Being a cheap ass....and not a huge beef fan......I really enjoy a piece of good quality London Broil, well marinated and quickly seared for no more than 5 minutes each side. Melts in your mouth very time. And quick to prepare.
Like I alluded to, I don't know why anyone would buy a very lean steak in the first place, I know I certainly won't, especially with the prices nowadays...I'm a big fan of brining certain cuts of meat. ...in fact, I have some chicken breast brining as we speak.
Penzeys. Seriously, find a Penzeys. It's mind blowing the difference in their spices vs store bought spices. https://www.penzeys.com/
Thanx Sly, I'll look into it...my Son is a Chef at a restaurant called Sweet Grass Dairy in Thomasville Georgia (the food is killer)...they raise their own cows who are fed the dairy's own special grass...and from the milk they make their own butter (REAL butter) and they also make their own cheeses (REAL cheeses)...and yeah, though the Montreal Seasoning can be bought in stores, like you say, the herbs/spices etc are not fresh but my Son makes his own and always brings me some (along with other gifts) when he visits. I do know he doesn't get his herbs/spices from walmart. (orders them from some place up north I believe)...but I'll check into Penzeys and pass the info on to him.
I used to have a friend that would raise his own cattle, they would be grass fed but the last couple of weeks before slaughter he would feed them corn. Grass fed cattle tastes like... grass. Don't like that.
Ah...Consuming the "Fear of the Cow". I like a good Rib Eye or TBone off my Traeger. I would have never spent the money on a Traeger, didn't need to, my company gave me one as a retirement gift. To be honest I wasn't all that excited about plugging something in and using pellets, but man, after using one for a while, I wouldn't be w/o one now.
My dad gave corn and oats with hard molasses to the steers before slaughter...also to the dairy cows to sweeten the milk..also put out mineral blocks and salt licks in the pasture. Iowa beef is pretty world class beef.
I don't eat beef much if any at all these days.....much prefer pork, chicken and seafood as a protein.. occasionally I'll have Chinese beef and broccoli in a restaurant.
...yeah, grain fed is better...just to be clear, my Son's place doesn't slaughter its own cows for consumption...they're milking cows only. ...and his own home made version of Montreal seasoning is great...much better than store bought...I have a ziplock bag of it that I keep in the freezer. ...and btw, I did text him a link to Penseys...they have a store in N Georgia too.
When I remember visiting Georgia as a child with my family ...Savanah ..I remember one thing most of all....peach pie
...yeah, we eat a lot of pork too...fish every now and then...and a big ass salad at least once a week.
“God meg, you’ve got a lot of beef, where’d you get all this beef?” -Rabbit “Did you see my cows out front?” -Meg “No… oh” -Rabbit
