Best steak to eat while listening to your rig?


One of life's little pleasures for me is grilling a nice steak, grabbing a satisfying Argentine Malbec or California Cabernet, and parking myself in front of my hi-fi for some musical enjoyment. It really doesn't get much better than this (unless it's raining or snowing outside -- that's icing on the cake).

So, what are your favorite home-cooked steaks and how do you prefer to prepare them? For me, I find that a ribeye or porterhouse from my local Wegman's is fantastic. I season it with Montreal steak seasoning and grill it for about 8 minutes per side (4 minutes in the 10 o'clock position and 4 minutes in the 2 o'clock position). I've played with grilling for less time and finishing in the oven, but don't feel it adds much.
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I don't know why.
$115 for a backpack is absolute minimum, in my opinion.
I don't use backpacks but I recently bought Victorinox shoulder travel bag that I use every day for $185. And it was on 40% off sale. Is it worth it? Probably, I'll see.
Mrtennis, "meat can't compare to a good piece of fish."

Some of us disagree. At any rate, it's not an either/or situation. I happen to love seafood as well.

Corazon, "I would advise caution salting too soon, no more than 5 minutes, as it will draw out moisture."

That is a familiar fallacy, one that I bought into as well - for 25 years no less. I was as skeptical as the next guy, but yet again, The Doctor was right. As he taught me, salting and brining are classic techniques.

Try salting your steak (sea salt, not the bitter, metallic regular table salt) the day before. And, if that's not in the cards, as far in advance on the same day as is possible.The improvement in taste, tenderness, and juiciness is such that I predict it will become part of your routine. Again, not only beef, but pork, lamb, bison, etc.

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FedEx just delivered a box of porterhouse steaks from Lobel's of New York. These are prime dry aged steaks and the flavor is fantastic. This thread got me thinking.

I hope these steaks are as good as Mrtennis' salmon.
FedEx just delivered a box of porterhouse steaks from Lobel's of New York. These are prime dry aged steaks and the flavor is fantastic.

Rrog- Make mine on the red side of medium rare. I'll open a nice aged cabernet and be right over ;-)
unless meat is organic, free of hormones and antibiotics and if animals are grass fed, pesticides are not used,

the food value of the meat is questionable.