Comments on: Tasting Terroir In A Surprising Way

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:04:54 +0000

Thank you so much Carolyn – my husband’s bday is coming up and I had no idea what to get him. We had wanted to make our first trip to French Laundry, but it is just too hard to justify the cost.

We’re kind of steak snobs though. Would you rate these steaks to those at Mortons & Ruth Chris? We usually go there for steaks.

Also, did you season the meat at all before cooking? We usually use a light montreal seasoning rub and a few drops of worchestire, but very little at all.

By: Carroll

Carroll — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:18:03 +0000

Addendum: We enjoyed our first taste of Kobe beef while on vacation recently. Oh my, oh my — methinks there’s no going back!

By: Carroll

Carroll — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:13:53 +0000

AWESOME! Carolyn, you have single-handedly solved my “what the heck gift do I get for my daughter-in-law-who-has-everything and whose taste in ‘stuff’ differs so widely from mine” dilemma. She’s a die-hard carnivore and this will be *so* well-received. Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!

By: Marc @ NoRecipes

Marc @ NoRecipes — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:43:19 +0000

What a great idea! I’ll have to remember this the next time I have people coming over for dinner. I’ve given up on going out to steak houses here in NY as the quality doesn’t justify the price and they never quite get them how I like them. It’s better to splurge on a nice steak like this and cook it at home exactly how you like it.

By: foodgal

foodgal — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:47:36 +0000

You can cook them however you wish. But you should cook them all the same way, of course. And at the same time. Take care not to mix them up, so you can find out after the tasting which is which. I cut small hunks of each steak for both of us to try, and used painter’s tape stuck on the edge of the plate to keep track of the different steaks.

Meat Boy would normally grill his steaks. (And yes, rib-eyes are his cut of choice, just like yours Mrs. L.) But alas, it was one of those dreary, rainy nights. (Gee, imagine that!) So he opted to broil them instead. It worked perfectly.

To round out the meal, we did, of course, have some veggies and potatoes. (Even Meat Boy can’t live on just meat alone.) But we didnt’ dig into those until after we completed our initial tasting of the steaks, and finished marking our score sheets.