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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:00:40 PM EDT
The raw materials...
Yukon Gold potatoes - making mashed with these in a little while.  strip steaks  crush the garlic (this marble mortar/pestle is perfect for smashing herbs and spices)  and the rosemary  coat the steaks with sea salt, garlic and rosemary  They need to sit for about an hour so the salt can dry out the steak and then give the steak time to bring some moisture back into it. By adding the garlic and rosemary, their flavors are basically sucked inside the meat. I keep the flavors on the meat with the help of a bacon press. This goes into the fridge for the hour.  Time to make the mashed potatoes  add in a little garlic, some butter and heavy cream. That's all you need. The steaks as they come out of the fridge  sea scallops  dried off, dusted with flour and sauteed in a very hot pan with olive oil. After a couple minutes on each side, I put some butter in to brown it, and then a bit of chardonnay to make a brown butter sauce.  steak cooked on a very hot grill, sorry no photos of that, but here's the finished product. ETA: the peas started out frozen. I put them in a pan with a little butter and a couple tablespoons water, boil it, cover it and simmer for a few minutes.  the hardware: I built the rifle on a Superior Arms lower. Super Sniper scope (group buy), ABS Carbon Fiber barrel (group buy), LaRue SPR-E and 11" handguard. CRKT M16-14FK & Kimber Tactical Custom II.   And, as it's been a year now since my friend EricThe(remembered)Hun  passed away, I prepared a Windex margarita in his honor. Cheers, friend.  Miss seeing you here.
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:02:42 PM EDT
[#1]
Out-effin'-standing. 10.
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:03:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:04:22 PM EDT
[#3]
10!
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:05:44 PM EDT
[#4]
Damn right. Best I've seen in a while. The bar on dinner pics has been raised lately, and I'm REALLY glad that people aren't doing the bullshit anymore. Food, guns, good photography and a thoughtful presentation are where it's at. This one's got it all. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:06:24 PM EDT
[#5]
That post is full of win.
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:08:07 PM EDT
[#6]
didn't mention - all that food wouldn't fit on a regular dinner plate. I had to use the serving platter.
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:09:12 PM EDT
[#7]
10 for sure.
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:09:44 PM EDT
[#8]
I haven't seen one better.
10 excellent presentation, great pics, helpful descriptions. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:10:12 PM EDT
[#9]
11
Bravo sir. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:10:23 PM EDT
[#10]
No fail at all. Damn NPD...very nice.
Hey btw I'm positive I saw you on either Saturday or Sunday at the station. I was getting out of class. I've only seen you one other time when Ryan (Kalahnikid) pointed you out to me so I wasn't for sure. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:10:42 PM EDT
[#11]
Perfect.
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:10:55 PM EDT
[#12]
So far I think this is the best dinner pic I've seen on ARFCOM.
What's involved in making a Windex margarita? |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:11:31 PM EDT
[#13]
alright, that is a f*cken dinner pic!
10/10 -patry |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:11:57 PM EDT
[#14]
9!
Would have been a 10, but there's no measuring device. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:12:45 PM EDT
[#15]
I really wanted to post a smartassed remark, but can't come up with anything but a sincere:
Well done! 10. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:14:21 PM EDT
[#16]
Heathen! Dinner pic = Food + Gun(s). Measuring devices belong on reloading benches and in toolboxes, not in dinner pics. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:14:29 PM EDT
[#17]
9.9/10
Need a Ribeye and you get a 10/10 Looks good though. 
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:15:19 PM EDT
[#18]
You probably did. I was there one of the days when everyone was leaving. I forget which day it was, though. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:16:11 PM EDT
[#19]
Looks awesome.
BTW, where'd the peas come in  Frozen? Canned? Tell. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:16:17 PM EDT
[#20]
I just threw up a little....in my pants!!!!! Awesome! |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:17:01 PM EDT
[#21]
I forget too  You were behind the desk and another time I think I saw you in a van. Anyways...once again great dinner pic thread! |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:17:54 PM EDT
[#22]
Best I've seen to date. 10 + any extra points allowed.
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:18:19 PM EDT
[#23]
1-1/2 oz. tequila 3/4 oz. blue curaçao 1-1/2 oz. sour mix (or in lieu of sour mix, squeeze in half a fresh lime & add a splash water) pour over ice. Don't forget to salt the rim before adding ice. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:18:28 PM EDT
[#24]
10 on all counts.
Especially remembering your friend.
