After a very long sabbatical (don't be mad, remember that absence is to love as wind is to flame), this week I return with good ole meat and potatoes.
The meat is my Mom's Barbecued Cube Steak. You can't actually buy cube steak at Valley grocery stores, or at least it's very hard to find amidst the abundance of fajita meat. The important thing is that you get round steak that has been "tenderized," whatever that means (it means beat-up). And make sure when you brown it at first, you just brown it lightly. Mine was a little tough because I overcooked it on the first pass.
As for potatoes, Alton Brown's garlic mash was super good (even if you have to mash 'em by hand because you live in the Stone Age without an electric mixer, like this moi). That being said, mashed potatoes are just not sexy. So you can spice them up with these suggestions. I bought goat cheese (my fave) and horseradish to try on mine this week.
All in all (with the addition to these space mitts to my kitchen), it was a perfect Sunday. Started off with some Deadwood, then spent a little quality time with my Kindle at Olivier's French Bakery on Pecan, went to see Tinker Tailor, grocery-shopped on North 10th, and back home for cooking. Finally, fueled by the greatest of all Irish meals, I will run 5 miles. Hope your Sunday's as good as mine.
so glad you are back. :)
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