Diane had a filet, I had a T-bone, we did 8 crab-stuffed mushrooms and then we topped it off using the grill to heat marshmallows for smores. (Both steaks came in packages of two, so we'll have steaks again in another 2-3 days.)
This reminds me of the summer we bought 100 pounds of NY Strip steaks at the public TV auction, when we picked it up at one of the packing plants near Omaha we found it was 10 full uncut strips. So I spent the better part of an afternoon cutting steaks, wrapping them in freezer paper and putting them in the freezer.
For the rest of the summer, every few days we'd get out a NY Strip steak or two for supper. It got to the point where we'd all say, "What, NY Strip--again??"
The container says the crab has to be eaten within 2 days of when the package is opened, so we're thinking of something like crab alfredo for tomorrow. (This was the crab at Costco, which is quite good.)
The grill is well and truly christened.
I ordered some Prague #1 pink salt, I plan to try making Montreal Smoked Meat, I found a recipe that starts by having you cure the brisket for 4 days using a rub that includes Prague #1, then rinse it, put a different rub on, smoke it for 6-8 hours, then steam it to give it that fall-apart tenderness that you get with good pastrami.
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