James wrote:
> Is it a good idea to freeze fresh steak when they are on sale?

Depends on the sale price... if regularly $9/lb and you can buy it on
sale for $8/lb than it's no bargain. But if you can buy $9/lb steak
for $6/lb then it begins to be a bargain.

> Usually already frozen steaks are cheaper than fresh.

Once it's frozen meat is no longer fresh... there is no such thing as
fresh frozen anything, frozen food is preserved food... and that's why
I answered as I did above. Frozen meat is no more fresh than pickled
meat is fresh. In fact properly pickled meat is a much better bargain
than frozen meat... corned beef rules! Fresh brisket can sell for say
$2/lb, but a proper corned beef brisket can sell for $20/lb, even
more... a NYC kosher deli will sell you 6 ounces of corned beef
brisket between two slices of rye for $15.

I rarely freeze tender steak, very rarely, but this week my regular
stupidmarket had a great sale on some gorgeous steaks, so I bought a
dozen and froze them all but for one 22 ounce porterhouse I grilled
this past Tuesday for dinner for me and my cats.... they had
porterhouse, t-bone, ribeye, and NYstrip all USDA Choice at $5.99/lb

Check out this sale: http://tinyurl.com/334qwz
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Sheldon