Indicators of Wealth?

[Bestwifeever]

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Originally Posted by RunningBum The best indicator is if you'll buy Cubs World Series tickets. I hear they are going for over $4K/ticket. Have not checked that to verify. I'm happy to watch on TV, even as a long time fan.

Made me look--the tickets for the Wrigley Field games (3, 4, and 5 if necessary) are much much more expensive than any of the Cleveland games, so those are the ones to buy as an indicator of wealth .

[Milton]

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Originally Posted by clobber They would not be caught DEAD in a ... Ruth's Chris.

I agree with them. Ruth Chris' soaks steaks in butter, which is just disgusting.

[calmloki]

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Originally Posted by RunningBum The best indicator is if you'll buy Cubs World Series tickets. I hear they are going for over $4K/ticket. Have not checked that to verify. I'm happy to watch on TV, even as a long time fan.

Funny - was at a wedding in California a month or so ago and at the reception a gentleman was saying he was a long time fan and had flown his son and himself to see a Cubs series game at Wrigley. $4k is what he quoted, but as he said he told his son - it was a once in a lifetime experience. Took a header crossing the street after the game and scuffed his face up pretty well - good to have mementos.

[audreyh1]

LOL! I don't eat at Ruth's Chris (or any steakhouse in fact) because I cook awesome steaks and sides at home. Steaks are so easy. I don't trust someone else's kitchen to do it as well.

Don't go out for king crab either. Too easy to make at home.

I prefer to go out for stuff that is complicated for me to make at home, or that I don't know how to make well.

[NW-Bound]

We went to Fleming's recently, and I am really getting old because their 14-oz steak was too much for me. When the urge for steak comes back, I will get the prime cut Costco sells, and do it myself. I do not necessarily make it better, but the portion will be smaller.

Went to our favorite French restaurant last weekend. I need to learn to make beef bourguignon like they do. The sauce they put on the lamb rack was also very nice. I need to refine my cooking more.

[ponyboy]

Deer/moose/elk steaks are the best protein imo. Everyone should be required to slaughter a cow at least once in their life if they want to consume steaks from the grocery store. I bet we would have a lot more vegetarians! Go hunt your meat. It wont get much fresher than that. #hunt2eat

[ChiliPepr]

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Originally Posted by ponyboy Deer/moose/elk steaks are the best protein imo. Everyone should be required to slaughter a cow at least once in their life if they want to consume steaks from the grocery store. I bet we would have a lot more vegetarians! Go hunt your meat. It wont get much fresher than that. #hunt2eat

Never slaughtered a cow, does a deer count? Froze my butt in the stand this year.... saw all kinds of signs, but never saw a deer... Guess I will need to wait to turkey season...

[2017ish]

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Originally Posted by audreyh1 LOL! I don't eat at Ruth's Chris (or any steakhouse in fact) because I cook awesome steaks and sides at home. Steaks are so easy. I don't trust someone else's kitchen to do it as well. [and the wine is better price/value at home!] ... I prefer to go out for stuff that is complicated for me to make at home, or that I don't know how to make well.

+1 You reading my mind?

[NW-Bound]

The advantage of the steak houses is the prime cut that ordinary grocery stores do not carry. But Costco has it now.

And about the wine, of course restaurants mark it up to 300% or more.

[ponyboy]

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Originally Posted by ChiliPepr Never slaughtered a cow, does a deer count? Froze my butt in the stand this year.... saw all kinds of signs, but never saw a deer... Guess I will need to wait to turkey season...

Definitely. As long as you're killing something other than small game to obtain meat. People seem to forget that you have to take a life in order to eat meat. Just a simple reality check for the grocery store warriors or for those who buy meat in general. Get it yourself and let me know how it felt killing something...most cant do it.

[audreyh1]

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Originally Posted by 2017ish +1 You reading my mind?

No kidding about the wine. We have some really nice cabs from the Pacific NW in our Eurocave that would probably cost 3 figures at a fancy steakhouse.

[euro]

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Originally Posted by Milton I agree with them. Ruth Chris' soaks steaks in butter, which is just disgusting.

