Weekly Gardening Thread – 2010 (Vol. 42) November 19

Free Republic | 11-19-2010 | Red_Devil 232

[tubebender]

Obviously not a farm girl! I deleted the gratuitous "Dumb Blonde Joke" just because of you ;-)))

[fanfan]

This could be a urban legend

LOL! Ya think?

Happy (American) Thanksgiving everyone.

[tubebender]

Well I hope the game hen was precooked to prevent contaminating Big Bird

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[Red_Devil 232]

LOL, Love it!

Is it snowing where you are?

[MtnClimber]

It got down to -0.2F laase night according to the digital thermometer. Spring is still a long time out here in the Colorado Rockies. Have got the wood burning stove blasting for Thanksgiving.

[Red_Devil 232]

Stay warm. Hope you had a great feast today.

[Red_Devil 232]

I don't think I will cook a beef roast again. I was not impressed with how it came out. Of course I am expecting a restaurant taste and quality at home. But It wasn't near close!

My Wife is being kind. She said it was good. I told her I know good, and this was not it, at least for me. Just Darn!

[txhurl]

Oh, no! What went wrong? Too much heat?

[Red_Devil 232]

No, I cooked it for the proper time for a medium rare. Used an instant read meat thermometer and I was at 130 when it came out. It sat tinted in aluminum foil for about 20 min. and the internal temp rose to 138. Not bad I thought for medium rare. The ends were cooked to what I would call medium well done. The center was very rare. I just am not comfortable with cooking a beef roast, I guess. For me it had no flavor. It was not tough but no flavor.

My wife says it was good to her, But I will not cook a roast beef again!

[Black Agnes]

We got garlic from there last year. Loved it. Nearly 100% germination when we used his instructions. Saved some to plant this year, too. The Ajo Rojo is to die for.

[Califreak]

Sorry to hear that.

Was it the “dry aged” part? That can be unappetizing for some people.

[Red_Devil 232]

No, not the dry aged part. I trimmed the outer parts off including the fat areas and left plenty of good fat on the roast. Actually the roast cooked beautifully just like a roast should, a nice med. rare pink in the center and tender with fuller cooked portions on the outer edges. My Wife loves it. So it was not a total failure. I was expecting a more flavorful roast. Which was my mistake in not doing some kind of injection flavoring or marinating it. Like I said my wife really liked it, I was just expecting more than I should have.

[Califreak]

The herb and spice rub was more than enough flavor for hubby and me. Any more would have drowned out the beef flavor.

Hubby will throw a fit if I marinate anything.