Title: Leave Me Alone Roast Beast
Categories: Beef Blank
Yield: 8 Servings

4	lb	Roast of beef
		Cooking oil

Preheat oven [MANDATORY] to 500 F. (Yes, five hundred.) Make sure oven reaches the full 500 F before proceeding. Coat outside of meat with oil, be sure and coat ALL exposed parts, in creases, everywhere. Put in cooking pan, I like one which has a grate so that the meat doesn't sit in the juices. Cook roast at 500 F for 5 minutes per pound.

Turn off oven. DO NOT OPEN DOOR. Go away, leave it alone for...oh overnight, or at least several hours. You may use almost any size roast, following the 5min/pound rule. You may also use pork, or probably any other "roast" you wish.

Joan's comments: I thought this was very strange the first time I heard about it, but in the South, it's the only way you can have a roast in the summer (if you don't have air conditioning). It doesn't spoil sitting in the oven overnight. It doesn't burn by the high heat. BTW: my child always calls it "Roast Beast" instead of "Roast Beef", you should see the looks he gets in a restaurant.

Sylvia's comments: Oh my stars! I let it sit about 4 hours after turning the oven off. It was deliciously very rare, just like I like it. I used a 4 lb ribeye roast, and generously sprinkled with salt and pepper after coating it with oil. I served it with Yorkshire pudding and horseradish sauce and fresh steamed cauliflower and we all ate WAY too much.

Nutritional information per serving: xx calories, x.x gm protein, xx mg cholesterol, xx gm carbohydrate, xx mg sodium, x.x gm fiber, x.x gm fat, x.x mg iron, xx mg calcium, xx% of calories from fat.

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From: Joan Mershon Date: 12-10-93 The Lunatic Fringe Bbs (901) F-Cooking

From: Sylvia Steiger Date: 12 Jan 97 National Cooking Echo Ä

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