Finally Friday

[Nagishkaw 510]

Hi there!

Happy Friday, All!

Ah, the meat....( yuck) ...Well, try cutting it when it is semi frozen and cut it into very tiny pieces, then sautee it for about an hour before throwing it all together. The longer you cook it, and the smaller the pieces, the tenderer it will be.

AJ1, Im working on my second up before I gotta sky outta here.

Edited June 20, 2008 by Nagishkaw

[doodlebugg 10]

I don't buy the pre-cubed meat. I forget the name of the cut but it comes in a big huge sized steak and I just cut it myself. Then I mix some flour with salt and pepper and shake the cubes with that in a huge ziploc bag. Then I sautee that in olive oil to brown on all sides and THEN I put it in the stew. It's still tough but not as bad. Oh I cut it in very very teensy weensy cubes too which helps.

I'll have to try pounding the ####### out of it the next time but I need a meat tenderizer (pounder thingy) first. I have a few heads I can visualize pounding and I think it would be very good therapy for me.

My parents are taking the kids shopping (first day of summer vacation) and then off they go to their dad's for the weekend. We're going to nyc but still no clue where we're staying. Not leaving till tomorrow morning and prolly only staying one night since I just paid the last half of camp so funds are low low low low low low low but I need to escape escape escape escape escape escape. I know in my mind that no matter where you go, there you are BUT I can still plead ignorance.

[mybackpages 0]

I have a question for the cooks in this group. (haha that would not be me....oh poor habibi). You know the beef stew meat you buy from the supermarket? Well, I don't know what kind of cows are butchered in MA...but OMG the beef stew meat is HARD!! It's like chewing shoe leather:(( Is there any way to make it "softer" so it is not so hard on my poor teeth? hehe silly questin but I wanna know if someone has a trick. you know because I cannot even fry an egg without burning it:))

Plain yogurt mades a good tenderizer. You just marrinate the meat several hours. So does Mustard (something about the vinegar) and neither one will affect the taste of the meat.

But as Juliana points out- often its the cooking method too.

[~Jackie~ 30]

mornin.

j

[Nasturtium 500]

Oh! the other thing is to cut the meat... is it on the bias? Another thing to look up. There is something about how you cut a piece of steak that really helps with its texture. That's probably where pre-cubed goes wrong.

[Nagishkaw 510]

I would personally forget the meat tenderizer. Why injest chemicals as usually it contains MSG's.

[~Jackie~ 30]

drunk drivers suck

[brnidokiegurl 0]

I just got this in a email:

Never take someone for granted.

Hold every person close to your heart

Because you might wake up one day

And realize that you've lost a diamond

While you were too busy collecting stones

[Nagishkaw 510]

I just got this in a email:

Never take someone for granted.

Hold every person close to your heart

Because you might wake up one day

And realize that you've lost a diamond

While you were too busy collecting stones

[doodlebugg 10]

drunk drivers suck

was the other driver DRUNK?????????

[Nagishkaw 510]

I don't know but he probably walked away without a scratch, as usual.

[Zee Bee 61]

Good morning MENA

[Jenn! 918]

Happy friday!

[SaadBell 0]

[~Jackie~ 30]

I need to accomplish something today. Time has stood still since Tuesday.

I made a new friend last night. Her name is Ana and she was also friends with Dawn. For those of you on myspace, I put her profile next to Dawn. If you want to send her a quick message, she is hurting too.

jJ