How do you eat a cow?

Eat-a-cow Chapter 1 – Tenderloin

dsi — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:23:36 +0000

The premiere was a downright failure. I have never had bad luck with tenderloin from South America, but this one was something else. After 4 hours in 54,5 degrees C it was spongy. Spongy as in rubbery. That’s just wrong.

Spongy tenderloin

It was presented with a cheddarbaked potatoe and homemade sauce bearnaise. [...]

Personal life getting in the way of eating a cow.

dsi — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:51:13 +0000

But only temporarily! I’m still gonna eat a cow over this summer with friends and family. But some personal issues has pushed my plans forward a bit. I was recently diagnosed with some bad health issues. The kind that made the health workers involved in my case go pale and all stressed out. Except my [...]

Butcher’s Steak – close to giving up.

dsi — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:21:08 +0000

It annoys me to no end when companies, not rarely in the craftsmanship type of business have a webpage from the mid 90s, sport an email address and never check it.

You would think a business would be interested in talking to customers. It seems like I, as a customer, drew the short straw here. [...]

The search for Butcher’s Steak goes on!

dsi — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:30:41 +0000

So I have just mailed a semi-local butcher shop asking them kindly to save the butcher’s steak for me. I am doubtful they will be able to do this. There are probably laws and policies prohibiting a butcher selling the meat to a random Joe in this way. Now, my backup plan is to let [...]

Review: Global G2

dsi — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:29:54 +0000

My first review will obviously be of my knife of choice. The Global G2. I can’t say I am a knife expert or that I have wielded hundreds of knives in the kitchen. But I have wielded enough and I don’t feel I have to look further.

My current Global G2 [...]

The search for butcher’s steak

dsi — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:24:28 +0000

This is starting to feel like the search for The Holy Grail. I live in Sweden, a fairly civilized country. It’s near impossible to get hold of Butcher’s steak (onglet or njurtapp in Swedish). A fairly big supermarket chain is boasting about their quality of meat and how much they love and enjoy being so [...]

The enablers of the Eat-a-cow project

dsi — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:51:31 +0000

In preparation for the eat-a-cow summer parties, I thought I should introduce you to the kitchen tools I prefer to use. The enablers of joy in the kitchen and ultimately good food on the table.

Without having any scientific evidence, if you ask 10 cooks which tool is most important to them, 9 of them [...]

Diageo Classic Malt Challenge 2012

dsi — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:01:01 +0000

Tonight I entered this years Diageo Classic Malt Challenge. In short, it’s a competition for whisky societies in Sweden, hosted by Diageo. It’s a three course dinner where whisky is either a part of the food or supposed to be had with the food.

For a few years the whisky society I’m a member of [...]

Tzatziki recipe

dsi — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:08:36 +0000

Tzatziki (4p) 2-300g greek yoghurt (thick, creamy and fat) 1 cucumber 1-3 garlic cloves. 1-2 tablespoons olive oil. Freshly ground black pepper and salt to taste.

When is the right time for tzatziki? I prefer it to rare or medium rare meat, but I don’t restrict it to lamb. Any meat really. Yeah, pork as [...]

What parts of a cow do I intend to eat this summer?

dsi — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:01:21 +0000

Yeah, this summer parts of a cow will be eaten. With wife and friends, in the sun, with cold beer or wine. Hell yeah. I have already started planning, maybe even in too much detail. But at the same time I don’t want to tie myself down to a rigid plan. Anyway here are some [...]