Favorite meal

[SMOKEE]

What's your favorite meal? Mine would have to be Filet (medium rare) and a nice baked potato and vegetables. And of course a nice bottle of Cab.

Or my woman, who's 100% Peurto Rican, makes the best chicken cutlets, rice and beans!!

[Hard2Believe]

Originally posted by SMOKEE
What's your favorite meal? Mine would have to be Filet (medium rare) and a nice baked potato and vegetables. And of course a nice bottle of Cab.

Or my woman, who's 100% Peurto Rican, makes the best chicken cutlets, rice and beans!!

Filet is def some good shit. I like mine with some blue cheese mashed potatoes and some sauteed spinach. Maybe throw some thinkly sliced onions breaded and fried on top of the meat.:D

[joeydollaz]

filet is so over rated. who wants a steak with no fat, i only like a filet if its attched to a t-bone

[SMOKEE]

Originally posted by joeydollaz
filet is so over rated. who wants a steak with no fat, i only like a filet if its attched to a t-bone

whoa...you can't be serious.

[Hard2Believe]

Originally posted by joeydollaz
filet is so over rated. who wants a steak with no fat, i only like a filet if its attched to a t-bone

I wouldn't say it is over rated, because it is one of the bigger sellers in restaurants and steak houses. As for fat content, the tenderloin isn't supposed to have large amounts of marbling, and is tender without the fat...........but a good porterhouse is nice because you get the piece of the tenderloin plus the strip steak.

[joeydollaz]

take a survey of chefs in steak houses and i garnetee none of them will order a filet. flavor comes from the fat, personally i love those lil skirt steaks, those ar great !

the filet is a big seller cuz it has a reputation to be the best piece of steak but being the most tender doesnt mean its gonna have flavor. why do u think so many places wrap tenderloins in BACON, they add flavor, surprisingly, bacon is most made of fat. when u go to a high end steak house where u usually dont even get menus, and order, steak for two, u get serloin most of the time, cause its the tasteiest part. =)

i know my steak =)

[SMOKEE]

I see your point on the flavor, but I will still take a filet over any other piece of meat!! I refuse to eat fat.

[Hard2Believe]

Originally posted by joeydollaz
take a survey of chefs in steak houses and i garnetee none of them will order a filet. flavor comes from the fat, personally i love those lil skirt steaks, those ar great !

the filet is a big seller cuz it has a reputation to be the best piece of steak but being the most tender doesnt mean its gonna have flavor. why do u think so many places wrap tenderloins in BACON, they add flavor, surprisingly, bacon is most made of fat. when u go to a high end steak house where u usually dont even get menus, and order, steak for two, u get serloin most of the time, cause its the tasteiest part. =)

i know my steak =)

yes fat does equal flavor.............I know this already. But like Smokee said said some people don't like fat. And I always have plenty of flavor in the tenderloin I eat, maybe the quality of tenderloin you have eaten isn't that great. Each different piece of meat has its own purpose, you know anything about KOBE beef? There isn't much fat in that and real japanese kobe goes for like 40 a pound. Some people like fatty steaks some like the tender stuff with less fat. But when it comes to making money I know what sells in a restaurant.

[SMOKEE]

KOBE beef....nicest piece of meat I've eaten....good thing the company was paying that night and not me...$66 for 7 oz. I could literally cut it with a butter knife!

Is it true they massage the cow with Sake?

[Hard2Believe]

Originally posted by SMOKEE
KOBE beef....nicest piece of meat I've eaten....good thing the company was paying that night and not me...$66 for 7 oz. I could literally cut it with a butter knife!

Is it true they massage the cow with Sake?

this is off www.Kobe-Beef.com

Why do they brush the cattle with sake?
Brushing cattle with sake is another practice which creates great interest. Some producers in Japan believe that haircoat and softness of skin are related to meat quality. It's believed brushing the haircoat with sake improves the appearance and softness of the animal and is therefore of economic importance.

[joeydollaz]

i know about kobe beef but i'm not into spending 100 bucks on one plate. the theroy behind kobe is that it is tender, cuz the freakin thing is kept in a box and massaged every day, crazy japs. i agree filets sell well, but that wasnt the question, they question was what tastes the best. being popular doesnt make it good, look at half the posts in this forum, they are abouto fast food places LOL

to each there own, dont order steak out often, but it if i do i wont be a filet, unless its like a chateau briand. beef wellington is def one of my most favorite meals.

[jt]

gotta luv double and quadrle posts lol

[Hard2Believe]

Smokee.............

Is it true that Kobe beef in Japan are fed on beer and massaged to make them tender?
Well, both things take place, but not for the reasons we've been led to believe. Beer is fed to the cattle during summer months when the interaction of fat cover, temperature and humidity depresses feed intake. Beer seems to stimulate their appetite. It's merely part of the overall management program designed to keep the cattle on feed in the heat of the summer. The massaging is done to relieve stress and muscle stiffness. It's believed that the eating quality of the meat is affected positively by keeping the cattle calm and content.