A chicken fried steak travesty-new place is on The List

[greybeard]

Most folks might find that interesting; that you had a good CFS in a no name place.
I have found it to be an expectation to eat a good one in a hole in the wall place

Some of the best food I have ever eaten has been in hole in the walls or dives or bars or sale barn cafes. I know a few dives make some great CFS or on Fridays all you can eat catfish and one place makes a great grilled prime rib.

You find a place that can do all 3, I'm gonna move next door to it.

I ordered that cfs, and my wife said "we're in a Mexican place and you ordered a chicken fried steak.?!"

"I had to-it was on the menu-it tasked me. I gotta know."
She just shook her head and ordered the #1 plate.

 

[wacocowboy]

I don't blame you GB I use to know a Mexican place made good bbq I got a few looks ordering bbq at a Mexican place

 

[chippie]

ick greybeard.
The best CFS that I have ever had was at the Ranchman's Cafe in Ponder TX. However when I ate there it was about 40 years ago.
It is still open. They had the best pies too.

 

[skeeter swatter]

Chicken frying is just a bad way to make a bad piece of meat seem a little less bad!
It's used in place of hygiene or refrigeration, if it goes to long it turns into beef and rice!

 

[greybeard]

Not surprised to see that you are from Mn.
Using that mindset, KFC, Popeye's, every seafood restraunt, Dairy Queen, and several thousand Catfish restraunts wouldn't account for billions of $$ worth of our economy and would have filed bankruptcy decades ago.

I'm betting you never had a real CFS and wouldn't turn down a Sunday fried chicken dinner either.

 

[CottageFarm]

GB, sorry I hijacked your thread and turned it into a cooking lesson :dunce:

No problem about the alleged hijacking, but after reading how your's turned out, you're now on...............The List.
Sorry--dems the rules.

(Alton Brown is a funny guy, but he is after all, from Los Angeles. What the hades would he know about a real chicken fried steak?)
Cook them to no more than a medium and keep in mind that any fried food is going to continue to cook a little bit right after you remove it from the oil or lard.

I had a CFS just yesterday at a Mexican food joint in Refugio Texas. It was perfection. I never picked up the knife--cut it with a fork-----------at a Mexican food joint--and not a very fancy looking place either.

GB, it's okay. I well earned a place on 'the list' with that one. I'll try again someday. Some real good tips here!
I do make one heck of a fine lasagna...does that get me any redemption? :lol2: :lol2:

I thought Alton Brown was from Georgia?? just got moved to LA as a kid, but still had all those fine Southern recipes from Grandma??
No wonder it turned out like crap. Of course it's also possible his Gram wasn't a very good cook. I've know a couple gram's who couldn't boil water right and ruined everything they touched.

 

[dun]

I've know a couple gram's who couldn't boil water right and ruined everything they touched.

Oh, you've met my daughters grandmother?

 

[greybeard]

To be 100% honest, lasagna is the only Italian dish I just don't like. Not so much the taste (tho that's part of it), but the texture.

 

[wacocowboy]

CF I love some good lasagna. CF look online a lot of southern churches get all the ladies to put their favorite foods in a cook book you can probably find a real good CFS recipe in there.

 

[skeeter swatter]

Not surprised to see that you are from Mn.
Using that mindset, KFC, Popeye's, every seafood restraunt, Dairy Queen, and several thousand Catfish restraunts wouldn't account for billions of $$ worth of our economy and would have filed bankruptcy decades ago.

I'm betting you never had a real CFS and wouldn't turn down a Sunday fried chicken dinner either.

No I haven't, and I never turn down food.

:hide:

 

[wacocowboy]

Had a good CFS today then came home and had left overs it was dang good

 

[CottageFarm]

CF I love some good lasagna. CF look online a lot of southern churches get all the ladies to put their favorite foods in a cook book you can probably find a real good CFS recipe in there.

Waco, If I ever find myself down that way, I'll cook a big ol' pan of it for you!!

GB, you're a tough one! My lasagne will usually sway even the fussiest eaters.
How about roasted Pork Tenderloin in Cranberry Buerre Blanc. Maybe a bit of asparagus, and Herbed New Potatoes?

 

[Ouachita]

.....How about roasted Pork Tenderloin in Cranberry Buerre Blanc. Maybe a bit of asparagus, and Herbed New Potatoes?

Just let me know when you're cooking within a day drive. That is a fine meal. :cboy: