doesn't like it at all.

Your basil: it me.

 

[waday]

Hey, hosers.

Is it really only Tuesday afternoon? Excel is messing with me and I'm convinced it is pure spite on its part.

Are we sure it's only Tuesday afternoon?

Yes, it's only Tuesday. Or as I like to call it this week: Monday2.0 We need to get with the European program and get on the 4 day work week with multiple months vacations. See @Frank F. we do agree on something.

Tuesday is the worst day in the week.

 

[JonA_CT]

It was definitely hot today. I drank 3 liters of water while playing today and biofeedback says that wasn't enough.

 

[waday]

 

[table1349]

 

[snowbear118 49]

Thursday is my Friday. I have a meeting on the Eastern Shore so I'll be out of the office all day. MLW is not going to work, so I don't have to go pick her up; I'll go to the after-meeting social for the first time; though I will likely sit in the corner and sip iced tea.

Tomorrow is a tabletop exercise at the Emergency Ops Center. It's designed to evaluate the GIS departments in the region. The event: Tornado? Haz-mat spill? Train wreck? Active shooter? It's a surprise!

 

[pixmedic]

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