The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread 3: Chinder Chagger Edition

[DoctaMario]

1 minute ago, iStu X said:

Omg yum. 
 

Skillet 

That steak looked pretty good (although I prefer mine medium unless it's wagyu.) Did you use a meat thermometer? It really took a lot of guesswork out of it for me. 

[iStu X]

1 minute ago, DoctaMario said:

That steak looked pretty good (although I prefer mine medium unless it's wagyu.) Did you use a meat thermometer? It really took a lot of guesswork out of it for me. 

i wanted to but it’s battery was dead. 😞

[Chadouken]

Just now, iStu X said:

Skillet

Word. Yeah I've never done it on a skillet so I don't really have any pointers other than use a meat thermometer and take it off when you hit about 125-130 and let the meat rest in a foil tent for about 10 to 15 minutes. If you cook steak enough you learn to be able to tell what temp it's cooked up by feel, but I just got this badass new Thermapen for my smoker and it's like cheating lol.

[iStu X]

3 minutes ago, Chadouken said:

Word. Yeah I've never done it on a skillet so I don't really have any pointers other than use a meat thermometer and take it off when you hit about 125-130 and let the meat rest in a foil tent for about 10 to 15 minutes. If you cook steak enough you learn to be able to tell what temp it's cooked up by feel, but I just got this badass new Thermapen for my smoker and it's like cheating lol.

I’ve never bbq’d before and ours currently is on the fritz (we have a big propane grill). So I had to make do with skillet 

[Chadouken]

4 minutes ago, iStu X said:

I’ve never bbq’d before and ours currently is on the fritz (we have a big propane grill). So I had to make do with skillet 

Ironically, I'm in the market for a new gas grill and was doing some Google research a few minutes ago lol. The one I've had for years now is finally getting to the point where I need to replace it. Ideally I'd go for a Weber Kettle charcoal grill. But I grill several times a week, especially in the summer when it's too hot to cook inside. And it's just too much work to set up a bed of coals for just my wife and I when the grill sees that much traffic every week. Propane is just way more convenient. 

 

Grilling is awesome though, and as much as you like to cook I'd recommend getting into it. It's super fun and the food is great.

Edited June 22, 2021 by Chadouken

[DoctaMario]

6 minutes ago, iStu X said:

I’ve never bbq’d before and ours currently is on the fritz (we have a big propane grill). So I had to make do with skillet 

This is actually a really good tutorial for cooking steak in a skillet and he explains the "touch test" at about 1:06, which is how you can use the firmness of different parts of your hand to see how cooked or not cooked your steak is. 

https://youtu.be/MtIiR7DBAq

 

 

Edit: apparently MegaShock the site is a vegetarian, it won't embed the video 😂

 

Edited June 22, 2021 by DoctaMario

[iStu X]

1 minute ago, DoctaMario said:

This is actually a really good tutorial for cooking steak in a skillet and he explains the "touch test" which at about 1:06, which is how you can use the firmness of different parts of your hand to see how cooked or not cooked your steak is. 

https://youtu.be/MtIiR7DBAq

 

 

Edit: apparently MegaShock the site is a vegetarian, it won't embed the video 😂

 

It will. Just separate it from the paragraph 

[OPTIMUS124]

[HD-Man]

Some mfer had an already eaten rib plate in the club restroom and I'm 99% sure they ate it right in there. Lil nasty bitch 🤢🤮

[iStu X]

1 minute ago, HD-Man said:

Some mfer had an already eaten rib plate in the club restroom and I'm 99% sure they ate it right in there. Lil nasty bitch 🤢🤮

It sounds like you go to some questionable clubs my friend. 

[HD-Man]

Just now, iStu X said:

It sounds like you go to some questionable clubs my friend. 

Hell nah, that's one of the nicest clubs in the city, and that's never happened before. I bet that's how Coronavirus really started 🤣

[OPTIMUS124]

2 hours ago, iStu X said:

I almost didn’t show this off cause it’s not medium rare it’s medium.

