Basic Roast Beef:

Before making roast beef make sure the lady friend you invited over for dinner eats meat. If she doesn't, reconsider what you're doing with her in the first palce. For the best flavor and least shrinkage (you all know how we hate shrinkage) a beef roast should weigh at least 4lbs.

Heat your oven to 325 degrees. Season meat with pepper and salt. Place fat-side up on rack in open pan (remember when the roast is done cooking the fat will be crispy and delicious). If you have a meat thermometer, insert through fat to thickest part of meat. Do not baste, cover or add water.

Save leftovers for awsome sndwiches with lettuce, tomato, and mayo. You can eat all week off a roast.