The Seven Steak

When we butchered our grass fed steer and had it cut up into various cuts, one of the cuts was the seven steak.  Seven steak comes from the chuck portion of the animal and gets its namesake from the cut across the shoulder blade that forms a perfect number seven.  Can you see it?

Steak and gravy or, more commonly called around here, rice and gravy, reduces the meat to a supporting role to the locally grown rice and gravy.  But don't be fooled, the meat creates the real flavor.  This is a hearty meal that will cause you to loosen your belt one notch and will arouse a drowsy, satisfied feeling send you to the nearest comfortable chair for a nap after eating.

Tricia simply seasons the steak, searing it on both sides in a cast iron dutch oven. Once that's done, she adds enough water to cover, along with onions garlic, celery and bell pepper and allows it to simmer for a couple of hours.  Then she adds cut up carrots, green beans, and potatoes.  In a separate pot, she makes a roux with beef tallow and 1/3 cup flour and stirs that into the pot and cooks it for another hour and a half.  At that point it's time to return thanks to the Good Lord for His provision and serve up a heaping pile of rice and top it with the thick, brown, tasty gravy and pieces of tender meat.  A meal fit for a king - King of the Recliner, that is.

I hate to be redundant, but here's another picture, so I can at least feast my eyes on it again.

The Seven Steak.  Many people attribute the Number 7 as providing good luck.  I don't believe in luck.  I believe in blessing.  In the Bible, the number 7 is the number of completeness and perfection. I learned HERE that:

• The word seven is used 745 times in the Bible,
• According to Jewish tradition, the creation of Adam was on October 7, 3761 BC.
• There are seven days in the week and God's Sabbath is on the seventh day,
• The Bible is divided into 7 major divisions: the Law, the Prophets, the Psalms, the Gospels and Acts, the General Epistles, the Epistles of Paul and the book of Revelation.

The number seven.  Completeness & Perfection.  The Seven steak.  Yep, that about sums it up.