[adam42381]

Mallet, what grades of steak would you recommend above sirloins?

Here comes the grades vs. cuts explanation...

[RubberMallet]

a cut of meat that is generaly just as much as sirloins and sometimes less expensive are flatirons. I think they are a lot better than sirloin. friday's does a terrible job of showin it but it really is a good cut of meat.

as far as grades, each carcuss is split in 2 and each side of beef is graded. they cut between the 13th and 14th rib and that entire side gets graded off of that. select, choice, prime are the three highest. most meat falls into select or choice. most prime meat is set aside and goes directly to specialty shops and restaurants.

most of your restaurants serve a choice steak. outbacks and texas roadhouse type restaurants…

most of your grocery stores sell select as the standard and their choice cuts are usually given some trumped up name like "butchers choice" or some other stupid term……

[Schfourteenteen]

I can afford the sirloin. I can't afford the other stuff.

that is correct

Or at least I tell myself I can afford the sirloin

[dompennix]

I lived in Lynchburg all my life, all of 16 years, but is there a Steak and Shake here?

[Ed Dantes]

I know this thread is pretty much dead, but it's a sticky, so there...

Outback Steakhouse & Applebees are the two best franchise sit-down restaurants.

Olive Garden is third.

[Fumblerooskies]

Ate at a Chilis for the first time in about 8 1/2 years...the food is still amazing and CRUSHES Applebees.

[LUconn]

this sticky is like our badge of shame.

[RagingTireFire]

Olive Garden is a giant olive-oil stain on the good shirt of humanity. If a crazed gunman were to shoot up an Olive Garden, I would wonder not what set him off but only rather what took him so long.

[Fumblerooskies]

Olive Garden is a giant olive-oil stain on the good shirt of humanity. If a crazed gunman were to shoot up an Olive Garden, I would wonder not what set him off but only rather what took him so long.

Their bread sticks are delicious, though...

[RagingTireFire]

From the Olive Garden website:

"We at Olive Garden are proud to bring to our customers a poor facsimile of the treat that many traditional Italian families refer to as 'pane'. We just call it bread. Whereas this customary staple of Tuscan life carries a full-bodied rich flavor that evokes memories and emotions of warmth and family, our version tastes of failure and shame with just a kiss of complete apathy. We hope you enjoy eating it as much as we enjoyed trying to convince you to like it."

Their words, not mine.

[adam42381]

I like Olive Garden's stuffed chicken marsala. Also, they have a good raspberry cheesecake. Everything else I've had is just average.

[LUconn]

Everything I like there, they don't keep around. I like their 3 meat ravioli. And then they recently had some kind of fettuccine or something that had big hunks of sausage in it. Both gone. They also Zuppa Tuscana, which is a delicious soup. Although sometimes they screw it up.

[flames1971]

From the Olive Garden website:

"We at Olive Garden are proud to bring to our customers a poor facsimile of the treat that many traditional Italian families refer to as 'pane'. We just call it bread. Whereas this customary staple of Tuscan life carries a full-bodied rich flavor that evokes memories and emotions of warmth and family, our version tastes of failure and shame with just a kiss of complete apathy. We hope you enjoy eating it as much as we enjoyed trying to convince you to like it."

Their words, not mine.

And I THOUGHT I liked Olive Garden......

[libertyFANatic123]

i know its not a national chain but joe beans for deserts etc

[flames1971]

i know its not a national chain but joe beans for deserts etc

+1

[LUconn]

stop it. The tournament ended like 2 months ago.

[jcmanson]

Does this still need to be a sticky?

[Sly Fox]

Nope