Stella's Social Club

[Happy Chooks]

Right next to the dead deer bones? It took my boys about 2 seconds to notice the bones. (of course the wagon wasn't there yet)

 

[The Sheriff]

Right next to the dead deer bones? It took my boys about 2 seconds to notice the bones. (of course the wagon wasn't there yet)

I had Michael move the dead deer bones. They were gross.

 

[tazcat70]

I thought we were all friends here. :/

Once those two sizzles leave on Christmas Eve, I am going to be stuck with this little screamer until the NYD hatch!  

Packing peanut?

 

[The Sheriff]

That looks amazing...I was thinking of prime rib but I am thinking this may be even better? How did you cook it, if I may ask?

I watched the video and followed the directions HERE. Mine took a lot longer to cook though. I wanted it medium and it turned out perfect. Beef tenderloin is pricier than prime rib but a lot easier with little waste. I still serve mine with Au Jus and horseradish though. Last year I ordered one from the local butcher shop and then when I thought extra guests were coming I picked up a smaller Tenderloin at Safeway. The extra guests never showed up so I carved the small Safeway tenderloin first and it was delicious. We then carved the $130 one from the local butcher and it was horrible. It was tough and flavorless with lots of gristle. I am not happy with the way Safeway trims their tenderloins either. The one I cooked yesterday was poorly trimmed. I removed the chain (as seen in the video) and had to remove a lot of silverskin. Then on the underside of the tenderloin they had tucked in hunks of fat that couldn't be seen until the package was opened. Tenderloin is a lean meat so maybe the thought the fat could be cooked with the tenderloin for flavor. Or, maybe they hid it under there to bump up the weight of the pricey meat. Before I order my tenderloins for Christmas I am going to talk with the meat manager about better trimming this time. I threw too much money in the garbage last night.

That being said I am serving beef tenderloin again this Christmas, with twice baked potatoes, green beans and dinner rolls. Oh, and since several people in my family like the end cut I cut the tenderloin in half s there are more end cuts to go around.

Good luck,

Mary

 

[Miss Molly]

I watched the video and followed the directions HERE. Mine took a lot longer to cook though. I wanted it medium and it turned out perfect. Beef tenderloin is pricier than prime rib but a lot easier with little waste. I still serve mine with Au Jus and horseradish though. Last year I ordered one from the local butcher shop and then when I thought extra guests were coming I picked up a smaller Tenderloin at Safeway. The extra guests never showed up so I carved the small Safeway tenderloin first and it was delicious. We then carved the $130 one from the local butcher and it was horrible. It was tough and flavorless with lots of gristle. I am not happy with the way Safeway trims their tenderloins either. The one I cooked yesterday was poorly trimmed. I removed the chain (as seen in the video) and had to remove a lot of silverskin. Then on the underside of the tenderloin they had tucked in hunks of fat that couldn't be seen until the package was opened. Tenderloin is a lean meat so maybe the thought the fat could be cooked with the tenderloin for flavor. Or, maybe they hid it under there to bump up the weight of the pricey meat. Before I order my tenderloins for Christmas I am going to talk with the meat manager about better trimming this time. I threw too much money in the garbage last night.

That being said I am serving beef tenderloin again this Christmas, with twice baked potatoes, green beans and dinner rolls. Oh, and since several people in my family like the end cut I cut the tenderloin in half s there are more end cuts to go around. 

Good luck,

Mary

Mary, my husband is a butcher for Bel Air. Give me a call if you want me to have him trim one the way you want it.

 

[The Sheriff]

Thanks Molly, I'll give you a call about that!

 

[lonnyandrinda]

LOL I told my kids the chick in the video was saying, "Merry Christmas!" I then told my 5 year old she needed to go train our solo chick (hatched this morning but the others aren't out yet) to say Merry Christmas, too. She just gave me The Look. Then my 3 year old disappeared and came back a few minutes with the chick, "Mommy, he won't say it!"

 

[Hangtown Farms]

12 white empordanesa and 9 creme legbar x crele penedesenca in the bator
plus Deb is cooking some for me.
Hoping to get my Empordanesa flock going again....

 

[debs_flock]

12 white empordanesa and 9 creme legbar x crele penedesenca in the bator
plus Deb is cooking some for me.
Hoping to get my Empordanesa flock going again....

So far I've pretty much left them alone, since they're hard to see through. Can't really see any veining. Although, they're getting to the stage that you can even tell with a dark egg. The egg will start to look dark, a non-developing egg, to me they kind of glow when you candle them.

I've got eggs of my own in there, some are shipped and about half look good. My own eggs in there (WCB polish) are all looking good. So I know things are fine with the incubator.

Deb

 

[Miss Molly]

Kathy! I picked out your Christmas gift today!

Load mouth... really cute.