+1 on ribeye - that would be my choice as well.

All of that is awesome. I'm a meat-and-potatoes guy so my obvious suggestion is to throw some potatoes on there. Choose your method. The low hanging fruit is to wrap some in tin foil and just chuck them on there, although...

Caramelized onions work too. Onions and peppers are more of a sausage thing for me, but I blame the paisano in me for that.

You read the Martin (Game of Thrones) books yet? I can't remember. Super obvious recommend for anybody who hasn't read them. Infinitely superior to the HBO series (which is pretty good in itself).

Super jealous. I assume that dinner at Mirage is the buffet - I approve.

Yeah, because they have grwn big and popular, they can't be good anymore. It's good beer, but I prefer an ale with my red meat, is all, and I'm out of ale b/c of the aforesaid laziness.

Dinner was a middling success; I overcooked everything a bit. Not enough to ruin anything, but enough so that I was sitting there thinking, "well, it's pretty good, anyway."

But I was a little disappointed because I haven't overcooked a steak in years. I was like WTF how did this happen?

Were you drinking before grilling? That's the biggest culprit for me.

I prefer wine with my red meats these days - at least while it's cool out. A good zinfandel goes pretty much perfectly with most grilled meats.

I'm not sure when I became a booze snob but I really can't say that I disapprove this message.

The potato pepper and onion mix was terrific, especially since thereveas a surprise pack of mushrooms in the refrigerator to go in the mix.

In my defense, I had to have a beer open to deglaze the pan I seared the steak in....

I knew it!

But seriously, as long as it wasn't super dead and unenjoyable, I chalk that up to being a pretty successful meal.

My wife and I had the buffet at the MGM recently. We ate free off of my poker room comps, and the price was still too high. Everybody make a point of avoiding it.

The mushrooms in the fridge is a good call. Grilled portobello is an idea, especially if you have any meat-hating communists in the midst.

i have indeed read the sword of fire and ice series, too obvious to miss that one.

Once summer rolls around i basically just grill everything. Have charcoal for when im being serious and propane for when im lazy. Tonight i had some Tautog (also called blackfish... new england saltwater fish) left in the freezer from last fall that i threw on. Came out tasty.

Im a pretty serious carnivore, but portobello mushrooms off the grill are amazing. Cannot replace meat but as an extra its excellent. Cant really go wrong with tinfoil pouch of vegetable goodness as a side dish either, but slicing things in bigger wedges and laying them right on the grill is better


edit: goofy pic of me with tautog:

Big, thick, fatty-assed-marbelized ribeyes are the nuts. Grilled asparagus imo is the only way to go at the EN09 household. As a second veggie, grilled zucchini (green and yellow) with some sliced onion is killer too. Rustic mashed taters with garlic cooked in foil on the grill with a good olive oil and seasonings is nestled alongside the ribeye on our plates as a rule.

Lately, Mrs EN09 is into using steamed cauliflower as a mashed potato substitute, with Parmesan and some milk. I stay away from that stuff. But do go for the steamed broccoli if asparagus isn't in the market.

What's been going on is definitely not old-school.

Starship Troopers is very good. Some of his later works get a little into Eugenics and "Everyone have sex with everyone else... no, really, everyone. You, go make a baby with your daughter." I found it a bit odd and weaker. But Starship Troopers is very good.

Recently I read through "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," series. I think it took me two weeks to read through the first 200 pages then two days to read the next 400. Polished off the 1200 pages of the second and third books in the following couple weeks. So it can take a little while to get going but once it does it never lets go. Recommended.

Rangers 18, Redsox 3
Rangers 6, Redsox 3

Stranger in a strange land gets a bit like this. I love the book, but it was only a few steps away from getting pretty weird towards the end.

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FYP

I'm still reading the trilogy I started three months ago

could you speculate what the eligibility requirements would be?

There is not right and wrong on what I am going to say;

I actually prefer to use NY's or Fillets when I grill instead of Ribeye, due to the fat marbling and the issues it can cause on a Grill (flair ups, fires). Also when grilling, I would recommend only using 1.25" steaks instead of 1.75" steaks. Allows for even cooking a little more. (If you want to be a 'pro', you would know how people like their steaks ahead of time, then do 1" for medium well, 1.25 for medium, 1.5 for medium rare and 1.75 for rare and that way each one will have the same crust on the outside).

Steaks, it is important to pat dry them before seasoning. I usually go simple, pat dry, light olive oil brushed on with Montreal Seasoning. If you are going to use charcol, I like salt, pepper, garlic and a little bit of coffee an cayenne.


Grilled asparagus with garlic salt and olive oil is awesome on the grill, can add some zuchinni, grilled jalepenos (deseed, brush with oil, cook, salt, add lemon and lime afterwards). Grill Peaches (brush with veg oil, lightly and grill for just some markings), and then grilled bananas (in the peel), cut the banana open add a little condensed milk and some chocolate sauce and you will be the man.

There are federal regulations setting out the eligibility for remission, so I am not speculating; I'm paraphrasing regulations I have not looked at in a while.

Basically, if DOJ uses the remission process to reimburse players, to receive your roll back, you will have to prove your account balance and:

That you had a legal interest in the money superior to FT's legal interest in the money;

That you were the victim of a crime underlying the forfeiture;

That you were innocent of the criminal activity underlying the forfeiture;

That you were not willfully blind about FT's commission of the crimes underlying the forfeiture.

The way you "prove" all of this is in a "petition for remission" in which you swear, under oath, to all of the facts necessary to prove all of the above, and you attach to it whatever supporting evidence you might have.

If the time comes that we are actually doing this, I will do some more research and then I will probably post my petition somewhere here on 2+2 so people will have a form to follow.

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thanks, grillmates

first grilled item of spring.

Where's the meat?

Merge took all my meat money

I've only read one of Heinlein's books, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. I've gotta admit, it didn't really do it for me.

Read the Foundation series a few years ago and really enjoyed it.

Confirmed rigged

FYP, the rest I can live with.