New York City is known to be a steak haven. That’s a fact.

But I, personally, did not know it permeated even the ranks of the mayor’s office.

In a recent article this was said about Mayor Michael Bloomberg (note that the original question was about his favorite vegetable!):

In a stunning reversal of a third-term campaign promise, Mayor Bloomberg today answered a reporter’s question about his favorite vegetable with a one-word answer: “Steak.”

“I like most vegetables. I’m not big on a handful of them,” he told reporters, as transcribed by the DN’s faithful Frank Lombardi. “But I love steak.”

This absolutely rocks! When asked about vegetables he changed the subject to steak! Classic! I feel the same way. Nice to know I’m in good company!

I now love New York even more than I did before. I didn’t think that was possible.

Quote courtesy of NYDailyNews.com.

Photo courtesy of Broadcatching.wordpress.com.

This is a QUICK recipe from The I Hate to Cook Book.

The title is hilarious.

It’s simple and anyone could do this for an easy, flavorful meal in a hurry.

Nice. Me likey.

Sweep Steak

Recipe adapted from The I Hate to Cook Book

Makes 4 to 6 servings

• 2- to 3-pound steak or pot roast

• Two 1-ounce packets of French onion soup mix

Preheat the oven to 300°. Place the meat in the center of a

large sheet of aluminum foil and sprinkle it with the onion soup

mixture. Fold the foil around the meat so that it is

completely enclosed, and place it in a baking pan. Cook the

meat for 3 hours, until it’s tender, then slice and serve.

With kids and sports and homework and laundry and work and various and sundry other activities, it’s hard to sit down to a yummy meal during the week.

Or maybe I’m just projecting my life onto yours.

Either way, this sounds like the best of all worlds – try it!

Photo courtesy of ScooterM.blogspot.com.

Recipe from The I Hate to Cook Book via TastingTable.com.

So . . . she appeared at the VMAs this weekend in yet ANOTHER meat dress.

This one was longer and more demure:

Check out the shoes, too!

Apparently, her message was that she never wants to feel like “a piece of meat.”

Hilarious! Me neither, Gaga!

I think I’ll make my own replica of this and wear it to go pick up the kids from school. Is that wrong?

(If you could see some of the get-ups moms wear at the school, the meat dress would not shock you so much.)

As a meat lover, what do you think of this “statement?”

Photo courtesy of Kevin Winter/Getty Images via Examiner.com.