President Obama hosted a state dinner this week, and we all tried to guess what would be on the "quintessentially American" menu. In the end, surf and turf won out: poached Maine lobster served with glazed carrots and mushrooms, followed by rib eye with crisp onions. Steak and seafood are certainly an indulgent combination when served together, but if you had to choose just one to make a meal out of, what would it be?
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In October, Burger King Japan made headlines when it released a limited-edition Windows 7 Whopper piled high with seven beef patties, so it was only a matter of time until someone came up with a McDonald's stacker to rival that of Burger King's.
Meet the Big McSausage Egg Surf and Turf Mac. The brainchild of Eating the Road, it's composed of a Big Mac, Filet-o-Fish patty, McChicken patty, sausage patty, and McMuffin egg — plus a few buns and toppings thrown in for good measure.
This heavyweight plate isn't just something you can have whenever you want. In order to wrap your claws around this momentous meal, you've got to be in line at McDonald's at the precise morning hour of 10:30, so as to get your hands on both the breakfast and the lunch items the sandwich calls for. Brilliant.
There's something so satisfying about the combination of briny, salty seafood and hearty, juicy meat. While this marriage — surf and turf — is nothing new, it gets cleverly updated in this simple recipe. The shrimp is tossed in a mixture of garlic, chile powder, and caraway seeds. Although caraway seeds aren't the first ingredient that comes to mind when making a quick marinade for shrimp, they enhance the flavor of the shrimp to better complement the chorizo. When grocery shopping for this dish, look for large shrimp, otherwise they won't fit around the chorizo slices. If you can't find chorizo, substitute linguiça or another spicy, robust sausage. To throw these babies on the barbie, get the recipe and read more