Bruh, it's alright. Medium is still ok, but don't push it any further. Before you know it you'll be eating leather 🤣.

 

2 hours ago, iStu X said:

In my defense, this is the first time I’ve ever cooked a steak. I was also doing others things too which I know I shouldn’t have done while cooking it. I may not like steak that much but you don’t disrespect steak like that. 
 

One way that has helped me get better at cooking steak is by reverse searing. You cook the steak at 275 degrees to  about -10 to 20 degrees of preferred doneness) and then sear the outside on a hot pan. It takes longer, but the result is pretty consistent. This is practically a requirement for 1 inch+ cuts of meat. You get a more tender result and a crust that is perfection.

 

Also, a oven probe and instant read thermometer are kitchen essentials if you are just learning how to make a steak. Once you get the cook time down (per cut) it'll become easier to just know.  

 

 

Edited June 22, 2021 by OPTIMUS124

[iStu X]

26 minutes ago, HD-Man said:

Hell nah, that's one of the nicest clubs in the city, and that's never happened before.

Then you live in a grimy as fuck city lol. 

[HD-Man]

Just now, iStu X said:

Then you live in a grimy as fuck city lol. 

Here's the thing: the club doesn't even serve food, so idk how they even go that inside

 

There's also about a dozen seating areas, an upstairs bar with a balcony area, and a downstairs bar. Like, they bypassed ALL that shit to go eat in a restroom. I'm thinkin it's someone who works there lol

[RSG3]

Skillet cooking a steak is perfectly fine and effective and can make some absolutly amazing steak...but you'll never get that fire taste, that wood taste (If you use wood) by cooking on a skillet. 

[HD-Man]

9 minutes ago, RSG3 said:

Skillet cooking a steak is perfectly fine and effective and can make some absolutly amazing steak...but you'll never get that fire taste, that wood taste (If you use wood) by cooking on a skillet. 

I soak my steak, bellpeppers & onions in Dale's seasoning then skillet cook mine to medium all the time, they come out great (usually). And definitely, you can't beat that grilled taste, but I suck at grilling so I'm stuck with the skillet til I gain more confidence 😔

[iStu X]

I just used what was available. I feel so judged 

[Deadly_Raver]

13 hours ago, DoctaMario said:

This is actually a really good tutorial for cooking steak in a skillet and he explains the "touch test" at about 1:06, which is how you can use the firmness of different parts of your hand to see how cooked or not cooked your steak is. 

https://youtu.be/MtIiR7DBAq

 

 

Edit: apparently MegaShock the site is a vegetarian, it won't embed the video 😂

 

"Video unavailable."  Susan is a steak burning, knuckle dragging savage.  Fact check = True.  Only one of such despicable ilk would try to hide access to a video that tells us the truth.

Edited June 22, 2021 by Deadly_Raver

[Chadouken]

1 hour ago, iStu X said:

I just used what was available. I feel so judged 

Did you enjoy it? If so, that's all that matters. If you get 10 cooks in a room together you'll get 12 different ways of cooking a steak the "right" way. 

[iStu X]

21 minutes ago, Chadouken said:

Did you enjoy it? If so, that's all that matters. If you get 10 cooks in a room together you'll get 12 different ways of cooking a steak the "right" way. 

I mean, it was fine? I can easily go without having it again for a while. I just don’t really like red meat

Edited June 22, 2021 by iStu X

[OPTIMUS124]

21 minutes ago, Chadouken said:

If you get 10 cooks in a room together you'll get 12 different ways of cooking a steak the "right" way. 

For me, right = consistent.

 

The less result variability that the method produces, the better.

[AriesWarlock]

 

[iStu X]

13 minutes ago, AriesWarlock said:

 

Booooo. Every sequel has been worse than the last. Fuck JP. It’s been ruined for decades. 

Edited June 22, 2021 by iStu X

[OPTIMUS124]

34 minutes ago, iStu X said:

Booooo. Every sequel has been worse than the last. Fuck JP. It’s been ruined for decades. 

