Feeding Umi » chili dogs http://www.feedingumi.com Stories from a monster's kitchen Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:45:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 MEAT! http://www.feedingumi.com/2010/02/meat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meat http://www.feedingumi.com/2010/02/meat/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:38:35 +0000 umi http://www.feedingumi.com/?p=1566 This post is a long time coming. Ryan’s father decided to get us MEAT… just because. We were discussing how the cast iron skillet cooks great meat and we just cleaned out our freezer and he decided that was going to get us an awesome Omaha Steak Special. The way it happened, though, [...]]]> This post is a long time coming. Ryan’s father decided to get us MEAT… just because. We were discussing how the cast iron skillet cooks great meat and we just cleaned out our freezer and he decided that was going to get us an awesome Omaha Steak Special. The way it happened, though, was Ryan told me his father was sending us something and asked for my work address (since no one would be home in the apartment if it was delivered during the day). I gave it to him and asked what I should be expecting. Ryan fwded me an itemized list, basically this list down here. DO YOU SEE IT? OVER 100 OUNCES OF RAW MEAT. I kid you not, the package was called, “AMERICAN SPLENDOR.” My response was, “seriously?”

Itemized: 4 Filet Mignons, 4 Top Sirloins, 8 Gourmet Franks, 10 Beef Steaks, 4 Pork Chops, 2 Stuff Sole Fillets w/ Crabs, 10 Potatos Au Gratin, and a 7 piece cutting board. Like what?

I laughed about other coworkers getting inappropriate packages at work, such as Victoria’s Secret, weird food stuffs, and cases of wine, but I think I take the cake for inappropriate office delivery. HUGE PACKAGE OF RAW MEAT. How was I suppose to get this home?!

In the end, the office handyman and comedian fashioned Ryan a tape strap so that he can carry the icebox home. (You didn’t think I was going to lug this sucker home, did you? I called him to pick it up at my office and to bring it home. He did. We ate meat.)

So, we made the Filet Mignon, broiled in our oven with a port reduction sauce. Yum. The top sirloin, I encrusted with chopped rosemary, pressed garlic cloves, and thyme overnight. An hour before cooking, I took out of the fridge and did a salt crust all over it… like a salt lick. Covered it up with sea salt. After an hour, I washed everything off completely, patted it completely try on a paper towel, and cooked in the cast iron. It was herby, garlicky, and nicely seasoned.

I like my meat almost bloody.

We also made chili dogs with some weekly chili we like to concoct. It was pretty good topped with Japanese mayonnaise. I liked it, because it was beefy with a hefty texture. It also had a good meaty taste. Ryan says that he still like the Hebrew National smokiness and flavor. In the end, I think I prefer the latter, but the “Gourmet Franks” were huge and filling. It was pretty good. Especially in a chili dog.

For $60, I would certainly recommend this package. It’s beautifully packaged in flash frozen airtight plastic that you can easily pull apart. Each meat is then individually boxed. Like Ryan says, it’s as far from a live animal that you can get raw meat to resemble. It’s almost amazing and no messy cleaning. Also, if you’re in a hurry, you can submerge the whole plastic package in water to thaw, because it’s vacuum sealed.

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