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It sounds delicious. I just don't prefer a steak with bone in, and since I like to buy one big steak to split, the bone sometimes makes it hard to fit the pan. I do like bone marrow. It's good for you. Whenever I have a cut of meat, other than chicken, that has bone, I figure out a way to crack the bone and scrape or suck the marrow. Lot's of nutrients in that.

I just don't prefer bone in steak. I like to use my 6 inch, just easier. I use the 12" if I am going to fry up chicken parts or fish. I can fit a 2 lb steak in a 6". The bone doesn't allow that to happen.


I do like bone marrow. If I have bone, other than chicken, I figure a way to crack it and get it out.

Yeah, you do need a large cast iron skillet to cook such a large cut of meat. We have bought several cast iron pots and pans in recent years. They do a great job of evenly distributing the heat. Once they get hot, they stay hot. Also, the get better the more times you use them. Nothing sears meat like a cast-iron skillet. I use them for my filet mignon, too.

If you're into it, try this. Melt some real butter and put a bunch of minced garlic in the butter. Sear the filet mignons on the cast iron skillet while continually spooning the garlic butter on top of it. You have to angle the pan a bit, but it's worth it. Finish it by putting it in the oven. Magnifique!

There's this restaurant around in Mentor called BJ's. they have a few locations.

they serve everything, and its all pretty good, so if i could only eat at one it would be there.

Nothing is better to make a pan of cornbread in than a cast iron skillet.

There's a couple on my list, its hard to decide.

-Asian Kitchen, there's a little strip mall Chinese restaurant near where I work that's always been delightful. Used to go there a lot with co-workers for lunch and it was nice to talk with them. I haven't done that in awhile so I miss it.

-Dalt's, there was this breakfast\brunch place that used to be in Worthington area in Columbus called Dalt's. I went there once when I was a kid and it was really fun, kind of fancy for me at that time. Its closed now but I remember.

-Chi-Chi's, This one is a sentimental favorite because my family used to go there when I was a kid so I remember it fondly. A lot of good times...And Because I was a kid I didn't even get the Mexican food! I got a hot dog branded as the "Chi-Chi Dog."

Wow. That's a blast from the past. Do those even exist anymore?

I think Chi-Chi's went belly up after a food poisoning incident at one of their locations - e coli, salmonella, or something like that. The one at Westgate Mall was always our final stop after Christmas shopping. Good food, great margaritas, and a lot of fun.

We used to go to Chi-Chi's when I was kid as well. I only ever ordered one thing, nachos with cheese and a jalapeno came on each chip. I remember their fried ice cream as well.

On a somewhat related note, does anyone remember the short-lived Super Bar at Wendy's? A failed experiment, lol.

Man ..... I don't remember a Super Bar at all.

I loved the super bar at Wendy's because they had a Mexican section.

Must have been a regional test. We didn't have those here. A lot of those large chains test different items to see if it adds incremental sales or just robs from other menu items before they make a national rollout. No sense spending thousands of dollars on some new equipment items if it doesn't boost overall sales and increase customer counts.
franchise owners aren't in a hurry to spend a lot of money if it doesn't boost sales and profit.

It's complicated enough without adding one more headache.

Monell's in Nashville.

I have eaten there a few times. Good fried chicken, chicken fried steak and white gravy.



That's down home food for sure.

National Chain, Bob Evans

Locally, Nicky and Smittys

the best is Jims Open Kitchen in Solon and in Streetboro but I've never seen a dinner there.

I like Bob Evans. Pretty solid. I eat there before games fairly often. We used to have one here. We went on a regular basis.

They shut it down quite a few years ago. Not so much for business, it stayed busy. At least it looked busy. I think Bob Evans as a whole was having come difficult years and just decided to contract, and this is Cracker Barrel country and felt it best to just bow out. You can have distribution problems if you don't have enough units in some area.

There is one in Venice, Fla. where we have a home. I eat breakfast there often when we are down there.

Bob Evans biscuits and gravy is the best.

Cracker Barrel's food is super overrated.

I am not much of a gravy biscuit eater, but it is tasty.

My Mama cooked them all the time, she was born and raised in Alabama. I would rather rather have buttered toast or a buttered, well toasted English muffin.


Put white gravy on chicken fried steak....I am on it like a spider monkey on a cantaloupe.