Exactly. Jurassic World was the straw for me. If you movie keeps reminding me how great the original was, I'll just watch that one. 

 

 

[Maxx]

Not everyone deserves a film budget

 

 

[iStu X]

4 minutes ago, Maxx said:

Not everyone deserves a film budget

 

The fact the movies name is Karen. 😂😂😂

[Faltimar the Dark]

My lady made us steak for dinner last night.  We salt them and leave them in the fridge for 12-24 hours.  She cooked them in a cast iron skillet and the oven.  Put a good sear on them on the stove then finish them in the oven.

Edited June 22, 2021 by Faltimar the Dark

[axeman61]

4 hours ago, Maxx said:

Not everyone deserves a film budget

SNIP

 

Crazy how people are STILL trying to chase the wagon of Jordan Peele's Get Out, when even Jordan Peele himself did something different than Race-based horror for his second film (Us). I'm wondering if he can even come back to racial horror with the bad copy cats that have come out between Get Out and now.

[Chadouken]

@OPTIMUS124 have you ever tried sous vide? I haven't personally but a buddy of mine cooked some ribeyes that way and then reverse seared them and said they were incredible. 

[OPTIMUS124]

Just now, Chadouken said:

@OPTIMUS124 have you ever tried sous vide? I haven't personally but a buddy of mine cooked some ribeyes that way and then reverse seared them and said they were incredible. 

No, but I know someone who has cooked with one. The result was quite awesome!

 

Right now I am trying to perfect the basics with some really solid reading material:

 

[Lantis]

Yep, JP 1's magic was undeniable. It still holds up to this day. I'm glad it came out during the age I was still fascinated by dinosaurs. All the sequels that came after have tried and failed to capture that same magic (which is amazing considering the movie has a particular amount of gore). Spielberg at his finest

[AriesWarlock]

[MillionX]

yeah the only Jurassic Park that was memorable or even interesting to me was the first one.  

 

*Again with those Sleepwalker creatures.... thinking it over... yeah I'd definitely be one if I got the chance.... they have an arguably better deal than even "regular" vampires....they can walk around in daylight with no problem, for one thing.  Their only weakness was the scratches and bites from cats.  That's a strange weakness/curse to have, but it's easily manageable, imo.... I'd just keep my distance at all times, and kill any that want to try me.  They're seemingly invulnerable or able to heal up from all other damage, and there's also the shapeshifting and illusion-casting abilities to consider.  That's a good deal, imo.

 

I could see how others might not like the restrictive feeding requirement for them though... the life-force/soul of virgin female humans.  This is where your story goes down quite a dark road, of course... because there's a really easy, obvious way to simplify that situation, but of course I'd rather not get on any watch-lists by actually saying it in clear terms 🤣  In the context of a VTM table-top session (*seems like the equivalent would be a "Gangrel" character with a severe feeding restriction flaw + the illusion shenanigans of a Ravnos + Obfuscate for the invisibility.), that's definitely an idea requiring a "trigger warning" for some people, I'm sure.

 

ooh...I imagine a weapon fashioned from the claws and teeth of a cat would obviously be a serious problem for them... make a sword or some projectiles out of that and that's Game Over for them.

 

but yeah, I wish this story was next on the list of Stephen King remake ideas... imagine how cool it would be with a proper budget and today's special effects and production standards.  

Edited June 22, 2021 by MillionX

[scorp]

10 hours ago, Maxx said:

Not everyone deserves a film budget

 

 

This ain't the first "black folk moving into a neighbourhood with a racist white neighbour" and it won't be the last lol

[Maxx]

5 minutes ago, scorp said:

This ain't the first "black folk moving into a neighbourhood with a racist white neighbour" and it won't be the last lol

Nah its the fact it's clearly a get out ripoff. Theirs been a slew of them in the past year or so. 

[scorp]

6 minutes ago, Maxx said:

Nah its the fact it's clearly a get out ripoff. Theirs been a slew of them in the past year or so. 

Yea I guess Get Out finally started making the black protagonist against the evil white folk movies popular.

