bethk wrote:Since it's really difficult to go out for a nice, quiet dinner at a restaurant ~ IF we go out to eat it's just to go in, order, eat and leave ~ I decided to make my own birthday dinner. That way I wouldn't complain about it! LOL
I made the last two Costco USDA Prime ribeye steaks, baby potatoes w/parsley & chives, Penzey seasoned French green beans & a tossed salad with an Asian Lemon dressing I made the other night (leftover).
I got nothing but compliments from Tom & Darlene. This is the first time I've cooked beef for Tom so I asked him how he liked his steak cooked. I knew Darlene likes her's on the red side of medium rare. When he said, "medium-well" I almost sent him packing! No, not really. But I had to think how I could grill one steak for the two of them to share when her's would be red in the middle and his could be BROWN all the way through. But I figured it out. When the steak was medium rare I cut it in half and then butterflied his and threw it back over the hot coals.......just enough to get rid of all the color.
When we were eating he complimented me and said he didn't think he'd EVER had a better steak, that usually he had to pour A-1 Sauce on it. I caught myself before I said, "Well, Geeze, if you didn't cremate a perfectly good piece of beef you wouldn't NEED A-1 !!! Hahahahahaha.....glad he couldn't read my mind! To each their own.
Darlene had insisted in bringing something when I invited them and I said, "No, it's all taken care of" but then thought, "Hey, how about a cake.....just not a cheesecake because that's not a favorite of mine (but it is Dane's.....but it's not HIS birthday, it's MINE!).
So she ordered a Hummingbird Cake ~ ~ OMG! SO GOOD! It's a banana cake with coconut, pineapple & pecans with decadent buttercream whipped frosting. I've got a bunch left in the refrigerator. I'm going to have to pass it out around the neighborhood tomorrow for sure!
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