There is a great butcher shop at Pike Place Market called Don and Joe's Meats. The guys that work there are super friendly and give helpful suggestions about which cuts to purchase for a recipe. Yesterday, Katie and I met Ben downtown for his lunch break. We walked up to the market for some chowder and stopped at the butcher shop on our way back to the car. We purchased one of their "All-Season Special" bags of meat. For $42, we got:
- 1 lb. Bacon
- 1 lb. Bulk pork sausage
- 3 lb. Ground beef
- 2 lb. Whole chicken legs
- 2 lb. Prime top sirloin steak
- 1 1/2 lb. Pork chops
- 3 1/2 lb. Cut-up Fryers
It is already packaged, labeled, and frozen. All I had to do was take it home and put it in the freezer. Done:) I did keep out the prime top sirloin steak for dinner tonight. I let it defrost in the fridge overnight, and then Ben took it out this afternoon to get to room temperature. He seasoned the steaks with salt, pepper, and olive oil. They were grilled on Direct High heat for about 8 minutes. Ben said there were some flare ups on the meat and that he thought his piece was overcooked. I really liked the charred bits and thought my piece was great!
I sooo envy your ability to pop in at the Pike Place Market!
ReplyDeleteAn average of $3 per pound for your meat-pretty good buy for what I am assuming is good quality.
Yep, the meat is a pretty good quality. Not the best, but definitely worth $3/pound.
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