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Never Scored said:
How much is 27 quid in freedom money?
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About $35-40 bucks? Usually fillet is about £25 low end to £40 top end here per Kg, but I've never bought meat apart from jerky and Pepperami from a petrol station so what do I know.

Not even mentioning the fact that dish is better served using rump, topside or even sirloin, cooking a fillet in sauce defeats the object of it being the most tender, least fatty cut with minimal cooking time. Fillet should be a few minutes each side, served as a steak, and left to rest, not used in what is essentially a stew. No problem with a sauce or jus as an accompaniment, but this is one of the shittiest recipes I've seen in a while...

Fillet and sirloin get tougher the more you overcook them, then end up falling apart, whereas rump and especially topside get softer. Fuck just get cheap end trimmed steak cuts and after browning them, just leave them in a slow cooker or simmering on low heat for a good while with a bit of acidity (wine, etc) to break the meat down. If the meat is tender, and tasty, it's perfect. That's the only reason this recipe exists, it's to use up cheaper cuts, offcuts, leftovers etc, and make it great.

Thumb Butler said:
Goon with spoon.
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This used to be amazing back in 2000-5, just looking at some of the monstrosities, and they always used overpriced or "finest" ingredients and then it was just a picture that looked like my cat had a hairball on a plate.

Mr Yuck said:
Who the fuck says "cross"? I've not seen that word used since like, reading books in junior high school. Is this a thing outside of America?
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"I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out, and yell: I'M AS CROSS AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"
 
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TaimuRadiu said:
Is Britain really this shitty of a country or is it that ze paid the tax for buying something at a gas station?
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Would you ever buy filet mignon at a gas station? Most Brits wouldn't either, in fact I didn't even know it was a thing. He clearly went point of least resistance, so 2 minutes away, and I'm glad he got ripped off, for his meal for one. There are supermarkets, national butchers, local butchers and not once have I ever heard of buying from a gas station for anything apart from jerky, petrol, possibly a crap sandwich, a warmed up all day pie or a microwaved burger if it's late at night, and tobacco.

edit: My guess is he went to a Tesco Express or something connected to the petrol station like a Sainsbury's Local or something that actually stocks raw meat. BUT there is no way they have a butcher on site, he just bought the little plastic pack stuff and it was probably 250g, so the idiot bought 2 packs, then is humble bragging about how much he paid for his fine dining experience... I bet all the staff stood up and clapped too once he'd paid. (National Anthem optional).
 
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I've made stroganoff with minced beef balls before lmao, about £3.50 a packet
well, more meatballs with stroganoff-type sauce to be fair, can't have taken longer than about 20 minutes but buying fillet steak for stroganoff is beyond retarded
I'm sure everyone in the queue was sniggering at him; we take cooking very seriously here in england and that is a major faux pas
 
Battlecruiser3000ad said:
He's a Brit, so that's a possibility.
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He's a goon so that's a definitely. He probably hasn't eaten anything but tendies for 30 years. Shit that's wrong:

1) Not knowing filet is the most expensive cut of meat. Bitch if it has a French name it's expensive.
2) Thinking filet is something you use in fucking stroganoff.
3) Buying filet at a gas station? What the fuck?
4) Just being a goon at all.
 
Sadly under communism, if the happy meat man knocked on your door, it was to let you know that if you bribe him right now, he will keep a piece of meat hidden for you to buy when the next shipment comes.
 
The Coward Joe Root said:
I've made stroganoff with minced beef balls before lmao, about £3.50 a packet
well, more meatballs with stroganoff-type sauce to be fair, can't have taken longer than about 20 minutes but buying fillet steak for stroganoff is beyond exceptional
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Nothing wrong with that either, sure it tasted good... Bet it didn't cost you £27 for one serving though.

I buy the IKEA meatballs and the packet sauce in bulk when I go there, one because I can freeze them, and two, it's really easy, all I do is mash spuds and add some fresh veg or frozen peas and broad beans.


The Coward Joe Root said:
sure everyone in the queue was sniggering at him; we take cooking very seriously here in england and that is a major faux pas
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You just know the people behind him were only waiting to pay for their petrol and a possible Ginster's pastie and wanted him to fuck off, and at best he mumbled to himself. I'll put money that he went to a Tesco Express that is part of a petrol station.

The butcher bit is total bullshit...
 
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Trip Chesterton III said:
How does anyone NOT know that filet mignon is expensive. Is this literally the first time he has ever purchased and cooked food?
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Goons are either overpaid IT types who are shit with money or people on government assistance/gig-economy workers/underemployed types who are shit with money.

The recent purchase thread in PYF is hilarious sometimes. Guys who are counting down the days to their next paycheck spending thousands on collectibles, shitty Patreon albums/artwork/other assorted garbage the minute they get paid.
 
Sir Wesley Tailpipe said:
VideoGames is a useless fucking limpdick of a mod. He stands by while people get dogpiled and then probes the person who got piled on, even if it was totally unjustified. He gives spineless “lol I suck” replies to any criticism and has no self-respect. How anybody thinks someone like that should be a moderator can only be answered by the response ”It’s Something Awful, all the mods and admins are fucking insane morons,”
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Spot on. In ordinary circumstances, VideoGames appears a good mod, but all it takes is a little screeching and you'll find him falling to his knees, mouth agape, like the spineless coward that he is.
 
exioce said:
Spot on. In ordinary circumstances, VideoGames appears a good mod, but all it takes is a little screeching and you'll find him falling to his knees, mouth agape, like the spineless coward that he is.
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So like every other mod then? At least Aatrek had real life exceptional children falling to their knees, mouth agape. Fuck I hate what that place has become, but it was never gonna last anyway. Also Abe-shirt is still one of the funniest things that came from there. 2nd place Shmorky/Mand and Lowtax then trying to hook up before he met the Wolverine SEO retard...

Mangosteen is a close 4th... 3rd is whatever was funnier...
 
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