so yeah, my friday (which is saturday) and it's also my birthday. i hope to hell i have a better night tonight than i did last night. it was busy like i wanted, and that was ok, but the prime didn't get in the oven until after i got to work at 2, which doesn't leave a hell of a lot of time for it so slow cook and be ready by five. usually we get it in around noon, blast it at 400 for forty mins, then turn the oven to low and let it go slow and low for the next few hours. here's the thing...a rib roast (cut of meat, prime is the grade designation.) has a lot of connective tissue in it, which is made of collagen. when put to long, low heat cooking methods (slow roasting or barbeque) the collagen turns into gelatin, which in turn keeps the meat juicy and tender. when you cook a rib roast fast it still may be juicy but the collagen doesn't have time to melt. anyway, after cooking it at 350 for an hour and a half after i figured out slow cooking it was a no go i got it done. by 5:40 i had it on the cutting board ready to go, and by 7:20 we ran out. we haven't ran out of prime (completely out...end cuts as well) since last fall probably. so good stuff there. and the first u of m football game is today so we'll probably be busy after that, which in turn means dinner rush starts earlier, so i hope we keep it going for two or three hours, just banging it out.
i was really pissed off when i left work yesterday and i had tons of shit i wanted to blog about but i just played super mario galaxy and now today i can't really even remember what i was mad about. oh well. it's my birthday, so i'm gonna try to be in a good mood, although when turning 32 and feeling older by the second it's kind of difficult. but chin up, loyal reader (readers? do i even have one?) cause i got the ultimate awesome tool for keeping it light at work...
FAKE MOUSTACHES!!!
hopefully later i"ll have a pic of me and danny boy with some porn staches.
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