It
has been awhile since doing a nice steak recipe so slave decided on a
flank steak. These used to be very cheep because they tended to be
very tough. But now flanks steaks are popular for many kinds of
Mexican dishes. So the price goes up.
Be
careful to avoid overcooking which will produce a chewy piece of
leather! Always cut across the grain into thin slices and you will
find it extremely juicy with a wonderful taste.
1
beef flank steak (1-1/2 pounds)
2
yellow onions sliced thin
2
stalks celery cut to about 1 ½ inches
3
Carrots also the same size
1
cup beef broth
½
Cup Jack Daniels
2
tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
½
teaspoon salt
½
teaspoon pepper
2
tablespoons cornstarch
Directions
Do
your cutting. The celery and carrots can go into the same
bowl. The
onions are best if carefully sliced on a mandolin.
Slice them into a
large bowl and soak with ½ cup of Jack
Daniels.
This
is a good time to also rinse and drain the mushrooms
and chop the
other 2 onions for the steak sauce.
Pre
heat the oven to 350 Degrees.
Score
surface of steak making shallow diagonal cuts.
Place
in a 9 x 13 baking dish that has been sprayed with
cooking spray.
Place
celery and carrots around meat. The onions on top.
Combine the beef
broth with Worcestershire, salt and
pepper; drizzle over meat and
vegetables.
Cover
with foil and bake 50 minutes or until meat and
vegetables are
tender. Watch for over-cooking! Flank steak
is usually served medium
rare, closer to the red side. This
meat gets hard and dry very
quickly so err on the rare side!
At end of 50 minutes remove
foil and continue to roast for
another 15 minutes or until a
thermometer reads 145
degrees.
While
that cooks fix:
Mikls
Marvelous Meat Sauce
Ingredients:
2
Tbs olive oil
2
Tbs butter
2
medium yellow onions
2tsp
white sugar
1
½ cups fresh mushrooms
Kosher
Salt
½
C Jack Daniels
¾
C beef broth
2
tsp corn starch
½
C half & half
Directions:
Chop
up the onions, wash and slice the mushrooms.
Over
a medium low heat, warm 2 Tbs oil & 2 Tbs of butter
in a large
skillet.
Add
the onions. If it sizzles, it is too hot. Stir in 2 tsp of white
sugar. Cover and let cook for about 10
minutes.
Add the
mushrooms and raise the heat to medium high. Stir well as
they are turning a light brown.
Dissolve
the cornstarch into the beef broth. Be sure to stir
well. Set this
aside while you add the whiskey to the pan.
Stir it well. That will
quickly reduce as the alcohol cooks off.
Now
stir in the cornstarch mixture. Continue to stir as this
thickens.
This might take 2 to 3 minutes. Once it has
reached the consistency
you want, add the half & half to
make it creamy.
This
pan sauce
turns out so very good that slave has been
known to cry real tears
when he could not share it with
others.
Hope you enjoy.
When
meat is done:
Remove
the meat to a cutting board and cover with foil.
Let
stand 10 minutes
before thinly slicing across
the
grain. Hold
the knife at a 45 degree angle.
Fan
the slices out on the platter for a pretty presentation.
Scoop out
the roasted vegetables and place on one side of
the platter.
Serve
with a nice green vegetable and the meat sauce on
the side.
For
our music tonight as LGBT History month draws to a
close, think back
to the night the Stonewall riots started. We
had danced to the Fifth
Dimension's “Aquarius/ Let the
Sunshine In” just 2 months prior.
On the jukebox was the
hit from the Beatles: “Get Back”! But the
number one song
that week was an instrumental from the movie “Romeo
and Juliet”. After all that's why you went to the Stonewall,
to hold on to Him and sway back and forth, to pretend the
world was
different, to pretend it was just you and just
Him, forever. This is
what you heard:
socialslave
To
satisfy and restore.
To
nourish, support and maintain.
To
gratify, spoil, comfort and please,
to
nurture, assist, and sustain
…..I
cook!
Please
buy slave's cookbook:
The
Little Black Book of Indiscreet Recipes by Dan White
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F315Y4I
/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_vAT4sb0934RTM
via @amazon
The
Historic Stonewall Inn
This
year The Stonewall Inn was the first site in the country listed on
the State and National Registers of Historic Places for LGBT history,
and the first site in New York City landmarked for LGBT history. The
building's tenure has been as rocky as the movement that now bears
its name.
Originally
constructed between 1843
and 1846 as horse stables,
the property was
turned into a restaurant in 1930. Themed for “a woman's crowd”.
It
remained a restaurant until it was gutted by fire in the mid-1960s.
In
1966, three members of the Mafia
invested in the Stonewall Inn, turning it into
a gay bar.
On
March 18, 1967, the Stonewall opened in the space. It was, during its
time, the largest
gay establishment
in the U.S. and did a very good business although, as with most gay
clubs at the time, police raids were common.
Once
a week a police officer would collect envelopes of cash as a payoff.
It is true, the Stonewall Inn had no liquor license, because it was
illegal to serve alcohol to “a native American or known
homosexual”. Since they could not get a license, they ran it as
they choose. It had no running water behind the bar. The used glasses
were dipped into tubs of water to rinse off and immediately reused.
There were no fire exits, and the toilets overran consistently. The
drinks were overpriced and watered down, often made with hijacked
booze.
Why
was it the largest in town? It was the only
bar for gay men in New York City where
dancing was allowed;
dancing was its main draw. It was against the law for people of the
same sex to dance together, so the LGBT's started dancing apart
from their partners! When the police raided, they could not tell who
was dancing with who.
This
worked on fast songs but everyone knew there comes a time for slow
dancing in the arms of someone! The Stonewall was the place. You
could get lost in the music, gazing into his eyes, with his body
against yours. Once you have experienced this, you are not giving it
up without a fight.
The
patrons of Stonewall came from all walks of LGBT life in New York,
street kids, drag queens, lawyers, hustlers, doctors and dealers. It
was perhaps the most socially integrated bar in the city.
Police
raids on gay bars were expected. Sometimes once a month per bar. Many
bars kept extra liquor hidden so they could resume business as
quickly as possible. Management usually were tip-offed beforehand and
raids occurred early enough in the evening that business could
continue after the police had finished. They never occurred on busy
weekend nights. Except for the raid on June 27th
1969. That's the night “Stonewall” became part of the language of
LGBT's around the world.
A
few months after the rebellion that started there, the Stonewall Inn
closed. For the next twenty years or so, the building was in turns, a
sandwich shop, shoe store, and a Chinese restaurant. Many patrons
were unaware of the building's history or its connection to the
riots.
Then
in the 1990s,
a new gay bar, named simply "Stonewall", opened in the west
half of the original building. In 1995 the movie “Stonewall” was
released. LGBT History was being told and a demonstration would
gather each year at Pride to honor what had occurred here.
The
building was again renovated and became a popular multi-floor
nightclub, with theme nights and contests. However that did not last
long. It closed again in 2006
due to neglect and gross mismanagement. In 2007, came the
announcement of yet another major renovation.
This
latest incarnation has regained popularity and now the Stonewall
continues to pay homage to its historic significance. It is dedicated
to incorporating various fund-raising events for a host of LGBT
non-profit organizations.
While
the building itself has no memories, it has come to signify the
courage, the hopes & dreams, the blood lost and the motivation
that sprang forth from its doors on that June night in 1969.
Dimension
The Beatles
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