Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!border-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!border-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!eu1.netnews.com!not-for-mail
X-Trace: DXC=ee`S><`HcCJ@dH[gO7?^]LHWonT5<]0TM@GOK[m5A6WB3[L8B6BE9jM<n;j[<\CBSDA4E8D=l@QKNIIQ<ZZW[<`MT<el@0MlH<ES>dOBLlTgmL
X-Complaints-To: support@blocknews.net
Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 19:10:29 -0600
MIME-Version: 1.0
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Subject: Re: Thursday Night Dinner 5/1/25
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
References: <vv10hl$3nmpg$1@dont-email.me>
Content-Language: en-GB
From: Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca>
In-Reply-To: <vv10hl$3nmpg$1@dont-email.me>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Lines: 26
Message-ID: <68141b85$5$22$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1
X-Trace: 1746148229 reader.netnews.com 22 127.0.0.1:45677

On 2025-05-01 5:36 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
> Ribeye steak, cooked medium rare, fries and lima beans.
> 
> https://i.postimg.cc/tTcHtKm1/steak-chips-limas.jpg
> 
> The steak was approximately 4 oz. left from a larger raw ribeye I'd cut 
> in half and frozen a few months ago.  I seasoned the steak with salt and 
> let it set, then seasoned it with pepper and garlic powder.  Cooked it 
> in hot cast iron skillet in butter to get a nice Maillard browning 
> reaction on the outside yet still very nicely red and juicy inside.
> 
> The fries were from frozen, cooked in the oven, sprinkled liberally with 
> salt and then drizzled with a little malt vinegar.  The limas were 
> frozen baby limas zapped in the microwave.  I would have preferred the 
> larger Fordhook limas but I already had this bag of lima beans open in 
> the freezer.
> 
> All in all, quite a nice dinner!  What's for dinner at your house 
> tonight?  Leftovers? Eating out? Anything cooking?
> 
> Jill
A few weeks ago I posted a NYT recipe for shrimp and bean stew. I made
it again tonight but substituted a bag of scallops instead. They were
past their BB date and were showing some freezer burn so this seemed
to be a good way of using them.
Delicious!