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:18:55 PM EDT
[#25]
The meal was meticulously prepared and artfully photographed.
I give it a well-deserved 10. 
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:19:32 PM EDT
[#26]
12/10. And no, that's not a typo.
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:20:26 PM EDT
[#27]
FTW! 10!
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:20:41 PM EDT
[#28]
10/10 doesn't do justice to your excellence in dinner picturing.
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:20:55 PM EDT
[#29]
Are you trying to say that my Meal Pics are not deserving of a high ranking?   
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:21:40 PM EDT
[#30]
Those scallops looks damn good!!
10/10 - best I have seen yet!!!!!! |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:23:39 PM EDT
[#31]
10/10
Best dinner pic ever. You win the internet. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:23:41 PM EDT
[#32]
Outstanding Photography!
10/10 
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:24:57 PM EDT
[#33]
That was Saturday. We had to go get a so-called "combative" prisoner on a warrant pickup. He was all mouth and no go. He kept verbally intimidating the 4 officers at the dept we picked him up at... Large guy, too, about 6'02, 250. Soon as I walked him to the van, told him I'd show him the warrant before taking off for county jail, and he looks up at all the guys from the other dept, says, "I'm just fuckin' wit' you guys." |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:25:59 PM EDT
[#34]
Don't eat without me! I'll be right over!
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:27:08 PM EDT
[#35]
What a jackass.....
Gotta love dealing w/ scum like that day in and day out. Thankfully it was my last class up there (those chairs in the training room were beginning to get uncomfortable after 8 or so hours). Anyways...going by the responses I think you could rank one of the best overall dinner pics ever. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:28:26 PM EDT
[#36]
You'll notice there's plenty of extra - ever since I told Persephone that she has a standing invitation to dinner whenever she's in town, I have to make sure I have an extra serving 
I have this idea I'm working on right now, something a little different ... I'll let ya know if I end up doing it. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:33:07 PM EDT
[#37]
how dare you blaspheme my thread! 
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:34:40 PM EDT
[#38]
Think of it as a way to increase your already-stellar scoring. People will see my heresy and beg for salvation. In that desire they will find your Holy Steaks of +12 Retribution
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:34:52 PM EDT
[#39]
^^^What he said....
Idea for dinner pic or idea for getting back a jackass inmates? ETA: MY first comment was in regards to npd's post...not the one above me. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:37:29 PM EDT
[#40]
WIN
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:40:20 PM EDT
[#41]
Truely outstanding! 10/10 for the food/prep/presentation, +2 more for the windex rita and remembrance of our dear friend. 12/10... and I don't care what the East German judge thinks.
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:42:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:45:03 PM EDT
[#43]
Very nice.
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:51:04 PM EDT
[#44]
food-related idea. the prisoner wasn't going to do anything. If he was, he would have done it when they were trying to arrest him in the first place. Once in jail, he just needed to mouth off. The officer I rode over with to get him and I are both very good at talking people down, neither of us likes to fight but we're both good at it. I just explain to them now that I've got this taser with a camera on it and the first time I used it the video didn't come out very clear. I tell them I've been waiting for a chance to try it out again. Nobody ever wants to buy a ticket to that ride. 
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:55:26 PM EDT
[#45]
10 - and I hate peas
Awesome job, pal |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 6:57:50 PM EDT
[#46]
looks fantastic! the steak looks great, and those are some huge delicious looking scallops!!!
10 easy... [dane cook]I WANT THAT! Why not me?[/dane cook] |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 7:07:39 PM EDT
[#47]
Thanks, Gabby. I used to hate peas. But I buy the sweet peas, and I've grown to really like them with a little butter & salt. Every once in a while I put in white pepper, too. I should have added that tonight. I overlooked it because I was paying too much attention to making sure the scallops and steak finished cooking at the same time. |
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Posted: 10/9/2007 7:08:48 PM EDT
[#48]
Okay, I have a few problems with it. Those peas...ugh! I hate 'em. Scallops? I'm alergic to shellfish
 . I would have preferred to see the taters mashed by hand, and not in a mixer However, everything looks great and this was well thought out and presented. Plus, it's my favorite weapons combo- AR+1911. I give you a 10 sir. Oh, and: All of your dinner pics are belonging to me!!!
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Posted: 10/9/2007 7:11:22 PM EDT
[#49]
Dam, that looks delicious. 10/10
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Posted: 10/9/2007 7:12:57 PM EDT
[#50]
well, do a search.. you'll find a bunch of mine 
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