1 1/2 lb. ground beef
2 cups (8 oz.) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1 egg
1/3 cup ketchup
1/4 cup dry breadcrumbs
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1 tsp. salt
Dash of pepper
2 cups hot mashed potatoes

Heat oven to 350°F. Combine meat, 1 1/2 cups cheese, egg, ketchup, breadcrumbs, onion, green pepper, salt & pepper; mix lightly; pat into 9" pie plate. Bake at 350°F, 30 minutes; drain off excess fat. Spread potatoes evenly over meat. Sprinkle remaining cheese over top. Return to oven until cheese begins to melt.

Serves 6-8.

ingredients

• 8 oz beef - the meat is cut very thin and marinated, so you needn't spend top dollar to get the most tender cut
• 1 bunch cilantro, leaves removed, some saved for garnish, others used for another dish (such as Cilantro Salad!)
• 1 T fresh ginger, peeled and cut into fine matchsticks or grated
• 1 T oil

marinade

• 1 tsp light soy sauce
• 1 tsp tapioca powder or cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp sugar (I recommend brown or raw cane sugar)

method

1. Rinse and pat the beef dry, cut into 1/8" thick slices, then cut the slices into 1/8" wide shreds.
2. Combine with the marinade ingredients and allow to sit for 20 m.
3. In the meantime, wash the cilantro stems and the leaves you've reserved for garnish.
4. Cut the stems into 1" sections.
5. Heat the oil in the wok, then stirfry the ginger shreds just until they become fragrant.
6. Add and stirfry the beef shreds until no longer pink.
7. Add the cilantro stems and stirfry just until tender, approximately 1 m more.
8. Serve garnished with the reserved cilantro leaves.

Car Stillmatic, comme vous pouvez le constater, est un néologisme fort bien formulé pour signaler un véritable retour aux sources du MC. A l'image de "Destroy & Rebuild", une production de Baby Paul sonnant particulièrement QB à l'ancienne, Nas démontre cette renaissance autant artistique que rapologique du rappeur. De plus, il en profite pour se réapproprier la suprématie de son 'borough' que les Mobb Deep lui avaient soufflé. Nas règle ses comptes et reprend du grade en répondant à "Takeover" avec un revers féroce devenu célèbre, le diss "Ether", destiné à 'Gay-Z' et ses potes de 'Cock A Fella'. New-York et le rap game vivaient en cet instant l'une de ses plus grandes batailles verbales. On sent bien que Nas perdu un peu de son sang froid en étant plus virulent que son rival, il réutilise même au début de cet intstru impérial (servi par Ron Brownz) le "Fuck Jay-Z" scandé par 2Pac sur son titre posthume "Fuck Friendz". Cependant c'est une très belle passe d'arme, surtout quand il retourne le slogan "I will not lose" envers Jay-Z. C'est de bonne guerre. De nos jours, des sondages font encore rage pour essayer de déterminer lequel des deux MCs a remporté cette manche, et les résultats sont toujours aussi serrés. 

Cet opus est nettement moins clinquant que ses trois prédecesseurs, ce qui n'empêche pas Nas de montrer ses S.E.C. (signes extérieurs de richesse, NdR) comme sur la pochette, avec une attitude old school à la Rakim ou Big Daddy Kane, qui peut être interprété aussi comme un clin d'oeil au pionnier MC Shan. Stillmatic est - par corollaire - beaucoup plus sérieux et sombre, mais il n'avait plus trop le choix s'il voulait récupérer une forte crédibilité. "Got Urself A ..." (produit par un Megahertz magistral), bel hommage aux soldats disparus, remettait les pendules à l'heure. mais la perle de l'album est le second morceau à avoir été choisit comme single, c'est-à-dire "One Mic". Un beat épuré de Chucky Thompson avec un texte efficace qui grimpe en intensité au fur et à mesure, jusqu'au paroxysme atteint à la fin de chaque couplet avant de retrouver une accalmie pendant le refrain. Pas de doute, c'est du très grand Nas. Et si vous voulez retrouver tout le talent de ce lyriciste d'exception, écoutez les pistes "My Country" et "What Goes Around".

