Food Advocates - Flat Irons (Cincinnati, Findlay: house, where to buy, live in)

[jlawrence01]

Originally Posted by wilson1010

KJ, here's a new item for your cheese collection, Clemson Blue, the best in the world, the French versions notwithstanding:

Welcome to Clemson!

If you start hunting around the various university websites, you will find a lot of great cheeses produced by the college dairies. I have had great experience with University of Wisconsin's Babcock Dairy and Mississippi State's dairy.

[Wilson513]

Originally Posted by jlawrence01

If you start hunting around the various university websites, you will find a lot of great cheeses produced by the college dairies. I have had great experience with University of Wisconsin's Babcock Dairy and Mississippi State's dairy.

I'll mouse around this weekend. Maybe we should post these sites up.

[jlawrence01]

Originally Posted by wilson1010

I'll mouse around this weekend. Maybe we should post these sites up.

I will post later this weekend when I have time.

[Wilson513]

Originally Posted by wilson1010

Well, I had the flat iron steak tonight at the Iron Horse. Not bad, not bad. Very different. Fine grained. A little dry. Needed some Bernaise maybe. Looked like a small flank steak. Very good flavor. $19. The buttermilk onion rings were good too. I took a cell phone photo and if I can figure out how to get the photo off my cell phone I'll paste it up. Thanks KJ, good idea.

I finally got the photo off my cell phone but its not a very good photo. Good steak though:

[jlawrence01]

Originally Posted by wilson1010

I finally got the photo off my cell phone but its not a very good photo. Good steak though:

I have to confess that I finally had my first flat iron steak last Thursday night - at a TGI Fridays, a place I generally avoid.

That was one excellent piece of meat, well prepared, It is a little more chewy than a tenderloin or a t-bone but it was not tough at all.


As for college cheeses (and ice creams):

University of Wisconsin Babcock - some pretty decent cheddars and Leipäjuusto (bread cheese). Also some great ice cream.

Mississippi State Dairy - Edam and Cheddar cheeses.

Washington State Creamery - (all cheese is canned) - Cougar Gold sharp cheddar and flavored cheddars.

BYU Creamery - no cheese but really fine ice cream.


There are a couple more that I want to try - Michigan State and Nebraska come to mind,

[kjbrill]

I will confess I have never had a flat iron at a restaurant, though I know they are becoming more common. Me and my Weber are my sole experience. I will also state as their popularity volume has increased, consistent quality has not.

On Mother's Day, my son, daughter-in-law, and 2 grandchildren of high school age were over. I had run into a sale at Kroger and threw 3 flat irons on the Weber, somewhat over 1/2 lb for each of the 6 of us. I combined this with a super salad, I just went through the salad bar at Kroger and got something of everything combining it with a multi-lettuce package purchased separately. Added to some baked Idahos timed to mesh with the grill, of course with chives, sour cream, grated cheese, butter, and bacon bits, we were in heaven.

Total cost of meal - $18 for the flat irons, $15 for the super salad, $2 for the baked potatoes plus about $6 for what I piled on them or $51 for 6 people. You may get the idea why I am not a frequent restaurant customer.

If your flat irons are coming out too dry or chewy, you are overcooking them. Once the surface marbeling disppears, the sucker is ready to eat.

[Tubby513]

Originally Posted by wilson1010

KJ, here's a new item for your cheese collection, Clemson Blue, the best in the world, the French versions notwithstanding:

Welcome to Clemson!

Damnit, I wanna order a wedge of this for my dad, but their website isn't working. Does it work for anyone else? This page opens, but then when I click "Order Now", it goes to some funky messed up page. Guess I could just call.

[kjbrill]

Originally Posted by Tubby513

Damnit, I wanna order a wedge of this for my dad, but their website isn't working. Does it work for anyone else? This page opens, but then when I click "Order Now", it goes to some funky messed up page. Guess I could just call.

I clicked on the Order Now in the box on the left side of the page. Everything seemed to be working fine. I use IE8.

[Wilson513]

Originally Posted by Tubby513

Damnit, I wanna order a wedge of this for my dad, but their website isn't working. Does it work for anyone else? This page opens, but then when I click "Order Now", it goes to some funky messed up page. Guess I could just call.

Seems like its working now. I went all the way to checkout. Good luck, you'll love that Clemson Blue!

[Tubby513]

Originally Posted by kjbrill

I clicked on the Order Now in the box on the left side of the page. Everything seemed to be working fine. I use IE8.

Originally Posted by wilson1010

Seems like its working now. I went all the way to checkout. Good luck, you'll love that Clemson Blue!

Hmm still not working for me...must be something funky here at work. Oh well I'll do it when I get home.

I actually don't dabble in blue cheese, but my dad will hopefully love it! I'm not well versed in most blues but I know English Stilton is supposed to be pretty damn good...how would something like this compare?