On Sep 23, 4:40*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> Entertaining daughter # 4 + Granddaughter in from Illinois.
>
> Katie (8 today) *requested Papa (me) to grill some tri-tip for dinner.
> Obviously a girl of GREAT taste.
>
> Turns out the tri-tip is almost non-existent in southern Illinois & they
> ended up having to go to a local butcher shop & order s full case. *Costco
> there seems to have discontinued the product.
>
> So there's a 3 pounder marinating in garlic, onion powders, pepper, & MSG
> red wine vinegar (smidge) some Zinfandel.
>
> It will be grilled very slowly *till pink then charred.
>
> going to sprouts to find a bunch of veggies to grill & maybe some grilled
> peaches brushed with Balsamic.
>
> I understand tri-tip is not known all over the immediate world.
>
> Here's the history from the Santa Maria Elks
>
> *http://www.santamariaelks.com/history/tritip.html
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Dimitri

Tri-tip is also hard to find in my area around Washington, D.C. From
time to time I have found it at Trader Joe's, Costco, and the military
commissary. Not in the fresh meat section, but in pre-packaged cuts. A
butcher at Safeway told me that they don't usually perform the 185C
cut from the beef on the East Coast.

I too love it. On every trip to California I make it a point to have
some Tri-tip. I really like it when it is prepared at an outdoor
festival. I could eat Tri-tip sandwiches all day. I've never been able
to prepare it myself as well as that.

GARY HAYMAN
http://bit.ly/GarysInfo