Les bonnes surprises de Stillmatic résident dans ses nombreuses retrouvailles, à commencer avec son pote d'Illmatic, AZ, qui avait rappé sur le classique "Life's A Bitch". Bien que la raison de ce duo est motivée par des raisons financières plutôt qu'au nom de leur bonne vielle amitié, on ne boudera notre plaisir à l'écoute de "The Flyest" produit par L.E.S., proche collaborateur de Nas et qui n'est autre que le producteur de "Life's A Bitch". Autre collaboration de prestique, DJ Premier, qui produit le superbe "2nd Childhood" adapté exclusivement au flow de Nas. Ambiance new-yorkaise jusqu'aux tréfonds, immense moment de jubilation, on en oublierait presque "Nas Is Like" malgré l'estime que l'on doit pour ce chef d'oeuvre. C'est depuis ce moment magique que l'on espère tous voir un jour arriver un album de Nas intégralement réalisé par Primo. Stillmatic ne serait pas le successeur de Illmatic sans la participation de Large Professor. Il crée ici des beats sur-mesure que sont "Rewind" et "I'm Da Man". Manque Pete Rock à l'appel pour recréer complètement l'atmosphère du premier album...

Le défaut mineur de l'album se situe plus au niveaux de certains instrumentaux sans grande valeur ajoutée. Je pense en particulier à "Rule" feat Amerie, où les Trackmasters utilisent grassement un sample connudes Tears for Fears histoire de faire un hit potentiel, un peu comme il l'avait déjà fait avec "New World" en reprenant une portion de "Africa" du groupe Toto. Pour continuer de discuter de la conception de Stillmatic, sachez que Nas y a débuté à la production avec "Smokin", avec une ligne de basse à faire pâlir de jalousie Havoc. Si vous avez la chance d'avoir le morceau "Braveheart Party" (pas un des meilleurs de l'opus mais relativement dansant), produit par Swizz Beatz et avec Mary J Blige et ses protégés les Bravehearts, sachez que vous possédez un disque 'collector'. Effectivement, pour la petite histoire, ce morceau a été retiré de la trackliste quelques mois tard, lors de sa réimpression en Avril 2002 parce que la chanteuse "ne voulait pas être interposée dans le beef entre Nas et Jay-Z", vu qu'elle était plutôt dans le camp de Jigga.

On peut dire aujourd'hui que Stillmatic arrive largement à la cheville de son antécédent Illmatic, chose impossible à imaginer en plein feu de l'action, dans le contexte tendu de sa commercialisation. Sauf pour The Source qui l'avait affublé d'un 'cinq micros'. Le retour en force a été marquant, c'est un nouveau revirement bénéfique dans la carrière de Nas. Son cinquième opus est incontestablement un des meilleurs albums de sa carrière, brut et honnête. A-t-il fait mieux que Illmatic ? Nas a cité lui-même dans l'intro qu'il n'en puisse être capable, mais il aura fallu des années de recul jusqu'à maintenant pour que certains fans puissent se convaincre qu'il s'agisse bel et bien d'un classique, mais moins facilement que The Blueprint de Jay-Z. Il n'est plus question de faire un choix entre l'un ou l'autre, ni d'afficher ses préférences, la polémique n'a plus lieu d'être, le débat est clôt. The rest is history.

(chronique originale écrite le 8 Septembre 2004 pour Rap2K.com réécrite le 18 Juillet 2008)

Tonight my husband decided to get in touch with his more primitive inner man by grilling enormous pieces of meat over open fire. As someone who rarely cooks things like steak or other large chunks of animal product, I was amazed at the prices of beef.

$5.99 discounted for a pound of rib eye? Apparently $11.99 normally?? I'll take pasta and vegetables for a fraction of the price over that any day. Nevertheless I indulged my husband and purchased two slabs of meat that would've made Fred Flintstone proud. And they were good! (And admittedly, I did just eat a $7 heirloom tomato from the local farmer's market, so I guess a $9 steak for my husband is entirely fair)

The prices of meat in the supermarket bring me back to a question that has been floating around in my head for several months, ever since I first ate at Bates' Steakhouse. Is it reasonable for a place like Bates Steakhouse in Eugene to charge $30 for this same pound of rib eye (taking into consideration that they also get wholesale discounts)? Going by retail prices, I would say $10-20 for 6-8 ounces of Filet Mignon with a side is quite reasonable. But $30 for some not particularly great meat? Even more surprising are their prices for some plain old Fettucine Alfredo (A sauce that in my many years of regular Italy trips I have never encountered in that country). $18?? Cost of ingredients: Probably $2. And how about $3 for blue cheese crumbles? And $5 for a bread basket that I would expect to be complimentary? Even in Italy the infamous 'pane e coperto' is usually only E. 1.50 or so.

