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Topic: The 2021 CFB Season

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utee94

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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #112 on: May 13, 2021, 12:03:33 PM »
Order ketchup just to get a rise from the waiter.
Or A-1! :)


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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #113 on: May 13, 2021, 12:43:21 PM »
Going to a good steakhouse tomorrow to help a friend celebrate his 50th birthday.  Leaning toward the aged NY strip. 
great choice

I had a prime strip last night grilled to perfection - rare - mediumrare
but, it wasn't dry aged
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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #114 on: May 13, 2021, 12:51:36 PM »
You guys got me goin'... Did the menu for the next week last night and we're going to do flatiron steaks on Sunday, along with some roasted beets and an arugula salad. 

I don't even consider flatiron to be "mid-grade"--it's not like some of those steaks where you have to take special care when cooking or cutting (like tri tip, flank steak, etc) to make it tender. It's already tender.

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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #115 on: May 13, 2021, 12:53:34 PM »
Flatiron, to me, has the best taste out there.  It also is thick on one end, so I can grill it blu like the wife likes and the thinner end will be rare-med rare like I prefer.

It's the mark of a nice restaurant when the server understands what blu means.

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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #116 on: May 13, 2021, 12:59:44 PM »
Flatiron, to me, has the best taste out there.  It also is thick on one end, so I can grill it blu like the wife likes and the thinner end will be rare-med rare like I prefer.

It's the mark of a nice restaurant when the server understands what blu means.
When I was in Nantes for several months, the cook at my hotel restaurant always served steaks blu.  I could order bien cuit and it still came out blu.  He just didn't believe anyone could possibly want a steak cooked beyond blu.

I didn't get steak very often though, the quality of beef just isn't very good over there.  But occasionally steak frites with a bottle of Bordeaux was just the right thing to order.

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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #117 on: May 13, 2021, 01:11:16 PM »
I'm told the steak in France is all grass fed, with few exceptions, and they are used to it.  No large feed lots, apparently.

Wagyu would be the opposite.  The good news is that lamb or fish or duck is so good, usually, there is no reason to order beef, other than on occasion.

I keep telling the wife to order the thing a place is known for, don't go to some fried chicken place and order a burger.  She'll do this sort of thing fairly often.  Don't order a croissant at Arby's and think it will taste like those in France.  She doesn't know our regionalities very well.  I've learned to tell here, "Hey, we're in Calabash, it's time to order fried shrimp, not raw oysters."

We found a Carrefour in Marseille near the hotel that had breakfast for three euros, coffee, croissant, and fresh OJ, it was amazing at the price.

But I digress.

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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #118 on: May 13, 2021, 01:42:29 PM »
the Piedmontese breed of cattle comes from a region in Italy that borders France

the Piedmontese steaks I've tried were very good
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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #119 on: May 13, 2021, 01:44:59 PM »
Is that area at the foot of the mountains?

They also make some rather good wine from Nebbiolo grapes.  The spell checker here is impressive.

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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #120 on: May 13, 2021, 01:46:39 PM »
Or A-1! :)


A-1 will get an eyeroll, ordering ketchup for your fancy steak might get him kicked right out of the joint!
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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #121 on: May 13, 2021, 01:46:49 PM »
not sure, but a rancher in Nebraska has a certified Piedmontese herd and the beef is tasty and expensive
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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #122 on: May 13, 2021, 03:37:32 PM »
I'm told the steak in France is all grass fed, with few exceptions, and they are used to it.  No large feed lots, apparently.

Wagyu would be the opposite.  The good news is that lamb or fish or duck is so good, usually, there is no reason to order beef, other than on occasion.

I keep telling the wife to order the thing a place is known for, don't go to some fried chicken place and order a burger.  She'll do this sort of thing fairly often.  Don't order a croissant at Arby's and think it will taste like those in France.  She doesn't know our regionalities very well.  I've learned to tell here, "Hey, we're in Calabash, it's time to order fried shrimp, not raw oysters."

We found a Carrefour in Marseille near the hotel that had breakfast for three euros, coffee, croissant, and fresh OJ, it was amazing at the price.

But I digress.
Don't forget the RABBIT! 

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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #123 on: May 13, 2021, 03:48:44 PM »
Is it duck season or wabbit season?!?
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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #124 on: May 13, 2021, 04:52:22 PM »
In France, it's always...

...BOTH.

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Re: The 2021 CFB Season
« Reply #125 on: May 13, 2021, 05:24:00 PM »
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