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Originally posted by 125Dad View PostTry the cross cut ribs and the seasoned chicken wings. Both the best you will ever have. The one by work has a restaurant we eat lunch there often.
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Originally posted by steve morton View PostThey send donkeys from here to Mexico to be slaughtered. I'm just saying
Originally posted by waterspiderpd27 View PostI quit shopping at the mercado when I saw the butcher with a spray bottle of red food coloring spraying gray and green steaks on the display.
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Originally posted by sureshot View PostSolocam where is this new market? I use the market that's beside La Hacienda on Hwy 95 in Bastrop and haven't been disappointed.
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Most of these markets start with "no roll beef" which means although it is processed in a usda inspected facility, it for one reason or another is not graded (like Choice, Select or Prime) most of the time because it doesn't meet one the standards. Therefore the cost starts a lot lower. Some of these markets are even still cutting side beef, instead of starting from primals even making the cost cheaper, although they still have the labor of cutting it from the side.
None of that makes it bad, however it also doesn't means its good either. The reason the grading system is there is to ensure a quality standard...if you buy "no roll" it may be great one time and really terrible the next...there is no standard, but because a lot of the type of beef in these markets are marinated, the color is not a factor and the marinate helps with tenderness, which keeps it edible. At the end of the day price is a driving factor so they can use it.
All supermarkets try to reduce shrink by selling product right up until the out date, but a word of caution, the marinate often makes it harder to judge beef, based on color or smell because it masks both. So be careful.
Even when beef is past it's peak shelf life, if cooked properly and thoroughly it doesn't pose a heath risk...however if the meat is bad and if you like steaks less than med. to well done, you may visit the bathroom a little faster than you had planned.Last edited by Dugie; 06-20-2017, 02:46 PM.
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