God knows what they spend the rest of the money on, because it isn't the decor of the restaurant. The atmosphere is less than inviting; resembling someone's old Eugene house, only without that charming homey feeling, and with the cold sneer of a pretentiously priced cowboy-theme menu. Friends seem to share my amazement at their prices.

And here's what really breaks my wooden shoe, as we say in Dutch: I just received a very amateurish newsletter that looked like your latest community letter (only crappier), advertising Bates' great new steak deals. And what do I find on the inside of the newsletter? A list of their customers who are celebrating their birthdays or anniversaries. Saps like me, who filled out the comment card and now get their information sent out around the city. Is it just me, or is this a grossly inappropriate invasion of privacy? Publishing my name and birthday/anniversary without my permission, for advertising purposes ("Look at all these people who are loving customers") ???

As my accountant once told me: "New restaurants are the worst business to get into. They are opened a dime a dozen, but 95% of these clients comes back to close down their business within 3 years." So it will probably be with Bates. But perhaps I just don't appreciated grilled meat enough.

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After eighteen days of relative quiet, at least as far as candle light vigils go, protesters reappeared in Seoul's Jongro area on Thursday to protest Korea's importation of US beef. Police in riot gear clashed with what the Hankyoreh says was a crowd of over ten thousand as Korea commemorated the 60th anniversary of its constitution.

Protesters claim the government is ignoring the voice of the people, although the rate at which US beef is being bought and sold here says otherwise. Linking the protests with the dispute over the Dokdo islets and the suspended sentence for Samsung chair Lee Kun-hee one banner reads, "Samsung not guilty, protesters guilty. Dokdos sold, mad-cow bought!"

A report in the Korean language Dong A Daily noted that one cameraman for the paper was attacked and threatened by protesters, who took away his camera to see what had been filmed. The incident reflects the growing resentment against what some here see as the domination of a biased conservative media. 

It seems PD Diary's apology for distorting the facts over the safety of US beef has had little impact on those opposed to it's importation.

Korean bloggers reacted to the latest round of candle waving with criticism. One writes, "As the country slides downward, with the killing in NK and the loss of Dokdo, why are these people so obsessed with mad-cow?" It continues, "Who are these people? Can't the government do anything?"

Another comment harkens back to the good old days of military rule. "Back then life was good for folks with not much money."

There's a perfect storm of national and international disputes that is tearing at the fabric of a country facing serious economic decline, and the country's bulldozing leader seems asleep at the wheel.

One case, in Kentucky, is close to the Ohio border, but the other victims -- in Indiana and New York -- have not gone near the states of origin. Health officials are continuing to investigate any links.

1 pound beef stew meat
1 can mushroom soup
1 package dry onion soup mix
1/4 cup water

Combine all ingredients in crock pot.

Cook 8 hours on low.

Serve over cooked noodles

So without further ado!

MOLLY'S STEAK CASSEROLE

Ingredients:

Fat
2 carrots, finely chopped
3 onions, finely diced
4 tomatoes, finely chopped (or one tin diced tomatoes)
2 sticks celery, finely chopped
1 - 1.5 lbs (about 500 - 700g) steak, cut into small cubes
3 Tbsp flour
1 pint beef stock or water
1.5 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
salt & pepper
2 apples, cored, quartered, then sliced into thin wedges (peeling optional)
1.5 lb (700g) potatoes, boiled and mashed with butter, salt & pepper

Method:

Melt fat. Add all the chopped veges and mix well. Add meat. Sprinkle with flour and stir through the veges.  Pour in enough of the stock/water to cover. Add worcestershire sauce and seasonings.
Bring to boil for 1.5 hours. Add the apples, if desired, for the last 30 minutes. If cooking over coals, top with potato, cover casserole and return to the coals. If cooking in an oven, top with potato and serve when potato crust is golden.

Additional Chef's Notes:

I would add some alcohol for flavour (red wine, bourbon, a dark beer? Maybe sherry, although I'm not a fan myself.  Pick your poison) to the stock. I wouldn't reduce the volume of stock as the alcohol tends to reduce the liquid anyway.

