Howdy folks, Francis here. It’s manifesto statement time again for us here at Snakes and Otters.

Yes, we do this often, as most listeners know, constantly declaring why we are great, or at least worth listening to, and to be honest, we never get tired of that. Just like the infinite universe of ideas that we get to play in, us Snakes and Otters guys are always up for learning more and are never afraid to change as the universe so teaches us. We’re formidable like that actually.

Somehow with this in mind, I ended up remembering a really cool commercial, from 1986 actually, about one of my favorite subjects, steak. Yes, there is nothing better in my opinion than a hot, juicy and perfectly cooked medium-rare steak right off the grill or iron skillet. Give me that baby on the plate with nothing else but one of my preferred sauces (more on that below) and I’m completely satisfied.

Kind of as a side-note, Robert eats his steak at the fullest version of well-done, folks. No, Martin and I don’t understand it, although we still fight for his right to do so . . . even though it nearly makes us cry (in a manly way, of course) whenever we see him cut into one of those burned lumps of what could have been such near-perfect deliciousness.

You see, we believe steak should be eaten ever how you yourself prefer it, and all that snobbery about ‘It Should Only Be Eaten This Way’ is some of the vilest skullduggery to ever taint the culinary arts. I love A1 Steak sauce on my steaks, or some awesome Lea & Perrins Original Worcestershire sauce. I am very unmoving and brand loyal on such matters, and am not about to apologize for it, nor endure any of the vicious slings and arrows that I sometimes hear concerning my illicit love affair with them both. Both are awesome in their own right, and to prove my point, I give you the actual commercial with which I started this whole diatribe:

Yep, that’s another thing that we’re about here at Snakes and Otters. “Not covering, but discovering”. We’re not afraid to grow, adapt and improve ourselves, and we take lots of influence from wise people everywhere on that. Most especially we do so from our listeners, who, just like in The Prisoner, always come in at ‘Number 2’.

(We hear you asking ‘Who is Number 1?’ just as the uber-cool Patrick McGoohan once did. Of course, that would be our respective wives. Mrs. Francis actually has often criticized me for my love of sauces with most everything. It’s a very old argument, to which I always reply, “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.”)

Check out any of our awesome episodes, but I highly recommend one of our more recent Hoopajubes, where we discussed awful food ideas. I really wanted me a great steak after that one, I’m tellin’ ya . . .