On 5/24/2012 7:52 PM, Steve B wrote:
> "Zz > wrote in message
> ...
>> When you go to a fancy restaruant buffet like at a casino or a wedding
>> reception or whatever, and there's the guy or gal in a white apron and
>> a funny hat cutting slices of roast beef off a big chunk of beef with
>> a special knife....
>>
>> What is that cut of meat? I remember hearing hte term "Steamboat
>> round". Also, I see a big chunk o' beef at Costco called a "sirloin".
>>
>> Any help? How'd you cook such at home?
>>
>> Thanks a heap.
>> -Zz
>> "Zz Yzx" rhymes with "physics"; or " Isaacs" if you prefer.
>> http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/zzyzx_road.htm
>
> Long ago, and far away, in another galaxy, I was young, and growing up in
> Las Vegas in the sixties. I was at the opening of the Tropicana in '57.
> Buffets were $2.50. There was boiled shrimp, three types of herring, a big
> ham, lots of dinner dishes, lots of salads, and at the end of the line what
> was called a "baron of beef." It really looked like a cow's leg, with the
> bone sticking up. The man in the white uniform and chef's hat would carve
> you what you wanted. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. Life was good in the sixties in Las
> Vegas. $2.50 buffets, $2.95 16 ounce porterhouse with salad and baked
> potato, and $.19 cent breakfast, two eggs, ham, bacon, or sausage, hash
> browns, toast, and coffee.
>
> Never knew what the cut was actually named, nor did I ever see it in the
> market meat section. I imagine one could order one special. But, in those
> days, it was common fare for every buffet that was a buffet.
>
> Ah, the old days. When the mob ran the joints.
>
> sigh ...........
>
> Steve, an old timer from Vegas
>
>
Casino restaurant prices are not the special prices of days gone past,
from what I have heard. I have not been to Vegas in 20 years. Then, I
got a Prime Rib dinner for $4.95, a full breakfast $1.99. With casinos
in many states now, Vegas has had to raise the specials. And lower the
odds, at least on blackjack,6-5 on a blackjack).
Living in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, I have 3 casinos within 45
minute drive. Two of the 3 have decent buffets at a reasonable price. I
have no reason to go to Vegas now, unless I just wanted to get out of
town for a few days. If that's the case, I got other places to visit to.
Vegas is not what it once was..
BBQ
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