If the gravy is looking a little thin towards the end, add a little cornflour slurry to thicken it.

I don't think I've had a Sloppy Joe since I was a kid. It's one of those dishes you reserve as a distant childhood memory...until you're really craving it and yank it back to life! The problem with it is that you go to a grocery store and are confronted with cans of "instant Sloppy Joe mix." But because it uses cheap ingredients, and it's not hard to make, why not try home-cooking it yourself? -Guy

NAPKIN!! -Girl

Click "more" for the recipe.

Time: 15 minutes
Price: under $10

• 1/2 pound ground beef
• 1/2 an onion
• 2 large or 4 small hamburger buns
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup bbq sauce
• 1 tbsp garlic powder
• 2 tbsp honey
• 2 slices of cheese

1. Start heating up a pan and chop up the onions into small pieces.
2. Cook both the beef and onions together until onions begin to brown.
3. Add ketchup, bbq sauce, garlic powder, and honey.
4. Mix them in the pan and simmer for 5 minutes.
5. Serve meat sauce in between toasted buns with a slice of cheese in the middle.

I don't think Juicy and Paul can forget those earlier disses so quickly.

Click here for those older videos.

I actually got 2 different half sandwiches: a steak portabella and Cajun shrimp. I added avocado to both for a nominal fee, but I regret my choice of bread. The sandwiches were both delicious, but not getting a baguette from Baguette is bad form. I guess I'm just guilty of liking Ciabatta too much.

the shrimp kind of fell back when I lifted the sandwich up for the picture, but I can assure you that there was plenty, and it went quite well with the avocado

here is a glimpse of the steak portabella, the cheese they use(95% sure its provolone) is mild enough to perfectly bring together their mild spread with the beef and mushrooms. It helped me to realize that in my sandwiches not EVERY ingredient needs to be packed with flavor.

http://www.baguettebakerycafe.com

The first week of July is inspired by junk foods, BBQs and fireworks. The streets are littered with hotdog wrappings, poutine and soda cups, bloody napkins and what have you. Here in Northern America, BBQ usually means grilled burger patties and sausages, whilst back in the Orient, it generally refers to skewered chunks of meat on a fine bamboo stick... accompanied with stir-fried noodles or rice of course.

I personally prefer grilling over firewood, rather than gas or electric cookers. The flavor of smoke gives it that extra special something that is lacking in stove-top cooked meals. It also gives you that primitive edge :) Though grilling is not considered to be the healthiest choice, I think cooking over firewood is still better than modern substitutes such as gas and lava rocks, which can emit hazardous chemicals to your food. And of course, if you are opting for processed meat, you are likely to double, or make that triple your chances of ingesting carcinogens. Way to go!

Here I am jabbering about grilled meats when in fact the recipe for today is, well, fried. Sometimes grilling is not the quickest way to get to the bottom of your hungry stomach, so you have to explore other options. Anyhow, I am still adamant about grilling homemade, fresh burger patties due to the fear factor of seeing it slowly slither through the metal wires and drop into oblivion. I think in this case, I have to eliminate the fresh greens so it will stay put.

Sauteed Onions and Mushrooms

1 cup mushrooms, sliced thinly
1 big onion, sliced thinly
ghee / clarified butter
smidgen of salt (a hint)
optional: red pepper flakes

1. Sauté onions in ghee until semi transparent and soft.
2. Add mushrooms, season and continue stirring until cooked.
3. Set aside.

Beef Burger Patty

1/2 kg ground beef
1 onion, minced or processed in processor
1 tbsp. garlic powder or freshly minced garlic
3 tbsp. Cilantro (aka Coriander leaves), processed in processor
1 tbsp. oyster sauce or Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp. fish sauce
salt and pepper to taste

1. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Shape and flatten the meat into hamburger patties.
3. Fry patties on both sides until cooked.
4. Drain the extra oil by placing it on a tissue-layered plate.
5. Slightly warm burger buns in the toaster. Spread some mayonnaise if preferred.
6. Place burger patty and generously top it with the sauteed Onions and Mushrooms.
7. ...and you know where this is going, blah, blah, blah...

Shut up and indulge.

Bad Beef Peddled By Supermarkets

It's not just us, folks.

