Wednesday, October 30, 2013

I Don't Photograph ALL my meals...just most.

Sometimes, the picture is better than the food.

Here's a case in point:

Beautifully seared steak. Nice grill cross-hatching. Cooked medium.

Loaded potato and bright green broccoli.

Even a little pizzaz reflection off the steak knife.

Ahh.

The menu wording should have warned me. They bragged about the meat's "marbling."

Er, that means "fat." More than half I cut away and left on the plate. Very little actual steak.

The Manager agreed and took the charge off my bill.

I told my server I WOULD be back... because I liked their Bar-b-q plate.

If you want a good steak, I suppose you should go to a steak house.

If I want a craft beer, I sit at the bar of a place that offers plenty of choices on tap.

I was in Columbia recently and stopped at Flying Saucer. They serve a "flight" of beers: 5 different choices in 5-ounce glasses.

Good way to sample something new.

This was a cool evening so time to check out dark porters and stouts.

Of course I drink dark beer also in the summer.

Just harder to find these heavier Winter beverages.

The hot mustard complemented the two brats on the German Plate.

Mit der sauerkraut und der German-style potato salad.

I have a phone app called "Brewster.com" that lets me keep track of unique beers.

The first time I try a beer it's "unique."

I recall one of the best steaks I've ever had. Yes, it WAS at a steakhouse, not a barbecue place.

Planning to go back again in the next week or so.

It was served barely cooked on a very hot heated stone and continued to sear & cook in front of me.

(Click on the photos for more details.)

Guess you'd miss the sizzle, heat and aroma if you wanted it just rare.

I'll try to avoid a heavily-marbled one there.

Or anywhere.



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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Memorial Day (Sales) Tradition...

As I drove out to eat on Memorial Day, I saw that at least one person had bought a mattress set today.

He or she probably saved about 60 or 70%.

Maybe even more.

Ads for beds, mattresses and springs seem to center around major holidays. Sealy, Beautirest, Simmons, etc. all run colorful advertisements in the paper and on television, offering huge discounts.

Fourth of July and Labor Day seem to be the other two "firm" or "soft" slumberland Sale-E-Brations.

When I need a new mattress I know they cost a whole lot more the other days of the year.

I don't cook out anymore but I did have dinner at a BBQ place.

It's a tradition.

(Click on the photo. Notice there no hands holding it to the roof.)

Safe to ride behind this vehicle.

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