But this Karen movie is a little too on the nose lol

[Reticently]

4 hours ago, OPTIMUS124 said:

really solid reading material

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat was also made into a 4 part docu-series on Netflix with the author as host that's totally worth checking out.

[OPTIMUS124]

3 minutes ago, Reticently said:

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat was also made into a 4 part docu-series on Netflix with the author as host that's totally worth checking out.

and now I know. I am certainly going to check that out. 

[Maxx]

I totally had plans to stay the fuck low in terms of dating this summer. 

 

-early summer my ex(not redheaded devil spawn spy) tried to relationship me up even though we both just got out a divorce and for some fuckin crazy reason she thought.. Yeah let's jump right into one. Da fuck

 

-currently smashin a Jamaican who I've seen twice and now "we're dating" according to her. 

 

-and now a girl I've been crushing on for years who's a friend suddenly showed up in my Darin app matching me. Lmfao 

 

I take no responsibility in what happens this summer. The fates have deemed I die by August. 

Edited June 22, 2021 by Maxx

[DoctaMario]

5 minutes ago, Maxx said:

I totally had plans to stay the fuck low in terms of dating this summer. 

 

-early summer my ex(not redheaded devil spawn spy) tried to relationship me up even though we both just got out a divorce and for some fuckin crazy reason she thought.. Yeah let's jump right into one. Da fuck

 

-currently smashin a Jamaican who I've seen twice and now "we're dating" according to her. 

 

-and now a girl I've been crushing on for years who's a friend suddenly showed up in my Darin app matching me. Lmfao 

 

I take no responsibility in what happens this summer. The fates have deemed I die by August. 

It's always when you stop looking or decide you're done that a ton of options seem to fall into your lap

[DangerousJ]

Jamaican?  

 

Your balls must be the Sahara desert lol.

[Faltimar the Dark]

How many std's you got @Maxx?

 

Man, I think steak snobs are silly.  I love beef.  I dont give a fuck what cut or how its cooked.  I'll eat the shit and enjoy it.  Put some potatoes with that shit and Im a happy man.

[MillionX]

so, that dude with the crazy Bart Simpson hair that represented himself got convicted of course

 

[Maxx]

9 minutes ago, Faltimar the Dark said:

How many std's you got @Maxx?

 

Man, I think steak snobs are silly.  I love beef.  I dont give a fuck what cut or how its cooked.  I'll eat the shit and enjoy it.  Put some potatoes with that shit and Im a happy man.

0 I have 0

[Maxx]

21 minutes ago, DangerousJ said:

Jamaican?  

 

Your balls must be the Sahara desert lol.

Totally opposite. What is this even a reference to? Lmfao. Nah I'm drowning with her 

[HD-Man]

30 minutes ago, DoctaMario said:

It's always when you stop looking or decide you're done that a ton of options seem to fall into your lap

This is always true. It's like a lack of interest makes others more interested. I'm kinda at that fuck it all point myself 🤦🏾‍♂️

[DangerousJ]

15 minutes ago, Maxx said:

Totally opposite. What is this even a reference to? Lmfao. Nah I'm drowning with her 

Maybe I should have used a different expression.

 

I was trying to imply that you busted so much that there isn't any jizz left. 

 

That was my experience dating some Jamaican girl years ago lol.

[Maxx]

4 minutes ago, DangerousJ said:

Maybe I should have used a different expression.

 

I was trying to imply that you busted so much that there isn't any jizz left. 

 

That was my experience dating some Jamaican girl years ago lol.

OH...yeah that's desturbingly accurate. When the pom Pom appears.. You suddenly know how to pond de river

Edited June 22, 2021 by Maxx

[Chadouken]

12 hours ago, Maxx said:

Not everyone deserves a film budget

The movie's fucking title is KAREN 🤣

[iStu X]

1 hour ago, Maxx said:

currently smashin a Jamaican who I've seen twice and now "we're dating" according to her. 

It’s not official until you Blue Thunder Bomb her, imo