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Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:01 pm
by HaulCitgo
I've made really good steak like that except I always seared it first then stuck it in the oven. Seem to remember a higher temp too but maybe only hit the oven for 5 minutes or so. All else equal I'll take a grill but theres a lot more room for error indoors.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:56 pm
by Rush2112
Better be 'Berta beef
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:12 pm
by sancarlos
Funny. Twenty years ago, my wife and I vacationed in Alberta, and went out to dinner in Calgary with my cousin and her boyfriend. We were trying to decide what to order at the restaurant, and my cousin said, "I think I want a steak. I could go for some good Alberta beef!" Seemed funny at the time, although she wasn't joking. So, ever since then, occasionally when we consider having steak, my wife or I will say, "I could go for some of that good Alberta beef!"
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:19 pm
by Johnnie
My girlfriend's middle name is Alberta. It was supposed to be her first name until Aunt Alberta vetoed it. (Her name was decided as Maria.)
She acquired the nickname Mo from her sister during childhood. Combining names, I call her Moberta. Sometimes just 'Berta.
This is hysterical in its own way to me.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:30 am
by TT2.0
ikeep trying to make a steak in my cast iron skillet on the stove but all i do is smoke the whole house up and char the shit outta the outside. i marinade them in a blend of seaosnings and soy hot sauce and worchestshire sauce and put them in a hot pan...what am i fucking up?
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 4:51 am
by Rush2112
I'd go Mo'Berta.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:18 am
by Johnnie
TT2.0 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:30 am
ikeep trying to make a steak in my cast iron skillet on the stove but all i do is smoke the whole house up and char the shit outta the outside. i marinade them in a blend of seaosnings and soy hot sauce and worchestshire sauce and put them in a hot pan...what am i fucking up?
The thing I've learned about cast iron skillets is that they have to be broken in properly.
Once I figured I'd use one in the same way I'd use a Teflon pan. Add oil, get it hot to the point it's smoking..etc. And all it did was what you said.
I *think* there steel has a porous nature to it so food sticks to it more. Something like that.
It's good to have one, but I barely use it.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:36 am
by bfj
TT2.0 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:30 am
ikeep trying to make a steak in my cast iron skillet on the stove but all i do is smoke the whole house up and char the shit outta the outside. i marinade them in a blend of seaosnings and soy hot sauce and worchestshire sauce and put them in a hot pan...what am i fucking up?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chatel ... n-pan/amp/
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:16 pm
by Rams Fanny
TT2.0 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:30 am
ikeep trying to make a steak in my cast iron skillet on the stove but all i do is smoke the whole house up and char the shit outta the outside. i marinade them in a blend of seaosnings and soy hot sauce and worchestshire sauce and put them in a hot pan...what am i fucking up?
I'm going to guess those sauces don't hold up under high heat. Try just dry seasoning and add other stuff after cooked.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:25 pm
by BSF21
Rams Fanny wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:16 pm
TT2.0 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:30 am
ikeep trying to make a steak in my cast iron skillet on the stove but all i do is smoke the whole house up and char the shit outta the outside. i marinade them in a blend of seaosnings and soy hot sauce and worchestshire sauce and put them in a hot pan...what am i fucking up?
I'm going to guess those sauces don't hold up under high heat. Try just dry seasoning and add other stuff after cooked.
That’s part of it. If you’re doing a good cut in the cast iron: salt, pepper, canola oil. Rip hot and 500 on the oven, 75 seconds per side, in the oven for 2.5 min, flip and go 2.5 more, rest 5-10 min.
If you’re insistent on marinade, do it and then pat it off with a paper towel. It’s the sugar in the marinade that’s burning.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 4:30 pm
by HaulCitgo
Less stove more oven
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:57 pm
by BSF21
HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 4:30 pm
Less stove more oven
I don’t know how you get a seat with less than 2 minutes on the stovetop but you do you.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:09 pm
by TT2.0
i dont know enough about my cookwarw to know what i can put in the oven...i put a pan in there once and it lit itself on fire so im hesitant
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:53 pm
by HaulCitgo
To TT. Your method sounds about like mine just more detailed.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 7:48 pm
by BSF21
TT2.0 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:09 pm
i dont know enough about my cookwarw to know what i can put in the oven...i put a pan in there once and it lit itself on fire so im hesitant
You said it’s cast iron. You can throw it in mount doom.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:31 am
by TT2.0
BSF21 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 7:48 pm
TT2.0 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:09 pm
i dont know enough about my cookwarw to know what i can put in the oven...i put a pan in there once and it lit itself on fire so im hesitant
You said it’s cast iron. You can throw it in mount doom.
this is just stuff i dont know. i have a few dishes i cook but other than that im very kotchen ignorant but im trying to learn.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:43 am
by L-Jam3
Corn in chili is bullshit.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:16 am
by mister d
I have no hard and fast chili rules but I agree. Texturally stupid, aesthetically stupid, everything.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:42 am
by Sabo
Isn't chili one of the dishes made at the last minute by throwing a bunch of things together in a pot? And since chili supposedly originated in the Mexico-Texas border, wouldn't corn be an acceptable ingredient?