In ten randomly chosen supermarkets, nine out of ten packages of ground beef were found to have high levels of bacteria, including traces of E.coli from faeces. Five out of ten had bacteria levels more than 40 times higher than allowed by the health authorities.

...

Politiken also found that many places have continued selling meat purchased from a slaughterhouse in Germany that has been reported seven times in the past 18 months for sending products to Denmark deemed dangerous by health authorities.

Experts Expect More Glacial Waves

The phenomenon, known as jokulhlaup, occurs when lakes formed by glacial melt water burst through the ice.

Sebastian H Mernild of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, studied a similar phenomenon that took place in the Kangerlussuaq area last August. No one was killed, but the event resulted in a large lake being completely drained in 12 hours, spreading large chunks of ice on roads.

Mernild said jokulhlaup occur without warning and typically take place in parts of glaciers were melt water has gathered on top of glaciers, or where glacial lakes have formed. If the floods occur near populated areas, they can shatter bridges, roads and buildings. They can also have a dramatic effect on the terrain and wildlife in unpopulated areas.

Rape threats, beatings, and racist chants: 15 Italians jailed for abuse of G8 protesters

Fifteen Italian police officers and doctors were last night sentenced to jail terms of up to five years after being found guilty of abusing protesters detained during riots at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa.

...

The court heard former detainees including Britons testify that they were insulted, beaten and sprayed with asphyxiating gas. Some were threatened with rape.

Detainees were made to join in chants in praise of Italy's late fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini. Another chant, lauding Chile's Augusto Pinochet, ended: "Death to the Jews."

Mugabe launches cheap food "hampers"

You know that special place in Hell that I keep referring to? It might get a little crowded, so there might need to be another one. Oh wait a minute, a crowded place in Hell...that would be hell now wouldn't it? How do these people (such as Mugabe) sleep? Nearly 1/3 of the population in Zimbabwe is "chronically malnourished".

President Robert Mugabe launched new "cheap food hampers" Wednesday while maintaining a total ban on famine relief by aid agencies in a year in which the country is expected to undergo its worst famine since independence in 1980.

...

Economists say that Zimbabwe's economy is heading for a crash, as inflation soars to new heights. Gono said Wednesday inflation was now at 2,2-million percent, although analysts estimate it at ten times that - and the Zimbabwe dollar is plunging to new lows.

A single US dollar bill was trading Wednesday at 70-billion Zimbabwe dollars, down (from the Zimbabwe perspective), from 45-billion late last week.

Mugabe, 84, blames "illegal Western sanctions" for the country's hardships, although critics point out that he, his family and cronies are the only ones targeted by sanctions banning them from travelling to most Western countries and from holding assets there.

Despite the state offer of cheap food, hundreds of NGOs remain banned by the regime from distributing food to the millions of Zimbabweans thought to require relief aid.

AIDS: Is it in our genes?

This was easier to find in foreign press, so that's where the link is going to.

A gene variant that emerged thousands of years ago to protect Africans from malaria may raise their vulnerability to HIV infection but help them live longer once infected, researchers said on Wednesday.

In Africa, the gene variant may account for 11 percent of HIV infections, the researchers said.

Sexual behavior and other social factors cannot completely explain why more than two-thirds of the world's 33-million people infected with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa, the researchers said. So genes may be playing a pivotal role.

The gene in question controls a protein on the surface of red blood cells.

But even as it elevates a person's susceptibility to HIV infection, having this version of the gene seems to slow the progression of Aids. Those with the variant who have been infected with HIV live roughly two years longer than people who do not have it, the researchers said.

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Today's JoongAng Daily reports the influential MBC program PD Diary issued a "reluctant apology" for inaccuracies in it's show on US beef and mad cow disease, errors that led to widespread protests here in June and July. 

Questions remain however over whether the program's producers intentionally distorted the contents of their report in order to fan political flames. Prosecutors in Seoul have requested the original reports, in order to compare them with what was aired. PD Diary has thus far refused the request, claiming press freedom. 

In it's defense PD Diary has gone after the big three conservative papers in Korea, the Chosun Ilbo, JoongAng Daily, and the Dong A Daily, commonly referred to as ChoJoongDong. It says the papers ran a smear campaign against the program, criticizing the show while failing to represent its side of the story.

