By the Inch or By the Pound?

[Jeff Higgins]

When at the butcher, ordering a steak. Do you ask for a "two inch" New York, or a "one pound" New York (or ribeye, or...)?

[GH85Carrera]

That depends!

Back in my bachelor days, I stopped at a local family owned grocery store, with a real butcher on site. He bought 1/2 a cow at a time. He was just about my age and he to was single.

One Friday night I had a hot date and I had invited the lady to my house for a steak dinner. I asked the butcher "if you had Christie Brinkley coming to your house for a steak dinner, what steak would you serve?" He reached into his display, and said this porterhouse. It was huge, and plenty for two people.

My date was impressed, and things went well that night, but she was just another fish in the sea, and I kept looking for Mrs. Right, who turned out to be Mrs. Carrera many years later.

On another occasion I asked about a steak, and he asked if Christie Brinkley was coming back. I said no, she was great, but just nuts. This lady is she is not a supermodel, just a nice 6, but I still want a great steak!

He would on occasion call me over to his counter and tell me, "this steak has to be thrown out tomorrow, and it is aged to perfection right now" He would sell it at 1/2 price or less. So I was "forced" to eat a perfect steak that night.

I really miss that place. And no, I never dated Christie Brinkley, but a few pretty cute ladies while fishing in the sea of ladies. Now happily married to Mrs. Carrera for 34 years.

[Por_sha911]

I get my ribeye steaks cut 1.5-1.75" thick and well trimmed around the edges.

[greglepore]

Steak? Who can afford steak?

[Bill Verburg]

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

When at the butcher, ordering a steak. Do you ask for a "two inch" New York, or a "one pound" New York (or ribeye, or...)?

neither, There will be a selection of cuts, i take the one or two that look best

[id10t]

When I process a deer there are no scales involved. Not a lot of steaks either, I mostly do just the backstrap/loin as steaks and then rest is either ground or roasts.

[Jeff Higgins]

At the grocery store I simply pick the best looking cuts as well. My favorite butcher, however, has no steaks just sitting out on display. All are cut to order. He is about 30 miles from here, so I stop by when out for a drive or a ride. I always order by the pound (he just eyeballs it, close enough), but I hear others order by the inch (which he also just eyeballs). Six of one, half a dozen of the other, I guess.

[vash]

my fav butcher is in a fancy grocery store. the people are very nice. they always have the same cut of meat, cut in 2-3 thicknesses. I take it from there.

I usually pick one..."no your other left, closer to me". and take my chances at the meat scale which tells me just how much money I effed up.

oh, if it is crowded, I hang back and choose my steak from a distance. drives me nuts when it is similar to the conveyor belt luggage claim thing where everyone is Dick-length away from the edge crowding out everyone else. butcher sees me, I step up do my business and walk away.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by greglepore

Steak? Who can afford steak?

I can buy ribeye on sale for less than roast beef sliced at the deli - the wife wants roast beef and when momma ain't happy... (no, she doesn't want me to make a roast and slice it - she wants small portions in the fridge)