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[Mangham54]

Cast Iron skillet (the kind you'd smash eddie or richie with in Bottom) and heat the living daylights out of it, then cook. next best thing to firing the BBQ up

 

Add a few Jack Daniels smoking chips to a square iron skillet (like they have at Ikea) it and get it mega hot, drop the steak in and cover with a round frying pan (i.e leaving a 4 corners uncovered to let it vent (otherwise it will take on a rather weird texture).

 

Or add a few drops of good quality soy sauce before dropping the steak in and allow that to flavour the steak.

 

However I am sure both Techie & Fabrice will have something to say on both matters.

[techieboy]

We've got a huge rectangular skillet that even makes the floor sigh in relief whenever we pick it up to use it. I still think it makes for an insipid tasting (and looking) steak and never breaks down the fat properly. You need some naked flame involved. Oh and no smoke detectors anywhere within 20 metres of the kitchen

 

Fab will shoot us all down as he says char grilling causes cancer.

[Mangham54]

We've got a huge rectangular skillet that even makes the floor sigh in relief whenever we pick it up to use it. I still think it makes for an insipid tasting (and looking) steak and never breaks down the fat properly. You need some naked flame involved. Oh and no smoke detectors anywhere within 20 metres of the kitchen

 

Fab will shoot us all down as he says char grilling causes cancer.

 

Naughty boy... you shouldn't have a smoke detector near the kitchen anyway - heat detectors for that purpose.

 

Honestly a bit of soy helps no end.

[TheRealVXed]

Carbon from the incomplete burning of hydrocarbons is said to apparently cause cancer....

 

Chargrilling therefore potentially cause cancer.

 

Cancer gets on my tits

[Boombang]

I always eat ribeye at home, normally get a whole Angus ribeye from Costco and cut my own, works out under a fiver each for a good thick tasty steak. Normally cut 1" think.

 

Prep and cooking makes or breaks it though, I use the Heston method:

[*]leave out for enough time to get the meat to room temp all the way through, I normally take out before I go to work if eating for dinner
[*]sprinkle surface with sea salt and leave exposed to air for a couple of hours
[*]heat a pan with oil until almost smoking hot
[*]put steak in and turn every 15 seconds
[*]once the meat is up to 50 degrees take off the heat, put on a warm plate (not hot), cover and rest for 5 mins
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[slindborg]

Carbon from the incomplete burning of hydrocarbons is said to apparently cause cancer....

 

Chargrilling therefore potentially cause cancer.

 

Cancer gets on my tits

 

Everything 'can'/'could' give you cancer, meh, if you get it you get it.

[techieboy]

I always eat ribeye at home, normally get a whole Angus ribeye from Costco and cut my own, works out under a fiver each for a good thick tasty steak. Normally cut 1" think.

 

 

The big beef joints are the best thing about Costco. They're surprisingly good quality. That and the super strong blue paper towels/cloths from the garage section.

[turbobob]

Nigella and Saatchi. FFS, I don't fcuking CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Goosenka]

Funny fuckers

[Harry Hornet]

Funny fuckers

 

 ...

[KurtVerbose]

Nigella and Saatchi. FFS, I don't fcuking CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I care. I love her and hate him. He's an horrible little meglomaniac dictator and she's boob-tastic.

 

All this dirty laundry in public is pretty horrible though.  

[hairy]

Helicopters flying around early doors on a Sunday morning when I'm trying to catch up on my zzz's.

 

...or any time when I'm trying to sleep.

[Bumblebee]

People referring to astra's as "vxr" I.e my vxr. It's not only astra's that are vxr's

[Claws]

Conversely, people who refer to my VX as a VXR

[myles]

People referring to astra's as "vxr" I.e my vxr. It's not only astra's that are vxr's

 

I can empathise with that. Also, people that call the 1 Series BMW a '1er', or an MX5 the '5'. For Gods sake! When people ask me what I drive, I say 'Vauxhall', because that is what it is, not 'Flying V' or whatever.

 

I have even seen the Monaro boys describing the VXR8 as the 'R8'. No, I think you'll find it isn't.

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

everything...

 

just everything

 

fcuk off world

[KurtVerbose]

Being sick with (I think) food poisening. Drove home from work in the VX and had to stop by the side of the motorway to be sick.

 

I wasn't actually sick - just some wretching and dribbling.

 

Took me an hour to stop shivvering under the duvet, then I got this awful temperature.

 

Now hungry but there's nothing in the house. At least it means I'm getting better.

[Goosenka]

Starve yourself buddy. Wash it out.

[KurtVerbose]

I'm too much of a pig to do that.

 

Went out and got some stuff. Had some sorbet and it gave me stomach ache.Maybe you're right. Hate being sick.

[siztenboots]

dose up with american ginger ale