Meat and Potatoes Made Magical

[elleng]

'For a special occasion, your best friend, sweetheart or spouse deserves the finest dinner you can produce. For many people, that means the simple luxury of steak and potatoes. Instead of going to a crowded restaurant, you can easily pull off this meal at home — and use the money you save by splurging on an expensive, top-quality cut like rib-eye or tenderloin or strip steak.

Of the three choices, I prefer the rib-eye. It makes the most succulent steak, richly marbled and very tasty. (In France, this cut is called côte de boeuf, and considered very special.)'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/dining/steak-potatoes-recipe.html?

Not planning on doing this 'soon,' but rib-eye was my favorite cut when I was feeding the family regularly. (NOW, mostly 'home alone!')

[Saviolo]

1. This reminds me of a story.

I used to work on Church St. here in Toronto. I was doing clothes retail in a men's clothing store. Church St. is Toronto's gay district, and there's a lot of higher-end shops and boutiques.

One day, I went to this little high-end butcher down the street from where I worked, and was going to get a nice steak for dinner for my husband and I. I walked in and saw they had ribeye for $24.99/lb. There was even a little sign that said dry-aged 25 days, but it was BRIGHT red meat, not a trace of the lovely dry-ish orange outside that real dry-aged meat has. All I could think was, I can go to La Palette (a lovely French restaurant near us) and order the steak frites. It costs $28 and they'll cook it, it comes with a side of fries, and they'll even do the dishes!

Anyway. That was the last time I ever stepped into that particular shakedown shack. Much closer to us is a very serious butcher called Sanagan's, and their meat really is dry aged (when they advertise that), and is significantly better, and significantly cheaper. Also, ribeye is my favourite for sure, but we also enjoy bavette or NY strip, too. Flank or skirt for fajitas.