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:53 am
by mister d
Grapefruits too.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 1:18 pm
by mister d
Had a chicken banh mi yesterday that completely reset the bar for banh mi and perhaps french sandwich bread as well. Just a stunner.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 1:34 pm
by govmentchedda
Not sure I've ever had a bad banh mi, but I'm quite intrigued about this one.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 1:36 pm
by mister d
Bad bread can fuck an otherwise good one up, but this one was just perfect across the board. Every component was top notch.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 1:38 pm
by mister d
#17 on
this list, but set apart from the main shop as a banh mi only stand a couple doors down.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 1:47 pm
by brian
mister d wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 1:38 pm
#17 on
this list, but set apart from the main shop as a banh mi only stand a couple doors down.
#9 on that list is the best chicken parm sandwich I've ever had and it's not even close. Probably the best sandwich I've ever had period.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 1:58 pm
by mister d
Before or after Blind Tiger?
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 2:01 pm
by brian
mister d wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 1:58 pm
Before or after Blind Tiger?
Never been there.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 2:11 pm
by govmentchedda
Every one of the sandwiches in those photos at that Eater link look amazing.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 2:21 pm
by mister d
"A sandwich" always seems like too unadventurous of a call when we actually get out in the city without kids but it really shouldn't.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 2:23 pm
by The Sybian
mister d wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 2:21 pm
"A sandwich" always seems like too unadventurous of a call when we actually get out in the city without kids but it really shouldn't.
Some of the greatest meals are sandwiches.
ETA: Bahn Mi can be amazing, but most are meh.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 2:48 pm
by wlu_lax6
I will put the Bah Mi from one of the shops in the Eden Center or the Bah Mi DC a few minutes down the road from there against ANY Bah Mi in the world. The Eden Center is Vietnamese strip shopping center with a Vietnamese super market. Also
On August 11, 2011, law enforcement consisting of federal, Virginia State and local police jointly raided several businesses in Eden Center, seizing more than $1 million in cash from one business, and small amounts from other businesses. Also seized were several gambling machines and arrested 19 people on suspicion of gambling and alcohol crimes.[6] Police blamed the Dragon Family gang, a Vietnamese-American criminal gang that operates in Asian-American hubs across North America. No felony charges were ever filed, and ultimately, though some defendants pleaded guilty, many had their cases dismissed prior to trial and tensions were ignited between the Eden Center businesses and the City of Falls Church government. At least one defendant went to trial and was found not guilty of the charges.[7] Those tensions continued when a second raid was conducted only 5 months later, and suspects were arrested on a variety of gambling and money laundering charges, with many in the community alleging racism and poor investigation on the part of the police.[8]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Center
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 3:10 pm
by govmentchedda
mister d wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 2:21 pm
"A sandwich" always seems like too unadventurous of a call when we actually get out in the city without kids but it really shouldn't.
The chick fil a ripoff from fuku may be my favorite NYC sandwich.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 3:27 pm
by mister d
Still haven't had that. Delaney's was great but I don't think they've relocated yet.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 2:29 pm
by A_B
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 4:17 pm
by Pruitt
New dills > old dills.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:03 am
by EdRomero
Lobster rolls rarely live up to the anticipation and excitement I have when ordering them.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:18 am
by Giff
EdRomero wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:03 am
Lobster rolls rarely live up to the anticipation and excitement I have when ordering them.
The only one that really ever has for me is the one I got in the Venetian food court a few years ago.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:18 am
by Johnnie
EdRomero wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:03 am
Lobster rolls rarely live up to the anticipation and excitement I have when ordering them.
Yuuuppppp. Took my gf back to Boston last August and she was really, really wanting to try a lobster roll. (See follows food Instagram pages and saw one one day.) So we got one and she was like "That's it?" I said "No, you're also out 18 bucks."
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:20 am
by L-Jam3
Giff wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:18 am
EdRomero wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:03 am
Lobster rolls rarely live up to the anticipation and excitement I have when ordering them.
The only one that really ever has for me is the one I got in the Venetian food court a few years ago.
I've had it at the exact same place a year ago (same trip where I had beers with Brian and RamsFanny), and I can concur wholeheartedly that location is fantastic.
Re: Culinary Hot Takes
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:29 am
by wlu_lax6
Mike's Hot Honey....not nearly enough heat