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I prefer eating a great ribeye!
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I was always under the impression that salting a steak long before hand draws out all the moisture like you are curing it, making it tougher for leaner cuts of meat. :-)
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It draws out moisture at first, but then that pulled moisture (and now salt) gets pulled back into the steak, seasoning it. If you do it a day or two in advance of cooking, it tenderized the meat too.
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Run, don't walk, to your nearest Aldi for chicken fried steak. They only have it a few times a year, delish.



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You and those God damn canned green beans! WTF? :-)
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Well call me perplexed and I might have just learned something big. :-)
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makes a huge difference. my first marinate like that i had forgotten to scrape off the salt, even then it was damned delicious (scrape off the salt before grilling tho, seriously). i'd never cut into a steak where the juices simply adhered to the meat grains. it was awesome. :-)
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What green beans do you eat? Frozen ones are disgusting
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frozen are waaaay better than canned. fer sure :-)
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No clue what you're talking about. If you're scraping anything off, you used too much salt. Salt liquifies in the meat liquid and pulls into the steak. There should be no salt to scrape off.

Don't scrape off anything. Salt like you normally would, let it sit overnight or up to a couple days. If overnight, leave it uncovered. This will help the surface dry and create a pellicle, which smoke clings to (even if you're not grilling, this will get it dry and help crust formation). When you're ready to cook, pull it out of the fridge, season with pepper and whatever else and cook.
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Nickhead is correct and TambaBerry is wrong! :-)

I love fresh Haricot Verts best with just a little bacon and onion mixed in. Surprisingly, a Houlihan's restaurant located in the Crowne Plaza right near Dulles Airport where I recently lived made the best ones ever. Always fresh and I had them with every meal when a side was called for, including grilled cheese during lunch.


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Working on red beans and rice and meatloaf for today and lunches next week.
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First dish. That's the first time I've ever made anything with dried beans that turned out well.


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I have a bag of the frozen green beans I could have used, the wife prefers the canned. If I told her the guys on CP prefer frozen over canned, well, I won't go there. :-)
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