Things That Gladden The Heart

Once had a steak at the Elm tree at Elmton ( that was after a starter of Squirrel). Anyway it was gorgeous, medium well done. It was so tender. Anyway I told the manager it was the best I have ever had so compliments to the chef. His response surprised me. It was “ it’s not just down to the chef, you could have cooked that. It is down to the meat I buy. I do not buy rubbish steaks. They are quality steaks”. He was adamant that the best steaks are from quality cattle and just coz it says Rump, rib eye sirloin etc etc don’t mean quality.
 
Lucifer MorningStar said:
Got to be rare almost touching on blue for me 🤤

I dread whenever the mother in law invites us out for dinner. She always books Miller and Carter as she claims to love steak. Then every time we get there both her and her husband order steaks “very well done”, they then follow up with well you have to make sure it’s cooked 🤮

Just watching them try and cut it and chew it knowing they’ve paid for a decent cut pains me. They’d be better off eating the sole of my boots, such a waste of a good meat.
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Man, I can't stand that either. "I love steak" - orders it well done. Yeah, you don't really love steak at all because that's no longer a steak. It stopped being a steak once you went past 'medium'. 😂
 
I've eaten in a pub restaurant in the past where they plainly stated that the chef will not cook a "well done" steak and/or "the lamb is served pink".
Attaboy.
Did my thick cut ribeye last night.
2m each side in pan, 9m in oven.
Medium rare. Never fails.
 
jim8flog said:
When it comes to steak I like it when the cow comes up and asks me which part of it's body I would like to eat.
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That’s it for me too.
Just take its horns off and wipe its backside and I’m happy.
The kids won’t let me have steak if we go for a meal cause it puts them off their food 🙄
 
Tashyboy said:
Once had a steak at the Elm tree at Elmton ( that was after a starter of Squirrel). Anyway it was gorgeous, medium well done. It was so tender. Anyway I told the manager it was the best I have ever had so compliments to the chef. His response surprised me. It was “ it’s not just down to the chef, you could have cooked that. It is down to the meat I buy. I do not buy rubbish steaks. They are quality steaks”. He was adamant that the best steaks are from quality cattle and just coz it says Rump, rib eye sirloin etc etc don’t mean quality.
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My issue with eating steak in restaurants is the cutlery they give you. If they reckon their steak is nice and tender, why do they need to give you a great big serrated sword to cut it? Surely a normal knife would suffice?
 
Neilds said:
My issue with eating steak in restaurants is the cutlery they give you. If they reckon their steak is nice and tender, why do they need to give you a great big serrated sword to cut it? Surely a normal knife would suffice?
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What does me is people Trying to eat a steak with just a fork. I have seen Americans on cruise ships do it and I think w**. 😳
 
Neilds said:
My issue with eating steak in restaurants is the cutlery they give you. If they reckon their steak is nice and tender, why do they need to give you a great big serrated sword to cut it? Surely a normal knife would suffice?
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Yep.
I would say 95% of the time an unsuitable knife is presented as a steak knife.

And what is labelled a "carving knife" in shops can be misleading when what people are after is usually a meat-cutting knife or a meat-slicing knife.

In both these cases you need a very sharp knife. Small one for the table and bigger one for preparation.

My first job was a Saturday job cutting, slicing and preparing meat. Learnt a bit about meat knives.
 
Neilds said:
My issue with eating steak in restaurants is the cutlery they give you. If they reckon their steak is nice and tender, why do they need to give you a great big serrated sword to cut it? Surely a normal knife would suffice?
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‘Cos they have to cater to everyone and that includes the people who insist on having their steak ruined/cremated 😀
 
Ten years ago I became part of a newly-formed Sunday League team. Nowadays I no longer play but still help run the team with admin and financial duties. Today I witnessed us win our first ever major trophy as we won a Middlesex FA County Cup. We went 1-0 down in the 2nd minute, never gave up and ended up scoring in the 87th and 91st minutes to steal it at the death - both goals were scored with ten men as well, after an outrageous sinbin decision by the referee. Couldn't be prouder and an amazing finish to the game. 🏆
 
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irip said:
That’s it for me too.
Just take its horns off and wipe its backside and I’m happy.
The kids won’t let me have steak if we go for a meal cause it puts them off their food 🙄
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My SiL, in France ordered steak tartare in ignorance.
She noticed the waiter was impressed. When he presented it to her with a flourish she realised her error and said "I can't eat that, it's not cooked!"
He took it away with a huff and she said that from that moment on she was basically chopped liver.
 
Not gonna lie, it’s been one of the best weekends in years. Had 8 Italian friends over from Thursday til this morning when I dropped them off at East Midlands airport. It has been an amazing time.
Friday, a day in York. We spent and hour and a half in the oldest pub in York and they just didn’t want to leave. They were blown away with York. Friday evening missis Tash made 2 massive lasagnas and 12 of us demolished it. They loved it. I was driving. The rest of them polished off two Barolo, a Amarone, and a 2015 Chianti. Apparently it was gorgeous. I had saved it for me pal Pino and I never had a sip. 😖The limoncello and 1664’s went down well. We never stopped laughing and talking from 6.30 - 11.30.
Saturday they started at 12.00 in a pub near the Mansfield town football ground and we watched the game v Luton. It was a fantastic time.both my grown kids caught up with them as they first met them as kids 24 years ago. God how they have all grown. When the Italian kids football team came over in 2002 ish. After the evening presentation there was an absolute massive food fight between both teams. The room which was upstairs was covered with food all over the walls and roof etc. we never found out who or what started it. Well we did on Saturday and god how I laughed. Last night was spent having a meal in a local pub. It was 2 hours of laughter. Oh ah 4 of them had steaks and they were all medium rare. Me and missis T ordered drinks and I said “ Pino”( me pals name). And the waiter said “ large or small”. I looked at him and said “ Pardon”. He said “do you want a large or small Pinot”. He thought I was on about Pinot Grigio. 😂😂😂😂
Gutted to see them go.
 
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