As I was moving overflow stuff into my new freezer a couple days ago (old one went out to lunch) I realized that we were woefully short on some of our household staples. Mentioned this to my wife and she said to go ahead and get whatever we needed. God, I love my wife 
Went to Costco yesterday and loaded up. At the end of the day I walked out with about 100# of meat and cheese....mostly meat. While there I got to chatting with one of the butchers and mentioned that I was looking to age some Strip Roasts. He said they had a bunch in stock that they get each week for their gourmet meat kiosk they set up on Fridays but due to some really nasty weather, people weren't buying much of it. He checked for me and found 2 of the largest ones and brought them out. I was sold!! Wound up with both of them, boneless USDA Prime strip roasts with a total weight of 15.5#. Here is the beautiful part: When they slice them into steaks for the kiosk and trim them, the price is $18 a pound. Due to buying the whole roasts still packaged, no waste from trimming, and no labor cost to slice and trim, I got them for $7 per pound. I was ecstatic!! When I got home, the first thing I did was get the two pork bellies curing for more bacon then got out the strip roasts. Rinsed them off, patted them dry, and put them into UMAi bags to sit and get happy for 2 months. Didn't take a lot of pics because everybody has seen a piece of raw beef but I did take two after they were in the UMAi bags. These things are beautiful!!
Barring any major catastrophes or 40 days of rain, the target date to slice into NY Strip steaks, cook and serve, will be Saturday May 4th. Party starts at 3:00!!
Playing the waiting game again,
Robert
Went to Costco yesterday and loaded up. At the end of the day I walked out with about 100# of meat and cheese....mostly meat. While there I got to chatting with one of the butchers and mentioned that I was looking to age some Strip Roasts. He said they had a bunch in stock that they get each week for their gourmet meat kiosk they set up on Fridays but due to some really nasty weather, people weren't buying much of it. He checked for me and found 2 of the largest ones and brought them out. I was sold!! Wound up with both of them, boneless USDA Prime strip roasts with a total weight of 15.5#. Here is the beautiful part: When they slice them into steaks for the kiosk and trim them, the price is $18 a pound. Due to buying the whole roasts still packaged, no waste from trimming, and no labor cost to slice and trim, I got them for $7 per pound. I was ecstatic!! When I got home, the first thing I did was get the two pork bellies curing for more bacon then got out the strip roasts. Rinsed them off, patted them dry, and put them into UMAi bags to sit and get happy for 2 months. Didn't take a lot of pics because everybody has seen a piece of raw beef but I did take two after they were in the UMAi bags. These things are beautiful!!Barring any major catastrophes or 40 days of rain, the target date to slice into NY Strip steaks, cook and serve, will be Saturday May 4th. Party starts at 3:00!!
Playing the waiting game again,
Robert
