Following my eggs I ate a steak maybe 30 minutes or 1 hour later. This was a rib steak which cost $7 ($14 for 2). It was around $12/kg so this is around 500-600 grams of meat and while the picture is not very clear you can see the wonderful marbling. $12/kg is around $5.45 per lb, on sale because it had been sitting in the grocery store for a while I guess.
Here is my preparation :
First I let it warm slowly on the counter for around 1.5 hours. I eat my steaks 'blood rare' and if I do not let it come to room temperature it will be cold in the middle and while this is not a big deal it does slightly spoil the experience. I think anywhere from 30 minutes - 2 hours is fine for this process, although I have also read there are some concerns with regards to bacterial contamination (or something else? spoiling?) if you leave it for more than an hour. I'm not too worried. I also seasoned the steak with freshly ground pepper.
Then I heated up half a table spoon? (rough estimate) of tallow in my stainless steel frying pan on max heat. I waited until the tallow was smoking and then fried the steak for around 1 minute on each side. It turned out absolutely perfect.
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