Reply #5: Next Saturday, [View All]

[OldLeftieLawyer]

if you have an Omaha Steak outlet near you, they're having a 50% sale. There are already items on sale there, and they'll be an additional 50% off.

I went yesterday, and bought - on sale -

32 5 oz. burgers for $14

8 6 oz. top sirloin steaks for $30

and 8 7 oz. flatiron steaks for $28.

Next Saturday, I'll finish feeding the freezer. Their stuff is great, albeit pricey, but after what I've learned about how meat is handled in regular markets, I'm steering (HAHAHAHAHAHA!) clear of them.

I just happened into a conversation with a meat guy at a local market here yesterday, and the things he told me - like most of the supermarket meat in the US is imported from Mexico - were really startling. Especially when he told me he wouldn't eat it.

They used to get sides of beef sent right to the store, he told me, and they'd age them in the store's meat lockers for a couple of weeks. Now, he said, they inject them with chemicals that will approximate the ageing process.

I'm staying with Omaha or Whole Foods organic. But, who could ever forego beef?