Steak not on the grill
the one thing about apartment living that bums me out is the fact that no grills are aloud on our patio. I guess it is some city ordinance or whatever :o( So making certain meats and especially steak of any kind is a hard task with out a grill, but we have managed to get by.... except for this one dark and horrible dinner.
So I was looking through all the cook books that I own in search of a delicious steak marinade recipe that would help us cope with the temporary 'fast' from grilling and BOY I thought I had a winner! I believe the ingredients were a combination of Worcestershire sauce (told ya it made everything taste better), season salt and water. I mixed it up nice and poured it over the meat to marinade and I - thinking that I could change up the directions to fit my scheduling needs - chose to let it set over night in the fridge instead of the 3 hours it instructed me to do - ya know, the longer the marinade the better the taste... duuhhh. WRONG CHOICE PEOPLE.
I seared those bad boys in the skillet and baked them to "perfection" served them along with the most ideal side dishes and plopped down at the dinner table with a watering mouth, fork and knife in hand, bib around the neck, napkin in the lap.
With the first bite of that steak, I thought that my tongue was on fire! It was SO SO salty! phew I could feel my throat on burning as I swallowed. We might as well have been eating a salt shaker.
Needless to say, those "steaks" were in the garbage in no time.
the one thing about apartment living that bums me out is the fact that no grills are aloud on our patio. I guess it is some city ordinance or whatever :o( So making certain meats and especially steak of any kind is a hard task with out a grill, but we have managed to get by.... except for this one dark and horrible dinner.
So I was looking through all the cook books that I own in search of a delicious steak marinade recipe that would help us cope with the temporary 'fast' from grilling and BOY I thought I had a winner! I believe the ingredients were a combination of Worcestershire sauce (told ya it made everything taste better), season salt and water. I mixed it up nice and poured it over the meat to marinade and I - thinking that I could change up the directions to fit my scheduling needs - chose to let it set over night in the fridge instead of the 3 hours it instructed me to do - ya know, the longer the marinade the better the taste... duuhhh. WRONG CHOICE PEOPLE.
I seared those bad boys in the skillet and baked them to "perfection" served them along with the most ideal side dishes and plopped down at the dinner table with a watering mouth, fork and knife in hand, bib around the neck, napkin in the lap.
With the first bite of that steak, I thought that my tongue was on fire! It was SO SO salty! phew I could feel my throat on burning as I swallowed. We might as well have been eating a salt shaker.
Needless to say, those "steaks" were in the garbage in no time.
Oh Misha,
ReplyDeletethis one made me laugh so hard. I love it that you are bold enough to share your mistakes with us. I love you so very much. Try asking Jonathan about my "milk soup" sometime. The kids still remember that awful tasting soup!!!
Momma 2