"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> "Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
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>> The tri-tip from Costco is cut into strips (about an inch-square in cross
>> section and from 4 inches to maybe 7 inches long) rather than presented
>> as a whole piece. I'd never seen that before, so I bought some to try.
>> Not good, I thought. Because they were of uneven size, they cooked
>> unevenly.
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>> Next time, I'll ask the guys in the meat cutting room to give me a whole
>> one.
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>> Pastorio
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> We enjoy the tri-tip steaks from Costco. We do them about 5 minutes per
> side on the grill for medium rare. Direct heat for the first side and
> indirect for the second side. They taste like steak and that's the most
> important thing to me. I like them a lot more rare than my husband does,
> so his just gets to rest for a good while. The tri-tips are a good size
> for us. I do get the entire large package at Costco and freeze the
> remainder with two to a package with lots of overwrap of plastic wrap.
> I'm not really fussy about steak; I'm a real heathen because I don't care
> for rib eye. Steak is just a change of pace meat for us.
> Janet

I'll be darned - Bob Pastorio's post doesn't show up for me.

I hadn't seen that cut at Costco, but then it's my husband who usually does
the meat selection there while I'm busy getting something else. He
probably thought it was for stew cubes.

I like my steak so that it's still moo-ing a little but, like you, only like
it once in a while for a change of pace. Also, if I buy it and do try
freezing it, I would use the same method as you and additionally put the
packages into large Ziploc bags. I'm still on the fence about a vacuum
sealer, even though those who own one seem to love it.

Dora