Monday, August 23, 2010

Outlets


Tom looks for an available wall outlet..

Friday, August 6, 2010

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Friday, July 9, 2010

Sunset


Sunset in Mountaintop, PA

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Andrew Zimmern Visits NEPA

Travel Channel's Andrew Zimmern comes to Luzerne County to film an episode for "Bizarre Foods" on making turtle soup (at Delmar Anthony's Butler Twp. home). Show is expected to air sometime this fall.





Friday, April 23, 2010

N.Y. Strip Steak Marinaded In Old Brown Dog Ale



For the marinade
2-1/4 cups dark beer (for my choice Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale)
2 yellow onions, diced (about 2 cups)
1/3 cup unsulfured molasses
3 medium cloves garlic, minced
3 T bs. kosher salt
2 bay leaves
1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper

For the rub
1 Tbs. sweet paprika
1 Tbs. ground coriander
1 Tbs. dry mustard
1-1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp. kosher salt

Make the marinade

In a large bowl, combine the beer, onions, molasses, garlic, salt, bay leaves, pepper, and 1-1/4 cups water. Add the beef, cover, and refrigerate for 4 to 6 hours, turning occasionally.


Make the rub

In a small bowl, combine the rub ingredients. Remove the beef from the marinade, pat dry, and rub all over with the spice mixture. Put the meat on a rack set in a roasting pan and let stand at room temperature for 1 hour.

Roast the beef

Original recipe calls for a 4-to 5-lb. boneless rib-eye beef roast to be roasted in a 425 degree oven for nearly 2 hours but I opted to use the marinade and rub recipe on New York strip steaks and grilled them on my Weber barbecue instead. The results. ¡Muy perfecto!


Recipe adapted from Fine Cooking
magazine April/May 2010