I picked up a 14 oz freshly sliced aged Porterhouse, some fresh potatoes and picked some green beans from the garden.
Gonna cook the steak on the grill, hand mash the potatoes and steam the beans.
Eat on the deck, have a big make the beast with two backsing cigar with some 18 yo whisky and then go to see Inception in Imax.
I miss being a bachelor.
I generally call that "saturday" ;D
of course, when I get married, that might change. Or not :-*
I thought this was your best quote about being a bachelor this week...
Quote from: ducatiz on August 24, 2010, 04:39:04 AM
I am actually a bachelor until next week, my family went to cape cod.. I can't take off work for a while so ... I'm stuck at home... alone... with a fridge full of beer... full control of hte remote... i am going to eat steak and taco bell every day and the cat doesn't mind if i fart constantly or shit with the door open.
you should take pictures of everything you couldnt do and make it into a photo book called
"Before I got married"
That would be hilarious to her as a gift a few years down the line.
Congrats BTW
You should hold up a sign that says " IT SMELLS" and your taking a dump with the door open and snap a pic.
and a pic of you farting on your cat! and taco bell wrappers on your couch.
Quote from: swampduc on August 25, 2010, 11:43:00 AM
I generally call that "saturday" ;D
of course, when I get married, that might change. Or not :-*
it will change. the coolest wives will make it change only a little here and there, but when it comes down to kids, everything goes. mrs ducatiz won't let me crap in the hall bathroom anymore because the boy (almost 3) uses it and still needs help getting onto the bowl (no kiddy potties here).
Quote from: He Man on August 25, 2010, 12:05:57 PM
you should take pictures of everything you couldnt do and make it into a photo book called
"Before I got married"
That would be hilarious to her as a gift a few years down the line.
Congrats BTW
You should hold up a sign that says " IT SMELLS" and your taking a dump with the door open and snap a pic.
and a pic of you farting on your cat! and taco bell wrappers on your couch.
no thanks.
plus, the maid is coming hte day before they get back. i didn't tell mrs ducatiz about that, so she is expecting the house to be a mess. i am not mentioning the maid.
Quote from: ducatiz on August 25, 2010, 11:40:29 AM
I picked up a 14 oz freshly sliced aged Porterhouse, some fresh potatoes and picked some green beans from the garden.
Gonna cook the steak on the grill, hand mash the potatoes and steam the beans.
Eat on the deck, have a big make the beast with two backsing cigar with some 18 yo whisky and then go to see Inception in Imax.
I miss being a bachelor.
That sounds like my married life, oh wait..........you guys did the kid thing [thumbsup]
What kind of stick you smoking?
Thats funny J(uh?)dddddddddd ..........I thought your married life involved pretty much doing what your wife tells you to do when she tells you when to do it! [laugh]
If I discovered my s/o felt this way, I'd be out faster than you could say...."I miss". Unfortunately, from what I hear, it's not uncommon.
Quote from: Stella on August 25, 2010, 04:44:08 PM
If I discovered my s/o felt this way, I'd be out faster than you could say...."I miss". Unfortunately, from what I hear, it's not uncommon.
You'd be that mad if Randy wanted to poop in the hall bathroom?
;D
Quote from: DRKWNG on August 25, 2010, 04:46:00 PM
You'd be that mad if Randy wanted to poop in the hall bathroom?
;D
ha...he already does! As a matter of fact, when my friends stay over, they have their own bathroom but do they use it for THAT?! NO! They use the hall bathroom! (wtf?!)
R can "go" wherever he wants. You know what I meant by my comment. ;)
Stella, thats how men get there "me" time.
Quote from: cyrus buelton on August 25, 2010, 01:18:58 PM
That sounds like my married life, oh wait..........you guys did the kid thing [thumbsup]
But you have puppies/dogs. You said that puppies were more difficult than babies. So if that's the case, you should be in divorce court by now, right?
Quote from: herm on August 25, 2010, 05:01:23 PM
Stella, thats how men get there "me" time.
There are THREE bathrooms to get "me" time in. The hall bathroom is "mine". That's where all my stuff is. He can get his me time in the bathroom that's in his bedroom, no?!
uh. I'm not going to win this one.
[laugh]
Quote from: Stella on August 25, 2010, 05:03:24 PM
uh. I'm not going to win this one.
[laugh]
Nope. But it's good that you realized this early on.
;)
And it's his place so he can get "me" time whenever/wherever he chooses. I know this.
