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Default Straub's in STL has ground beef $2.99 lb!!

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:28:04 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
> wrote:

>On Jun 22, 8:56*pm, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>> On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:29:51 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe


>> I was talking about the cooler on your bike. *Not sure what you're
>> talking about?

>
>Oh, about 15 mins maybe. I live 4 flat miles from the Straubs.


Gotcha. I envisioned a longer trip.

>> Butcher paper?

>
>Yup! And paper trays with little thin sheets of waxed paper or
>something stuck to the meat directly to prevent air exposure, I think.


Sounds good.

>> I wasn't questioning the quality. *Just how long is was in YOUR
>> cooler. *Maybe your soft side cooler is better than anything I've
>> seen. *

>
>No, it's just a small soft-side cooler I've been using for years. I
>won it at a raffle in about 1995ish, and it's been to the Indy 500
>with me every year for 14 years now (damn! first time I counted!) as
>well as to work with me many times. Fits nicely in my bicycle's saddle
>basket too!


I have one I took fishing a few weeks ago. My beer was warm in an
hour. The next time I put the beer in the freezer for awhile and it
was much better. You gotta have cold beer for fishing.

Lou