It's been raining here a lot lately. We need it though. Flowers and butterflies are everywhere. I went out onto the patio to put fresh water into the dogs bowl and noticed the bark on the oak tree seemed to be "moving"! It definitely was...little worms...wriggling...I think these turn into those little yellow butterflies we see a lot of, here in the South. Over the last few weeks, they've all crawled off or turned or whatever they do.
Hope you've been having a good start to Spring where ever you are. Been lots of storms around lately...
Well, off to grab a coffee and get to work...Stay safe everyone!
Pink flowers and red meat...It was just one of those weekends. Geraniums are flowering out everywhere and people had their pits going, all over the neighborhood.
I found an interesting video, I think, on Pinterest. It told you how to tenderize the toughest cut of meat you could find by covering it in kosher salt and leaving it (30 minutes per 1/2 inch of meat). Well, if you've been reading me for very long, you'll know I like a good challenge...SO...I purchased one chuck roast and two New York Strip steaks to experiment on. NY Strip steak USE to be really tender (back in the Day) but now, since the Steak Inspector gods have decided that marbling (lines of fat that run throughout a piece of meat) was no longer good for you, they end up being pretty tough.
Well, I followed the instructions...and since the roast calculated out to be about 2 1/2 hours, I left them all...at almost 3 hours...WELL! I don't know about the roast because I washed the salt off and then froze it. but the steaks WERE a LOT more tender...once you got past the SALTINESS!Hahaaa... geez! Oh well, guess I need to cut back on the time for steaks (I knew better but just didn't think about the difference in size of each piece of meat). Too much cleaning and laundry going on!
I WILL try this again but won't leave the salt so long and will REALLY give the meat a GOOD washing before seasoning!
Well, guess I'll end this and come wart you in a while!
Enjoy your day...
Hope you all had a wonderful and safe Easter? We did. The kids came for a lunch of ham and asparagus etc.... Pretty darn good. We enjoyed each other for a while then they were all off for other destinations which, for some, involved more food. I remember those days well.
Bluebonnets and Texas just go together. They are popping up everywhere. Love the colors.
Here's a question for you English majors....Lately, I've been reading where, to the younger generation, that you no longer need to leave two spaces after you end one sentence and begin another! They say it's annoying! I was always taught to space twice for clarity's sake...now it's being said that that was only because we used typewriters (cavemen days).
I don't care if it annoys them, I'm a two spacer...always will be.
SO...Enjoy your day. Hope it's warming up cold toes or cooling off hot bods for you where ever you are.
On my way for visits...