;)
Quote from: Stella on August 25, 2010, 04:44:08 PM
If I discovered my s/o felt this way, I'd be out faster than you could say...."I miss". Unfortunately, from what I hear, it's not uncommon.
Now, now... Don't over-read what I meant... All I want to do is eat steak and smoke a cigar in a towel on my deck without having anything else to do. When the Mrs and kids are home, it just seems like there is not a spare moment... And i don't smoke around the kids, by choice.
That's all. No hookers and midgets.
Quote from: ducatiz on August 25, 2010, 05:32:29 PM
No hookers and midgets.
Does that rule out midget hookers?
Quote from: DRKWNG on August 25, 2010, 05:35:20 PM
Does that rule out midget hookers?
as long as I am breathing, bro
i have to go before I get banned. I have been sitting here laughing my ass off at the responses I have written and had to delete before posting. You are all wicked men I say - wicked!
Quote from: ducatiz on August 25, 2010, 11:40:29 AM
I picked up a 14 oz freshly sliced aged Porterhouse, some fresh potatoes and picked some green beans from the garden.
Gonna cook the steak on the grill, hand mash the potatoes and steam the beans.
Eat on the deck, have a big make the beast with two backsing cigar with some 18 yo whisky and then go to see Inception in Imax.
I miss being a bachelor.
Keep posting on the forum...
you might not be missing it for long.... [laugh]
Quote from: ducpainter on August 25, 2010, 05:47:29 PM
Keep posting on the forum...
you might not be missing it for long.... [laugh]
huh?
So, How did the steak turn out?
Quote from: kopfjäger on August 25, 2010, 05:53:58 PM
So, How did the steak turn out?
make the beast with two backsing awesome.
i was going to grill it and then decided to do it in a skillet instead. stays juicier that way.
finished with a Gloria Cubana Serie R #7 maduro, and "just enough" pappy van winkle.
nobody bothered me and the phone didn't ring. crickets are out en force this year. saw a fox and a doe with her fawn too. not together of course.
Quote from: ducatiz on August 25, 2010, 05:32:29 PM
Now, now... Don't over-read what I meant... All I want to do is eat steak and smoke a cigar in a towel on my deck without having anything else to do. When the Mrs and kids are home, it just seems like there is not a spare moment... And i don't smoke around the kids, by choice.
That's all. No hookers and midgets.
exactly......
ME time.
Quote from: ducatiz on August 25, 2010, 11:40:29 AM
some 18 yo
For a second I thought you were trolling the local mall
Quote from: duccarlos on August 25, 2010, 06:34:32 PM
For a second I thought you were trolling the local mall
well, the 18 yo turned out to be 20 yo.. Pappy Van Winkle comes in 15 and 20 (and I think 23 year) . good stuff.
Just got back from my farm in east TX and had a similar cold adult beverage and cigar occurrence. Actually I had several beverages and cigars while mowing. Didn't hurt me a bit! Many Romeo y Julieata's #2s were the order of the day. Need to stock up for the up coming dove hunt. Worse things have happened... [thumbsup] [drink]
Quote from: fastwin on August 25, 2010, 06:36:51 PM
Just got back from my farm in east TX and had a similar cold adult beverage and cigar occurrence. Actually I had several beverages and cigars while mowing. Didn't hurt me a bit! Many Romeo y Julieata's #2s were the order of the day. Need to stock up for the up coming dove hunt. Worse things have happened... [thumbsup] [drink]
beers and cigars while mowing? do you have a riding mower, that's about the only way i could do it. what a great idea. just don't drink too many or we'll call you george jones.
Quote from: DRKWNG on August 25, 2010, 05:35:20 PM
Does that rule out midget hookers?
Whats wrong with smoking in front of midget hookers??
Quote from: ducpainter on August 25, 2010, 06:04:45 PM
very weak attempt at humor...
carry on.
Vegetarian humor or cholesterol humor?
Quote from: ducatiz on August 25, 2010, 05:32:29 PM
Now, now... Don't over-read what I meant...
That's all. No hookers and midgets.
Oh yeah, we (women) are supposed to know what you
mean,
not what you
post. [laugh]
We'll I'm glad you had a terrific night sans family, hookers and little people. [thumbsup]
Quote from: Stella on August 26, 2010, 04:12:14 AM
Oh yeah, we're (women) are supposed to know what you mean, not what you post. [laugh]
well you're
supposed to... yeah..
