Christmas

We posted on our Christmas blog about some of the food we have been enjoying so far during Christmas:

http://yateschristmas.blogspot.com

Cooking Steak

We tried a new way of cooking steak today and it worked out pretty well (medium well actually). First we did a dry rub of salt, pepper, cayenne, and garlic powder while the oven heated to near 500 (I'm not sure it actually goes that high) with our iron skillet inside. Once the oven was at temperature we took the skillet out and put it on to a burner on high and placed the meat in it. Do not try this without a hot pad or oven mitt! Only do about 20 seconds per side, then stick the whole thing back in the oven for 2-3 minutes then flip again, and do another 2-3 minutes (the timing makes the difference for thickness and doneness). The result was quite tasty and tender.