It's hard to believe that just 10 short years ago, Steve Jobs made the original announcement that Apple was going to release something called an iPod.
I have to agree that normally NY strips do nothing for me, but these guys were on sale (!), and they had such great marbling in them that I couldn't resist. This movement to sell meat as lean as possible at most deli counters blows my mind. They trim ALL the fat off of beef, and often there's no fat within the meat. Fat gives flavour, and keeps it moist (yeah, I used the word 'moist') while cooking. I still haven't made up my mind about dinner, though. We'll see.
Good butchers will trim NY's and other steaks and leave a decent amount of fat on them for just that reason. I find that more and more I'm just buying the big Rib Roasts at Costco and slice up my own 1.5-3" steaks off them. Sure, they have more fat in them, but it tastes way, way better. It's also the reason I prefer boneless/skinless chicken thighs rather than breasts.
That's the problem right there. Butchering properly seems to be a lost art, especially at chain supermarkets. Everyone's hysterical about food safe procedures and 'health,' so most stuff arrives prepackaged (i.e. poultry, pork, etc) and what does need trimming is taken right to the bone. There's a few old-school butchers here in town, and it's worth the trip. Or, like Nett says, Costco has pretty killer meat.
I was about to say that if you can't find a good butcher around your town, you haven't looked very hard. Then I saw you are from Canada and you've probably forgotten more about killing living animals than I will ever know. I don't know why more people don't go to local butchers as opposed to shopping at the supermarket. Prices are almost always cheaper, they can cut larger pieces down to size, meats are fresh, usually when meats are starting to get close to expiring they discount heavily. There really is no downside.
I have been living on my couch since Tuesday. You see, Tuesday I took my boat out for what looked like the last warm day of the season. I had a good friend come with me who isn't a heavy drinker so that I could endlessly imbibe in the autumn sun. We caught a few but nothing too exciting; not the kind of fish I would picture mail my friends who were working to enrage them. Spirits were high as we prepared to trailer the boat but unfortunately so was my B.A.C. as I pussyfooted around and fell of the dock. I'm no land-lover and I know how stupid it was but rather than take a splash I tried in vain to grab something, anything. I found something, in fact I pole danced a barnacle covered piling. The first thing I noticed is that each of my right fingertips looked like they had a mini afro of pieces of skin. As I took inventory of my soaked pockets my sober friend alerted me to the real horror - a piece of skin and meat the size of a bic lighter missing from my shin. The incident also harmed my droid and keyless entry clicker but in retrospect I should have just said fuck it and not fought the fall, then my skin wouldn't look I got razored all over my arms and legs. I also lost yet another pair of ray-bans for a total of about $1,000 lost to the sea. Other than the numerous doctor visits I have been in my living room constantly as it hurts too much to even climb onto my bed. I have a wheelchair (thank god I stole this drunk ages ago, never though I'd use it) next to the couch to get to my bathroom and kitchen. Sadly, I ran out of (easily prepared) food today and resorted to online ordering since the only thing I'd eaten was a half-dozen (aceta-free!!!) oxycodones but my Pizza Hut/Wing Street purchase was a disappointment. I won't be working for a while and I am already getting acute cabin fever. At this point the only thing my horizon The Walking Dead. Fuck. On a brighter note I also got a bunch of weed wet which I thought would be ruined. I sun dried it, and though it's mass and quality have diminished, it is still decent if a little salty.
Well, I went out and ordered a kilt. 4-6 weeks for arrival. I'll wear it for the finest of drinking occasions. Also, whenever the hell I feel like it.
I'm assuming you've tried the basics of ibuprofen, have you tried copious amounts of gatorade/powerade yet? Seems obvious, but if you're still hungover I wouldn't be surprised if you forgot.
-4 ibuprofen -drink lots of water and Gatorade -several cups of very strong coffee -greasy food That's all I got. Feel better!
Since we're shooting for the moon, know anyone with access to oxygen? Take a few deep breaths off an oxygen bottle and that will help.
There's also a nutrient dump when you drink a shitload, and the gatorade helps you recover both quicker. It works when you're just plain sick too. At least that's how I understand it, and it's worked great for me even after dissing gatorade/powerade for years.
Take a two liter bottle and fill it with water. Take a rubber hose and attach it to the open end of the bottle (duct tape if you have to). Shove the other end of the hose way up your ass and squeeze all the water up there. You are now hydrated and ready to go.
Holy cow. Normally I DISPISE the national anthem singing at sporting events. It's typically sung improperly by some poptart trying to show off. Colour me surprised that Zooey Deschanel not only sang it properly, but sang it fucking well. Nicely done. I didn't know she had such a nice voice.