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W. Lohman

On 5/9/2015 5:23 AM, wrote:
> On Sat, 9 May 2015 03:46:54 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>>
>> I don't know about that. If one eats steak frequently, it can be nice
>> to change up the flavor a little bit.
>>
>> Plus, there are strip steaks of various quality. I've bought some that
>> looked fine in the store, but cooked up tough and tasteless. There have
>> been times when I bought two that looked virtually identical, and one
>> of them was good and the other was bad. Cooked the same way to the
>> same doneness.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> It does seem to vary, I bought a strip loin several weeks ago, cooked
> it up how I like it, very rare, in the trusty old CI pan and I nearly
> ate the whole thing in one sitting it was so good. Next one, same
> butcher but not nearly as nice. Maybe it's a question of whether one
> gets a steak from a happy-go-lucky type of steer or a nervous wreck.
>

It has everything to do with how the animal was killed and butchered.

Brutal truth, but still truth.