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How about some sunflower flavored beef? Every year, different plants and grasses appear according to when and how the rains come and whether we have a dry spell during a certain month. Some years, we have abundant clover, other years the conditions favor another plant and it takes over. This year, we had a very dry May and first half of June, and a sage like grass sprouted up over a good portion of the ranch. Since July 1 we have had an unusual amount of rain, and now the hillsides and creekbottoms are painted with large swathes of sunflowers. Ranchers are very dependent on the weather, so talking about rainfall invariably becomes a favorite pastime. Due to the fact any type of agriculture is a fairly tough way to go, ranchers and people in agriculture in general tend to have a fairly pessimistic outlook. Ken, one of our close family friends from Colorado Springs was good friends with Jon, longtime mutual friend in the ranching business. John was famous for always complaining about the lack of rain and the general drought like conditions on any given year. Knowing John’s predilection for pessimism regarding the current range conditions, Ken waited until it had rained heavily every day for two weeks and then called John and asked him how the grass was looking. John knew he had been beaten. He answered, “Well, it looks ok now, but I am very worried about next year”. August Specials Tenderloin Special - This is a once in a lifetime special! For the first 20 orders this week, two whole tenderloins for $120.00 . Summer Grill Special – This continues to be very popular! 35lbs of ground beef at $3.50/lb Tri-tip roast – Try an awesome Tri tip roast! $12/roast Cube Steak special – Cube steak is great for Chicken Fried Steak! $8/order while supplies last!
The procedure is to put a few cloves of garlic in the roasts, roll them in salt and pepper and then wrap them tightly in tinfoil. When the logs have burned down in the pit and you have a nice bed of coals, you put the roasts directly on the coals, cover the pit with dirt until is it completely sealed and allow the roasts to simmer all night long. We pulled the roasts out of the ground at 10:30 in the morning and they were very juicy and the meat was completely falling apart. The only real drawback to this method of cooking is that I am now completely spoiled and I will only eat pit cooked roasts! If you don’t have 10 hours to spend on cooking, or don’t have if your neighbors wouldn’t be happy with the idea of a big bonfire next door, I have a another great cooking tip which is great for roasts. This tip comes to your courtesy of Sheryl Groethe, . Sheryl has recently joined Lasater Grasslands Beef as the General Manager, so you will probably talk to her soon. Sheryl had the great idea of using a roast to make fajitas, and it is certainly a fabulous way to go. You just thaw out a roast in the refrigerator for a day or two. When you are ready to cook, you cut the roast into thin strips resembling strips of skirt steak (the traditional fajita meat). Then you simply add fajita seasoning (you can make your own or use your favorite pre-packaged fajita seasoning), and fry it in a skillet. Total cooking time, 15 minutes. This is a fast and delicious way to use a roast. In addition to Sheryl, we also have another fairly new member of the team, Terry Bertucci. Terry has recently joined us full time, and we are very happy to have both Sheryl and Terry on board. We frequently receive compliments about our beef, but by far the most frequent comment is from customers who have been very impressed after talking to Terry, Sheryl, or other staff at the ranch. In the day and age of phone menus and the general difficulty of getting a human on the phone, many of our customers have been pleasantly surprised to find a happy, helpful person on the phone usually on the first or second ring. It is due to the tireless enthusiasm of everyone at the ranch that we are able to offer you such great service and we certainly plan on doing whatever it takes to make it even better. Call us anytime between 8:00 and 5:00 Mountain Standard Time and you will immediately talk to Sheryl, Terry or myself.
See you next month! Best Wishes, Tom Lasater
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