I get to travel a few times a year to my office in Atlanta. I get a break from the kids at that time, even though I'm spend most of my time at the office, so no hooker midgets for me. I do get to go hunting with my brother and we sit around the cabin that he rents and have some beer. I also consider trackday weekends manly days sanz family.
Quote from: badgalbetty on August 25, 2010, 04:38:16 PM
Thats funny J(uh?)dddddddddd ..........I thought your married life involved pretty much doing what your wife tells you to do when she tells you when to do it! [laugh]
Far from the truth
Tizzy - I believe I bothered you with a text message.
never skillet cooked a steak.....only grilled.
what is the process? I know you like your steak rare, so just a little flip a side.
Olive oil and high heat?
like pan searing a tuna steak?
Quote from: cyrus buelton on August 26, 2010, 05:50:04 AM
never skillet cooked a steak.....only grilled.
what is the process? I know you like your steak rare, so just a little flip a side.
Olive oil and high heat?
like pan searing a tuna steak?
iron skillet, well seasoned. if you don't know what seasoning an iron skillet means, look it up.
I use a spritz of olive oil cooking spray. spray when cold, let it settle, then turn the heat on high.
rub a pinch of salt into both sides.. let it sit on the counter until its room temp. don't cook it when it's cold.
when the skillet is hot enough the oil will barely be smoking. it will just start to burn.
put the steak on.
black & blue takes about a minute or less per side. If the skillet is hot enough, it will be slightly charred on the outside and cooked well done about a millimeter into the steak.
well done thru is about 4-5 minutes per side.
I like a porterhouse medium well -- about 2-3 min per side.
i once had a 16 oz porterhouse black & blue, i think it took me a month to get that out of my system.
tonight i am going to marinate some strip steak.
Quote from: ducatiz on August 26, 2010, 06:15:08 AM
iron skillet, well seasoned. if you don't know what seasoning an iron skillet means, look it up.
I use a spritz of olive oil cooking spray. spray when cold, let it settle, then turn the heat on high.
rub a pinch of salt into both sides.. let it sit on the counter until its room temp. don't cook it when it's cold.
when the skillet is hot enough the oil will barely be smoking. it will just start to burn.
put the steak on.
black & blue takes about a minute or less per side. If the skillet is hot enough, it will be slightly charred on the outside and cooked well done about a millimeter into the steak.
well done thru is about 4-5 minutes per side.
I like a porterhouse medium well -- about 2-3 min per side.
i once had a 16 oz porterhouse black & blue, i think it took me a month to get that out of my system.
tonight i am going to marinate some strip steak.
Yes, I know what marinating an iron skillet is and how to care for it......I just don't own one [laugh] [laugh]
Thanks for the tip, I might have to procure one now. I've been researching one for a while and will probably get one this fall so I can have good meat cooking in the winter instead of freezing my ass off in 5 degree weather on the grill (yes, I do this)
If you want a really really good Flank Stead sandwich recipe, let me know and I will PM it to you.
Because you are my big brother, I will share it with you..........but it is a family recipe like Italians hold their spaghetti sauce.
(It was actually the featured recipe in a Good Housekeeping or Sunset Magazine from the early 60's.......or my Aunt came up with it....who knows)
A cast-iron pan is the absolute best way to cook a filet IMO. Any bone in steak, or really fatty cut, is better on the grill (IMO of course).
Peanut oil is better than Olive...it has a higher smoke point, so you won't smoke up your house as bad. If you have a kick-ass hood, then maybe not as big of a concern...mine sucks though. [laugh] I also only apply the oil to the meat itself, not the pan.
I don't like rare steak so much...prefer medium to medium rare. I find this hard to get on the stove alone without buring the outside of the steak, so I usually cook like 'Tiz said on one side for about 2 minutes, or until a decent crust is formed. Then flip and immediately throw the pan into a 350* oven for about 6-8 minutes, depending upon steak size. It always gives a nice crust on both sides, as well as a nice pink center. [thumbsup]
The other benefit to cooking steaks this way is the pan is ready to make a killer pan sauce. De-glaze with some chicken stock, then add some Tequila (or whatever you want), pepper, thyme, and a bit of milk (or cream). Reduce to about a couple tablespoons. Good stuff! [thumbsup]
Quote from: Stella on August 26, 2010, 04:12:14 AM
Oh yeah, we (women) are supposed to know what you mean, not what you post. [laugh]
Now you know how us men feel most of the time! ;)
...and don't worry. All men like some "me" time, even Randy I'm sure. Doesn't mean we don't want to be married, just that we like to be alone to relax every so often. :)