Last Saturday night, we went to a restaurant out east. I ordered filet mignon with some kind of sauce and mushrooms ... you know, there's something like that everywhere. Yesterday, I went to the local grocery store and picked up a tube of ground breakfast sausage. Yeasterday, I bought some ground chuck at Fernengel's at the West Side Market to make meatballs and such. For breakfast yesterday, I made my lovely wife a breakfast sandwich, eggs and some Hormel bacon that is pre-cooked and separated into individual strips ... I cook it in a pan until it's really crispy, just like regular bacon; but it can be heated up in the microwave. In the freezer, there are a couple of packages of Perdue ground chicken in the freezer. I don't know why.
Meat.
They think that they have this ultra-modern cool idea ... artificial meat. There's a couple things I witnessed as a child that obviously made a lasting impression on my psyche and are part of the reasons that I am the demented adult you've all come to know -- blood tongue and, of course, something to which I have referred previously, headcheese, and sulze.
Artificial meat ... in sheets. Imagine ... turning back your meat sheets ... on your bed. And climbing into bed and covering yourself up with your ... meat sheets.
Posted by Bill at July 22, 2006 01:20 AMHiya Bill. You are such a great hubby - cooking breakfast for your wife.
BTW - are you going to try to get to see The Who when they are on their world tour?
Posted by: Michelle at July 22, 2006 05:07 PMThinking about fake meat sheets nearly made me change my mind about getting up to go to Publix to get some little lamb chops. Nearly.
Not thinking about meat sheets. Not thinking about fake meat rolls. Not thinking about what fake meat is made of really.
Am thinking about juicy fatty grilled rosemaryed yummy lamb chops that were maybe not so long ago walking around in a nice little pen eating nice little lamb food.
Posted by: Vicki at July 22, 2006 05:21 PMSometimes, in a pinch, we will have "Steak-ems" on a hoagie roll with sauteed onions and peppers. These are exactly as you described: sheets of frozen, pressed meat; ready to cook and eat within minutes. Hmmm...will I buy them again?
Posted by: Trace at July 23, 2006 06:31 AMYour post reminded me of "Hats of Meat:" http://www.hatsofmeat.com/ It's one of those sites that makes me laugh and makes me a little queasy all at the same time.
Posted by: Lisa at July 23, 2006 09:59 AMI think it's time to go vegetarian
Posted by: Anji at July 24, 2006 10:28 AMI kinda like the sirloin bath towels...
Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at July 24, 2006 10:14 PM