I usually like Costco's products. But epic fail on this one. It was a
thick plastic bag that said "Sliced Roast Beef". The only ingredients were
the beef, salt and pepper. How can you go wrong with that? Well, I'll tell
you how!

For starters there was less meat inside than there appeared from the
outside. Yes, it listed the weight but what they did was to put two smaller
bags inside of the larger one with a lot of air space.

Various heating instructions were given, or you could serve cold on a
sandwich although I fail to see how that would work. The slices were fairly
thick but there was sort of a juice in the package. Seemed a bit too thick
to be the natural juice although it had to be. Perhaps reduced a lot? For
sure too thin to be gravy.

Each was shaped like an oval but as I tried to remove the slices, they
curled up. The meat was cooked very rare. One package much more rare than
the other. Even the end pieces were not entirely cooked through.

But the icky thing? There was sort of a tough, clear thing across the top
of each beef. I had no clue what it was but assumed it would sort of like
melt off or something as I heated it. It did not. My first bite was not so
good. Meat was pretty chewy, but I managed to swallow it. But the second
and third bite? I got a mouthful of what seemed like that gristle that you
sometimes get when you are eating a chicken drumstick. It was sort of like
crackly chewy as in...I could hear weird noises as I tried to chew it. I
had to spit out both bites and the second one literally gagged me. I guess
the flavor was okay. But the rest? Left very much to be desired. This
stuff was so bad that I had to toss the rest out. Nobody could bring
themselves to eat it.

Perhaps it was made by the same company that made the precooked steak strips
that I bought. They were very rare and very tough and nobody would eat
those either.

But my question is... What was that icky clear stuff? If didn't look like
fat and the meat didn't seem fatty. It was just plain bad!

I have cooked countless roast beeves before and the only one that didn't go
over well was the Company's Coming Beef and Peaches. We just don't like
peaches with beef. We actually don't like peaches at all so I have no clue
why I thought making that would be a good idea. Anyway... I have never had
beef come out like that at all. Weird.

On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 20:37:03 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> I have cooked countless roast beeves before and the only one that didn't go
> over well was the Company's Coming Beef and Peaches. We just don't like
> peaches with beef. We actually don't like peaches at all so I have no clue
> why I thought making that would be a good idea. Anyway... I have never had
> beef come out like that at all. Weird.

That's a good lesson about why not to buy those things. You knew you
don't like peaches with beef, so what on earth possessed you to buy
it? <shrug> There is no cure for stupidity.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 20:37:03 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> I have cooked countless roast beeves before and the only one that didn't
>> go
>> over well was the Company's Coming Beef and Peaches. We just don't like
>> peaches with beef. We actually don't like peaches at all so I have no
>> clue
>> why I thought making that would be a good idea. Anyway... I have never
>> had
>> beef come out like that at all. Weird.
>
> That's a good lesson about why not to buy those things. You knew you
> don't like peaches with beef, so what on earth possessed you to buy
> it? <shrug> There is no cure for stupidity.

I didn't buy it and you didn't read what I wrote. I made that dish many
years ago. I made it because I knew that my husband loved beef. We were
not married then. I didn't know that he didn't like peaches. I know that I
don't like them but I was a vegetarian then. I wasn't going to eat it.

I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just beef, salt
and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle have been?

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...

> I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just beef,
> salt and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle have
> been?

It could be gristle.

Cheri

On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:48:12 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 20:37:03 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I have cooked countless roast beeves before and the only one that didn't
> >> go
> >> over well was the Company's Coming Beef and Peaches. We just don't like
> >> peaches with beef. We actually don't like peaches at all so I have no
> >> clue
> >> why I thought making that would be a good idea. Anyway... I have never
> >> had
> >> beef come out like that at all. Weird.
> >
> > That's a good lesson about why not to buy those things. You knew you
> > don't like peaches with beef, so what on earth possessed you to buy
> > it? <shrug> There is no cure for stupidity.
>
> I didn't buy it and you didn't read what I wrote. I made that dish many
> years ago. I made it because I knew that my husband loved beef. We were
> not married then. I didn't know that he didn't like peaches. I know that I
> don't like them but I was a vegetarian then. I wasn't going to eat it.
>
> I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just beef, salt
> and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle have been?

Your point was totally obscured by your long winded story. Don't buy
that pre-cut, pre-seasoned pre-cooked crap and you won't be
disappointed.

--
I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just beef,
>> salt and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle have
>> been?
>
> It could be gristle.

Ew. Really? I didn't know that beef had that. Double ew.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:54:50 -0700, Cheri wrote:
>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just beef,
>>> salt and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle have
>>> been?
>>
>> It could be gristle.
>
> OTOH, it may have been gristle.
>
> I suppose it never occurred to her (or her family) that she could cut
> it off, eat it, enjoy it, and move on with her life - rather than
> throwing it away or returning it. But I'm sure there were a zillion
> and one reasons WHY she couldn't have done that. So never mind that
> somebody would state the obvious solution to a simple problem.
>
Believe me, there was no way to enjoy this stuff. Even without the gristle
it was a tough as I imagine shoe leather would be. I grew up eating tough,
dry beef and my MIL made the same but that was nothing compared to this. If
this were the only meat available, everyone would be a vegetarian. I just
didn't know that beef could have gristle. The only time I've ever had it
was on chicken.