I know I'm setting myself up for some sand in the face, but I LIKE butter - what's wrong with dredging the steak in it before cooking? I have never done it, but don't see anything inherently wrong (or disgusting)?[/QUOTE]

[mpeirce]

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Originally Posted by euro I know I'm setting myself up for some sand in the face, but I LIKE butter - what's wrong with dredging the steak in it before cooking?

Or after!

My DW makes a nice herbed butter. Yum!

[RunningBum]

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Originally Posted by euro I know I'm setting myself up for some sand in the face, but I LIKE butter - what's wrong with dredging the steak in it before cooking? I have never done it, but don't see anything inherently wrong (or disgusting)?

I love Ruth's Chris steaks, coming out hot and sizzling like that, and being able to cut them with a spoon. I think I've been to 5 of them, with just one bad experience, in the Poconos. The meat was fatty and stringy, and the asparagus was mushy. Maybe mid-afternoon was a bad time to go. I had just run my fastest marathon ever and stopped in at the casino to unwind, and won enough in 20 minutes to buy that dinner. The other 4 times were awesome. Houston, DC, Austin, and Toronto.

[Dash man]

I went to a Ruth's Chris once. Both DW and I agreed Outback steaks were better and much less expensive.

[Maenad]

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Originally Posted by ponyboy Get it yourself and let me know how it felt killing something...

Did it for the first time last year - 8-point buck (skunked this year, but the rest of the party filled out our tags, so plenty of venison in the freezer).

It's... serious, is the best way I can put it, I guess. If you're going to take a life, you have the responsibility to do it quickly and humanely. It's satisfying in the same way that gardening is, stocking up the freezer/pantry with food for the household. But it's still killing something, and anyone who can take that lightly has something wrong with them, as far as I'm concerned.

... and that got WAY off-topic. Sorry everyone.

[Car-Guy]

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Originally Posted by Dash man I went to a Ruth's Chris once. Both DW and I agreed Outback steaks were better and much less expensive.

Both are okay and are near the top of my list but IMO, Morton's beats them all. However, while I never actually compared prices, they (Mortons) may be the most expensive, if that matters to you.

[Car-Guy]

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Originally Posted by Maenad Did it for the first time last year - 8-point buck (skunked this year, but the rest of the party filled out our tags, so plenty of venison in the freezer).

I haven't deer hunted in a long time. Never liked venison that much. These days we prefer to just feed the deer and I go through about 50lbs of corn a week. At this time of the year, we typically see 6 to 8 deer every night less than 50 yards from our back door. (I have seen twice that many at times) After several years of feeding them, they still don't trust us and will dash off as soon as I step outside. So hunting deer wouldn't be a problem around here if I was "still into that".

[RunningBum]

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Originally Posted by Car-Guy Both are okay and are near the top of my list but IMO, Morton's beats them all. However, while I never actually compared prices, they (Mortons) may be the most expensive, if that matters to you.

I think I went to a Morton's once. It was on a business trip, working with another company on a joint project, and for various reasons it went horribly. So I suggested to my 2 co-workers that we go out for a nice meal and I think this was the place. They were a bit worried about but as senior guy I said I'd pay the tab and deal with any expense account problems. Just my luck, this was the one expense report I can remember ever getting audited, but it went through without too much trouble.

The steak was very good, but to my tastes I didn't think it was better than Ruth's Chris.

[Winemaker]

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Originally Posted by ponyboy Definitely. As long as you're killing something other than small game to obtain meat. People seem to forget that you have to take a life in order to eat meat. Just a simple reality check for the grocery store warriors or for those who buy meat in general. Get it yourself and let me know how it felt killing something...most cant do it.

If you're not supposed to eat 'em, why are they filled with meat?

We have been purchasing whole local beef and hogs for 30 years, although since it's only two of us, we have been only buying half beef lately.

Nothing beats going to the cellar for a bottle of wine, over 35 different kinds, reds, whites,pinks, dry, sweet, oaked, unoaked, barrel aged, Californian, New York, Chilean, South African, or Italian. All 1300 bottles or so, hand crafted, and made to mine and DW's liking.