Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Speaking of Husbands

and speaking of food. My husband has fond memories of a childhood meal called cube steak. Have you heard of it? I never had, before he mentioned it. What? What is cube steak? Apparently it is pre-tenderized beef. He told me it is a simple & affordable meal that his mom would make often. That is the way we ate, as I grew up. But, we never ate cube steak. The other day he told me that he very much would like to eat it again some day. So, I finally bought some at the store today. Then I Googled for a recipe. This is the sort of stuff that kept coming up.

CUBE STEAK AND GRAVY
Cube steak
1 c. flour 1 c. Crisco 1 tsp. salt 4 tbsp. flour
(for gravy)1 tsp. pepper 1 can evaporated milk
Roll cube steak in flour; set aside. Melt Crisco and put steak in frying pan. Fry until brown, turning meat over to avoid overcooking. Remove meat; pour flour in pan and brown constantly stirring. Add salt and pepper. In a bowl, mix 1/2 can with milk with 1/2 can water. Pour into flour mixture. Add steak. Stir until desired thickness. Pour up and enjoy a delicious meal.

Really Honey? Are you sure? Are you positive?
I am delaying. I am making pizza tonight instead.

7 comments:

Stef said...

this looks like something Jason will love!! thanks :)

Krista said...

Hahaha! I love it! I made something a while back where I figured it was more complicated than just "can of mushroom soup and onion soup mix, pour over meat, wrap in foil, and bake". Those recipes are classic and somewhat disgusting.

faithsalutes said...

I also ate this as a poor kid...love it.

big hair betty said...

I bet the cube steak would be good as Chicken Fried Steak, and don't forget the gravy!! MMmmm....

Jane said...

Yep, that sounds just like the cube steak we used to eat too!

faithsalutes said...

I also ate this as a poor kid...love it.

big hair betty said...

I bet the cube steak would be good as Chicken Fried Steak, and don't forget the gravy!! MMmmm....