PETA Should Go Back to Naked Chicks

A few days ago, a Chinese immigrant to Canada decided to behead a fellow Greyhound bus passenger. Without going into gory details - Vince Weiguang Li attacked Tim McLean while he was sleeping. Li stabbed McLean several times, and then proceeded to show the severed head to the horrified passenegers standing outside the bus. Why the 'horrified passengers' weren't running away, I have no idea.

PETA, in their infinite stupidity, saw this grotesque murder not as an example of how dark human nature can be; rather, it's a PR opportunity. Here's some excerpts from their ad featuring the murder:

- "His struggles and cries are ignored ... the man with the knife shows no emotion ... the victim is slaughtered and his head cut off ... his flesh is eaten"

- "If this ad leaves a bad taste in your mouth, please give a thought to what sensitive animals think and feel when they come to the end of their frightening journey and see, hear and smell the slaughterhouse"

- "Like human victims, animals in slaughterhouses experience terror when they are attacked by a knife-wielding assailant...We are challenging everyone who is rightly horrified by this crime to look into their hearts and consider leaving violence off their dinner plates."

There has to be someone in the PETA organization that has a better idea for advancing the PETA agenda than comparing eating a delicious steak to random, psychotic murder. What's that? There isn't? Well then, someone should really clue them into effective marketing techniques.

Anyway, here's an article by Wesley J. Smith that points out some flaws in the vegan lifestyle and mentality.

And just because I like pointing out the stupidity of these people, here's a webpage that chronicles some of the dumber things uttered by vegetarians. They're all remarkably moronic in their own special way, but this one, by far, is the gold medal winner:

"Hey; maybe hitler was actually killing meat eaters, not Jews. It was just changed to Jews because people got offended and obviously most Jews eat meat. Maybe his ethical cleansing was a way to rid the world of meat eaters. Would make sense with his prediction of vegetarianism by 2000; if he was in charge, who knows... The above comment isn't meant to cause offence if it does by the way."

Oh. My. God.

D&F Supports PETA*

I'm a big fan of steak. Actually, I'm a steak snob to the point where I pretty much refuse to go to a restaurant to eat steak unless it's a Ruths' Chris or Morton's type establishment. As a result, Katie and I actually go out for steak once or twice a year (when you add my steak snobbery with my enjoyment of wine and scotch, it's very easy to get on the better side of $200 for a really enjoyable dinner).

I'm fairly certain that my body would stop working if I only had steak once every six months, so over the past few years, I've strived to perfect cooking steaks at home. I'm pretty good on the gas grill and have since moved onto charcoal grilling (which gives the steak an awesome smokey flavor).

However, I have not been able to replicate the Morton's / Ruth's Chris broiler style - primarily due to the fact that I do not have a broiler capable of reaching 1500 degrees. That is, until my good brother Sean found a procedure for doing just that. Don't worry - reaching 1500 degrees is not required.

So, here's the recipe and technique.

And here's a video that demonstrates as well as provides some good background information.

Also, if you like you're steak cooked more than the rare side of medium, this technique probably isn't for you. The steaks we had the other night were, without question, the best steaks I had served. The method is quick, easy, and it provides an excellent meal.

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