Steak La Cotta

[hikerman]

A few weeks back the lady of the house announced that she was reorganizing our upstairs closet, yes the large one. And when finished was going for a week to the east coast to spend time with the oldest daughter. A fear came over me, is nothing safe?
At some point I heard, "What the hell is this, and where did it come from?" I instantly said it was mine, and I'll take care of it. I got the look, and I promptly put it.... in the garage. I have NO idea where it came from, but now it was safe. I did a little research, and tonight because of the rain, it will cook our steak. The first two shots show the device, a La Cotta, and the third pic the steaks with Fine Swine and Bovine plus a bit of fresh ground pepper. I'll report back after dinner with the results.....

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[muebe]

Interested in seeing your results. I guess your supposed to just give the thing a rinse in warm water then place on you cooktop. Don't add any oil and just place the steaks in it. It is also supposed to have a 1/4 inch gap between the lid and bottom while cooking. I see someone use a fork to create this gap.

[hikerman]

Apparently these La Cottas reside in a great many homes without the owner's knowledge. From what I've read, if you don't have one, your nearest yard-sale will have one. I honestly have never seen one until recently.

Well it's made of volcanic stone, and it smells like a volcano while using it. But it does a pretty nifty job cooking a steak. They (The La Cotta people) claim it makes a tender steak out of a not-so-tender-cut, so we used chuck steaks. As it turned out.... all claims were met. Chuck steak had a nice color, was very juicy, and for what it was, it was extremely tender. If you see one of these things grab it, I think you'll enjoy it. Especially on a rainy day!



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[Smokin Don]

Great looking steak and final plate Hman!!! But why did you have to show me that thing? I don't have one!  Don

[sliding_billy]

Nice meal!

[Keymaster]

Cool, Never seen one of those before.

[smokeasaurus]

Great looking steak and final plate Hman!!! But why did you have to show me that thing? I don't have one!  Don

You might have one Don and not know about it 

[Hub]

I'm heading up to the attic.  I know I have at least one of everything up there 

Hub

[Pam Gould]

These things are great...have used them over an open fire for years. They make great lil pizzas too. I only use water after to clean with a SS scrubber. No soap..it will taste like soap. Handle it just like cast iron. We also make pudgie pies, with pizza dough or even just white bread. You can add anything. Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ

[Smokin Don]

Great looking steak and final plate Hman!!! But why did you have to show me that thing? I don't have one!  Don

You might have one Don and not know about it 

You're right Smoke, Hman and his wife sounds too familiar, my wife loves to throw my things out she thinks I never use!! Don

I don't think they make these anymore, I can not find them on the net except for a few on ebay. I found an original ad where they sold for $8.95 and that had to be a while ago!

[fishingbouchman]

   

[drholly]

The dreaded garage sale is coming up. So, I went through the garage and all the closets - no La Cotta. Once the garage sale is done, I'll have to look for one on eBay!

Nice meal!

[mikecorn.1]

Great looking plate!


Mike
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