I went back to basic tonight for Valentines day. A small backstrap from a button buck my wife killed, ran the jacardi tenderizer across it a couple times, dropped it into a bowl and poured cola over it, and added some sort of cowboy seasoning in and stirred it around. Let it soak while waiting for my wife to come back from the store. She brought some croissants and some squash. Heated up the small cast iron skillet, added some butter and garlic olive oil, seasoned the backstrap with salt/pepper/garlic powder. Seared the 2 pieces to a nice crust and removed them. Sometimes they just are perfect, very rare in the middle and a little crust on the outside and tender as can be. Even my mom a notoriously picky eater for an old lady, cleared her plate with ease. Never had a chance to take a photo, it looked like someone threw a handfull of grasshoppers into a chicken pen the way it disappeared.