French Dips with Broiled and Buttered Ciabatta Bread at Mom's

Setting the Stage

I was over at my parents for dinner.  Mom said she'd be making French Dips.  She had to run to a meeting so I was left putting them together.  She'd done a great job and had the roast beef, nice ciabatta rolls, butter and au jus ready to go.  All I had to do was butter rolls, heat the jus and meat.  Dad was my customer.  

The Result

French Dip

Bread  5.  Was quite good: chewy and crunchy and buttery.

Meat 4.  Was nice pretty thick deli-sliced roast beef that I heated in the jus on the stove.

Jus 4.  Was good.  Johnny's liquid variety.  Ended up being quite good and was piping hot!

Overall 4.5.  These were really good. Simple and classic.  No miss no mess.  The buttered, broiled ciabatta made it nice.  Dad and I each had two.  And we were treated to some nice side salads as well and fresh, cold, crunchy watermelon.

Sides

Broccoli Slaw with Bacon 5.  Love his salad.  Water chestnuts, bacon and red onion make it stand out.

Coleslaw 4.  Good coleslaw.  May have been burnt out on mayo-based salads at this point but was nicely made, had cold, crunch, fresh green cabbage and carrot and was light on the mayo.

Watermelon 5.  Really good "do" on the watermelon.  Hadn't enjoyed pieces of watermelon in awhile.

Thanks for having me over, Mom!

Homemade Steak French Dip Sandwich with Mushrooms at Ashbach West Beach on Guemes Island, WA Awarded 3 of 5 DeliciScore™ (It'll Do) - 4th of July, 2017 - Thanks for the treat, Matt

Setting the Stage

It was the Fourth of July and we were home visiting my parents and family.  There was a parade and a ton of people around.  The Ashbachs recently renovated their new West Beach beach house and were christening its presence in their family.  My family has lived on West Beach for decades and the Ashbachs and their friends are a welcome addition to the neighborhood.

After the parade, I was over at their place briefly and was offered a French dip (with steak and mushrooms) from Matt.  I had just eaten a grilled hot dog with onions and a bag of chips from the park so wasn't hungry but I had to oblige, and Matt wanted feedback on his creation.

Helicopter carrying an American flag flying over the parade route.

Jessica and my mom waving to the chopper.

Ashbachs in the parade.

They threw things at me!

Here's the partially eaten French dip.  We can see delicious and chunky mushrooms (were they dry-sauteed?!!!) and I was using a coffee cup for my jus container.  You can also see I was surrounded by Coors Light cans.  

Mostly we see a mushroom and a little beef in this picture.  The beef was chewy so it kind of pulled out.  The bread got a little too soft when dipped into the jus.  The mushrooms were definitely the highlight.  And I don't recall if the bread was toasted and buttered.

Other activity (the view as I dined).

Scoring

Bread 2 of 5
Meat 4 of 5 but chewiness and that it pulled out of the sandwich gives it downgraded points
Jus 3 of 5 don't remember it being great.  lol.  Sorry, Matt!
Non-Meat Toppings 4 of 5 great mushrooms
Overall 3 of 5

Thanks, Matt and others for a tasty lunch treat.  Sorry I had already eaten and wasn't exactly in the mood.