Bias in Korean media... I don't believe it! To read more about media integrity:

JoonAng Daily fakes photo

Let's get even with Japan

Nevertheless, Ross did Trick a favor putting him on a track with an all-star cast of him, Wayne, and Jeezy. The last thing Trick should be doing is biting Ross' hand. Not only that, but Trick was recently spotted in a video dissing Plies, but giving shouts to Ross. You know they are both on "Out here Grindin'", so WTF. I thought they were on some good terms. I don't understand what started all this.

Anyways, here's Ross' anticlimactic response:

OK, that mild rise on Girard isn't really even a hill, but the hamburgers really are amazing.  I'm talking about the newly opened Sketch Burger and Shake Joint, at 413 E. Girard in Fishtown [where: 19125].  Dear readers, we have a serious contender for Best Burger in Philly.

The menu is simple: burgers and shakes, and one token salad.  Pick your protein, sauce and toppings, and choose from four shake flavors (vegan or milk).  Options are beef, turkey, 'smashed onion,' vegan burger, chicken, and American Kobe beef, as well as the day's special, a seitan burger highly recommended by the server.  Joe and I, being hedonists, went straight for the American Kobe burger ($9.75).  He got harissa aioli, I chose Thai peanut sauce on the side.  I went for grilled onions and avocado.  The burger arrived, and it was massive.  Really, I cannot believe they crammed that much meat into one burger.  Most kobe burgers tend to be on the small side-- $9.75 may be expensive for a burger, but for kobe it's really an excellent deal.  It arrived medium rare, thank God-- overcooking meat of that quality is a sin.  We got our burgers to go, so the bun was slightly soggy, but it really held up well given the juiciness of the burger.  The grilled onions sat below the patty, and above it were slippery sliced avocado, a slice of juicy ripe tomato and some high-quality salad greens.  This is a difficult burger to eat.  It's crammed full of fresh ingredients that want to come bursting right out of the bun.  The effort, however, is worth it, as is the 20-minute wait while your burger is cooked to order.  The end result is incredibly rich, flavorful, juicy, and did I mention rich?  It was a bit of a shock to my system since I've been eating lightly recently, but very much worth it.

We also shared a vanilla milkshake, which was flavorful and thick but not too thick.  (As Joe put it: "Thick, but I won't have a brain embolism trying to suck it through a straw.")  Everything is made fresh here, so no chalky chemical taste either.  I try to take it easy on the lactose, so I'm really looking forward to trying a vegan shake.

The shop itself is cute; there are blackboards everywhere and rolls of butcher paper on the tables, and customers are encouraged to doodle with chalk (hence the "Sketch" name).  It's also open until 11 pm, which is wonderful for those of us who live in the neighborhood.  And vegans, vegetarians and the lactose-intolerant can all find joy in this menu.

I found only two downsides to our delicious, gut-busting meal.  One was the cheese selection: American (ew, plastic), horseradish cheddar, pepper jack, vegan and bleu.  One straightforward cheese option, an aged cheddar or maybe a sharp provolone, would be welcome.  The other was the standard side order of Cheesy Poofs-- ours were stale.  Sketch would be better off dropping the little orange orbs and developing the ultimate French fry.  They've mastered the ultimate hamburger, so why not?

Like you didn't see this coming? Anyway, he's responding to this pic. He also slides in a shot at straight disses Trick Daddy and calls him a "sucka."

Spagetti

Hi again!  :) 

Teriraki Kabobs

• Marinade:
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
• 1 1/2 pounds boneless beef sirloin steak, cut 1 1/4 inch cubes ( I am sure boneless, skinless chicken breast would also work well.
• Kabobs:
• 1 small pineapple, cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes
• 1 large onion, cut into wedges
• Other veggies that might be good: Mushrooms, tomatoes, red and or green bell pepper

In a bowl, combine soy sauce, oil, brown sugar, garlic, ginger and salt; mix well. Pour half of the marinade into a large resealable plastic bag or shallow glass container; add beef and turn to coat. Seal or cover; refrigerate for 4-8 ours, turning occasionally. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade.

Drain the meat, discarding the marinade. On metal or soaked bamboo skewers, alternate meat, onions and pineapple. Grill, uncovered, over medium heat for 3 minutes on each side.

Baste with reserved marinade. Continue turning and basting for 8-10 minutes or until meat reaches desired doneness.