Dizzy Pig Raising The Steaks Followup....

TNW --

Was that, by any chance, one of the cowboy steaks from The Meat House in Cary? I was looking at those yesterday, but opted for a selection of strips instead.

I'd like to know how it was.

Matt

im usually a fan of the strip, but the dry aged ribeye is better from the meathouse, the cowboy steak probably was not dry aged? badger them to stock pearls, if enough ask for those they will get them in. they also carry tritip if you cant find them in the area but they have to cut them out back, not usually in the case. i try to get in there at lunch time up here as they have enough samples cooked to eat while walking around :laugh: offsets some of the higher prices

I feel the same way about the DP spices.
Many spices on the market will get way to salty by the time you add a fair amount to your food.
This has not been a problem with DP compared to most.
Salt is a cheap filler that takes up to much space in most bottles of spice. You can always add more salt to taste if needed.
Darian

....you couldn't taste it. Maybe, for those of us cutting as much salt from our diets as we can, have a hightened taste for salt. Salt being the first ingredient indicates that is what the product contains most of. I, on the other hand will actually use less next time.

Maybe I put it in the wrong terms. From WebMD: The first important thing to remember is that the ingredients are listed in descending order of predominance. The first two or three ingredients are the ones that matter most. Ingredients at the bottom of the list may appear in only very tiny amounts

DP's Raising the Steak rub has been one of my favorite steak rubs for quite sometime. I don't find it that salty at all. I will be using it tonight on some ribeyes (one of my favorite cuts of meat--I love me some fat ).

Keep up the good work. I love your products and ordering direct from your site is fast and efficient (I can buy it locally, but they don't always have Raising the Steak rub in stock). I hope your company will have a vendor booth at Eggtoberfest. I will certainly buy some more there if you do. My family and friends love it.

Thanks very much! There is a pretty good chance they'll be available at the Fest one way or another.

See you there!
Chris

You drew the short straw this year Poolboy. It matches your stature.

With Ms. Diane's magic touch, yall cudda put salt and pepper on that thang and won it

I think about her often and hope she is well. Thanks for the kind words brother.
Chris

keep in mind that Dizzy's "Raising the Steaks" rub is (quoted from their website) " a robust mix that was inspired by the popular Montreal steak seasoning mix".

Many commercial preparations like this are loaded with salt. If you are offering a rub which is similar to the (probably?) Number One steak seasoning preparation (Montreal Steak Seasoning), you are going to admittedly need to follow their lead, and salt becomes a major part of the flavor profile.

Salt itself isn't necessarily a bad thing to have in your diet. If your doctor has advised you to cut as much as you can from your diet, then go ahead. But don't simply take all the warnings at face value. Talk to your doctor. Mine told me, when asked if i needed to reduce salt in my diet, that i was not prone to hypertension brought on by sodium, that there was no family history of same, and that my kidneys would perform perfectly well in ridding my body of extra salt.

I'm not assuming one way or the other what the specifics are in your case, just in general it's always good to talk to a doctor before significantly modifying your diet/exercise, etc.

As an unrelated example, i remember our pediatrician saying there was a sad new phenomenon occurring as a result of people being so-called "health conscious". Some parents were assuming that a low fat diet was good for their infants/toddlers, and were serving them fat-free products as a rule, unaware that fat is needed for a developing brain...

i'd wager that the greater danger is not the sodium in the rub, but the size of the steak being consumed.

i'll admit that all of this blather of mine is moot if you are talking simply about taste... But for health-conscious people on doctor's orders to limit salt intake, there are other Dizzy Pig options. Dizzy Dust and Raging River are available Salt-free.

jetmac,

I don't think that rule applies on a spice blend. Obviously, the particular spices would not be listed. The spice though, would make up the majority of the volume. No?

Steve