Yoji and the Foodies

Give me chicken, pork, or fish and I won’t have any problem turning it into something delectable.

Give me beef and I would ask somebody else to cook it. I am a complete failure when it comes to cooking beef. At one point, I have completely ruined a steak dinner. Steak is expensive and I understand completely. It takes a certain level of expertise to make it work. I, admittedly, do not have that expertise.

I have watched Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver cook steak in less than 10 minutes. They make it look easy, but that doesn’t help me.  The good thing is that I never stopped trying.

I found an inexpensive “mini steak” cut. I figured it’s best for beef strips or for tapsilog.

With salt, pepper, garlic, olive oil, and butter, this is the first “decent” steak that I cooked.

It goes well with rice, but I really like the lumpy “mashed” potato.  I want it sooo lumpy that I just boiled the potatoes, cut them in quarters, and mash them up. I added salt and pepper to taste and then slather with butter or margarine.

There’s hope yet.