SUNDAY'S RECIPE & WINTER PICTURES

...pictures of winter in Kansas as thru the eye of
our resident staff photographer, Nancy.











We had about 5 or 6" of snow January 9-10, and very cold temps, so the snow has stayed with us even
to today, a week later. this is the mighty burr oak
tree we have in our front yard.



















a shot of the sun rising over our backyard neighbors house and our little acreage of
backyard.









The recipe for today is more of a cooking tip...

GRILLING STEAK 101. I can't stress enough how important it is to have your steaks at room temperature before putting them on the grill! I was at the KSU-Texas Tech game yesterday and called Nancy to see what she had bought for supper. she had found some ribeye steaks special priced and bought 2 nice ones...it was around 1pm when i called. i told her to leave them on the counter ALL AFTERNOON. I finally got around to throwing them on the grill at 6 pm...with absolutely nothing on them, plain jane style! they came out great...about 1" thick and about 7 minutes per side. they were juicy and relatively tender (they were select grade, not choice...so take that into consideration) with not having enough time to marinate them. Don't listen to the home economists...they have to say what they do 'cause the federal gov't. writes their paychecks. Anyone that knows beef will tell you the same...room temperature before grilling!