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Jason in Dallas > wrote:
>I can't seem to find much in the archives, and I don't trust the folks at
>RFC nearly as much as the group here.
>
>I've had Omaha Steaks (www.omahasteaks.com) and they are pretty good - even
>the sirloin is tender and that's a cut I generally avoid. I've had wagyu
>from www.yama-beef.com and it is incredibly good but expensive at $40+ per
>pound of the better cuts. A guy on another forum says Kansas City Steak
>Company (www.kcsteak.com) has better meat than Omaha Steaks at good prices,
>but it's not as good as that from Lobel's in NYC (www.lobels.com) which is
>supposedly the best but really expensive. I'm annoyed at the kcsteak.com
>website since they don't say if the beef is Choice or Prime and my email
>remains unanswered so far. Lobel's prices are more than I'd rather pay
>given that their upper Prime fillets cost as much as Wagyu fillets.
>
>Here in Dallas there are some good butchers with Prime (Kuby's, Central
>Market, The Meat Market) but it's hit or miss not to mention buying online
>is so much more convenient. It's also nice buying online since the steaks
>are already in Cryovac bags saving me the trouble of breaking out the
>Foodsaver machine to prep the steaks for my deep freezer.
>
>Of course the old standby is to buy Choice ribeyes at under $5/lb from Sams
>Wholesale and they're good but sometimes I want something better.

Well, the prices of the meat at Peter Lugar's might be out of your
range. It's dry aged prime beef.

http://www.peterlugar.com/ourmeats.html


Chuck Demas

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