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The Eleven Of Us Cats Against This One City

Brand Steakhouse, now open in the Monte Carlo, has on the menu an eight-point-six pound porterhouse steak.

I cannot even think that sentence without seeing in my head me, Notorious, JP, the Doctor, the Mongoose, Big, and Dragon, all dressed to the nines, swaggering through the MC’s casino in slow motion à la the astronauts walking down the tunnel in The Right Stuff.

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11 Responses to “The Eleven Of Us Cats Against This One City”

  1. Emily Says:
    August 2nd, 2008 at 10:34 am e

    You know, I suspect if one person finishes this thing alone, is is NOT FREE.

  2. j.pal Says:
    August 2nd, 2008 at 11:48 am e

    I have this image of my husband in his tuxedo and a lobster bib. It’s so, oh so very vivid.

    Now I am going to push for next year’s HRN to be black-tie.

  3. Rob Says:
    August 2nd, 2008 at 1:11 pm e

    We should get mission patches.

  4. Big Says:
    August 3rd, 2008 at 1:09 pm e

    “There was a demon that lived in Vegas. They said whoever challenged it would die. Their stomachs would knot up, their intestines would buffet wildly, and they would defecate. The demon lived at 8.6 on the scale, one hundred and thirty-seven point six ounces, where the stomach could no longer move out of the way. He lived in a steak which they said no man could ever finish. They called it the Brand porterhouse.

  5. j.pal Says:
    August 4th, 2008 at 7:15 am e

    “That steak there is one hundred and thirty-seven point six ounces, kids. That’s thirty-nine hundred grams to you and me.”

  6. bondgirl Says:
    August 4th, 2008 at 8:47 am e

    Several things:

    1. If you’re talking about the “Steak for Six” your math is off. It is seven and a half pounds, which is still a lot of meat. On the plus side, yes, it is free if one person finishes it himself, but I wonder if you also must consume the accompanying potato gratin.

    2. HRN is always black tie. Some people just have differing ideas of what “black tie” constitutes.

    3. Notorious just asked me the other day what weekend the Derby fell on next year. To my credit, I did not call him an idiot.

  7. j.pal Says:
    August 4th, 2008 at 9:43 am e

    I finally looked up the website. How is it that we’ve gotten seven comments into this post, and nobody has yet mentioned:

    Rick’s Hash Browns — Stuffed with bacon and caramelized onion, then topped w/ sour cream and chives, this side dish is pure potato heaven.

    OR that there’s Kobe Carpaccio. JP and I might have to do a scouting mission in January.

  8. Gail Says:
    August 7th, 2008 at 4:32 pm e

    What I’m struggling with is the fact that this steak is significantly larger than my new baby.

  9. bondgirl Says:
    August 8th, 2008 at 9:45 am e

    Ooh! I just came across a great Simpsons quote:

    Homer: Is this the biggest steak you got? 72 oz.? I thought this was supposed to be a steakhouse, not a little girly, underpantsy, pink doily, tea party place!
    Waiter: Well, we do have one steak available upon special request. We call it Sir Loin-A-Lot. It’s the size of a boogieboard.
    Homer: Ooh, I’ll have that one! And to drink … meatballs.

  10. Rob Says:
    August 12th, 2008 at 8:32 am e

    Thank God, I can bring my vacation colon.

  11. David Says:
    August 15th, 2008 at 1:41 am e

    I’m in.

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