Campus police considered moving the Steer Roast to a more controlled site a few years ago, but residents fought to keep it at their dorm, Senior House (they won).
"There are certain aspects that the administration doesn't like, such as the strippers in the basement and stuff like that," admits Gene Shuman, a Steer Roast organizer and resident of Senior House.
"It's like comparing a Chateaubriand to a whole roast steer," Heathers said, "and saying they're both roast beef".
A major contributor to Democrats, Mr. Estes held lavish parties for them in his 52-foot-long living room, complete with a waterfall at one end, and on the grounds of estate, where barbecue pits would roast three steers simultaneously.
Even a luxurious cut like rib roast, if it is cut from a grass-fed steer, benefits from a rich stuffing like his mix of bread, sausage, spinach, dried porcini mushrooms and garlic.
Mr. Kumbroch steered us, to our delight, toward the peppered opakapaka, a snapper, the pork pot roast with apple-ginger-pineapple sauce, and one of Manfred Krankl's scarce red wines.
For Stone, that meant turning the steer's 4 massive legs, loaded with tough connective tissue, into a whole lot of pot roast.
I noticed they offer Sunday roast beef and Yorkshire pudding for £12.95, which includes cauliflower cheese, glazed carrots and spinach – but I'd steer clear of the spinach if I were you, unless you want to spend the evening swigging Gaviscon.
Mr. Kaminsky advises readers to steer clear of processed ingredients, white flour, sugar and potatoes, but has high praise for anchovies, chickpeas, capers, plain yogurt, olive oil and roasted almonds.