On 6/16/2014 2:53 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:17:25 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:54:50 -0700, Cheri wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just beef,
>>>>> salt and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle have
>>>>> been?
>>>>
>>>> It could be gristle.
>>>
>>> OTOH, it may have been gristle.
>>>
>>> I suppose it never occurred to her (or her family) that she could cut
>>> it off, eat it, enjoy it, and move on with her life - rather than
>>> throwing it away or returning it. But I'm sure there were a zillion
>>> and one reasons WHY she couldn't have done that. So never mind that
>>> somebody would state the obvious solution to a simple problem.
>>>
>> Believe me....
>
> I don't. I never did and never will.
>
> -sw
>

This exchange reminds me a lot of "The Peterkin Papers". This was a
collection of children's stories, written in the 19th century. The story
was always about some trivial problem that the Peterkin children got
themselves into. They would try increasingly elaborate solutions, all to
no avail. Finally someone would say "let's go ask the lady from
Philadelphia", and off they'd go. The lady would invariably suggest a
very commonsense solution to the problem, and everyone would be satisfied.

I haven't read these in a very long time, but the one that came to mind
while reading this was about how one of the Peterkins put salt into a
cup of coffee accidentally instead of sugar. To try to fix the coffee
they enlist a chemist, who suggests adding all sorts of stuff to the
coffee, which, of course, just makes it worse. The Peterkins in despair
consult the lady from Philadelphia; her advice is to just make another
cup of coffee. Problem solved.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:17:25 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:54:50 -0700, Cheri wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just
>>>>> beef,
>>>>> salt and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle
>>>>> have
>>>>> been?
>>>>
>>>> It could be gristle.
>>>
>>> OTOH, it may have been gristle.
>>>
>>> I suppose it never occurred to her (or her family) that she could cut
>>> it off, eat it, enjoy it, and move on with her life - rather than
>>> throwing it away or returning it. But I'm sure there were a zillion
>>> and one reasons WHY she couldn't have done that. So never mind that
>>> somebody would state the obvious solution to a simple problem.
>>>
>> Believe me....
>
> I don't. I never did and never will.

I would mail you the rest of it on dry ice so that you could judge for
yourself. But it already went in the green bin.

"Travis McGee" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/16/2014 2:53 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:17:25 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:54:50 -0700, Cheri wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just
>>>>>> beef,
>>>>>> salt and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> been?
>>>>>
>>>>> It could be gristle.
>>>>
>>>> OTOH, it may have been gristle.
>>>>
>>>> I suppose it never occurred to her (or her family) that she could cut
>>>> it off, eat it, enjoy it, and move on with her life - rather than
>>>> throwing it away or returning it. But I'm sure there were a zillion
>>>> and one reasons WHY she couldn't have done that. So never mind that
>>>> somebody would state the obvious solution to a simple problem.
>>>>
>>> Believe me....
>>
>> I don't. I never did and never will.
>>
>> -sw
>>
>
> This exchange reminds me a lot of "The Peterkin Papers". This was a
> collection of children's stories, written in the 19th century. The story
> was always about some trivial problem that the Peterkin children got
> themselves into. They would try increasingly elaborate solutions, all to
> no avail. Finally someone would say "let's go ask the lady from
> Philadelphia", and off they'd go. The lady would invariably suggest a very
> commonsense solution to the problem, and everyone would be satisfied.
>
> I haven't read these in a very long time, but the one that came to mind
> while reading this was about how one of the Peterkins put salt into a cup
> of coffee accidentally instead of sugar. To try to fix the coffee they
> enlist a chemist, who suggests adding all sorts of stuff to the coffee,
> which, of course, just makes it worse. The Peterkins in despair consult
> the lady from Philadelphia; her advice is to just make another cup of
> coffee. Problem solved.

I do remember that story. And that reminds me of someone I know who was
driving his car. The windshield got more and more fogged up. I kept
telling him to put the defogger on. He was using his hand to do things to
the various controls, none of which was the defogger. He then snapped at
me, "I'm doing a variety of things!" To which I replied, "I can see that.
But why not just put on the defogger, since we know that will work!"

On 6/16/2014 4:27 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Travis McGee" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 6/16/2014 2:53 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:17:25 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:54:50 -0700, Cheri wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just
>>>>>>> beef,
>>>>>>> salt and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that
>>>>>>> gristle have
>>>>>>> been?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It could be gristle.
>>>>>
>>>>> OTOH, it may have been gristle.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suppose it never occurred to her (or her family) that she could cut
>>>>> it off, eat it, enjoy it, and move on with her life - rather than
>>>>> throwing it away or returning it. But I'm sure there were a zillion
>>>>> and one reasons WHY she couldn't have done that. So never mind that
>>>>> somebody would state the obvious solution to a simple problem.
>>>>>
>>>> Believe me....
>>>
>>> I don't. I never did and never will.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>
>>
>> This exchange reminds me a lot of "The Peterkin Papers". This was a
>> collection of children's stories, written in the 19th century. The
>> story was always about some trivial problem that the Peterkin children
>> got themselves into. They would try increasingly elaborate solutions,
>> all to no avail. Finally someone would say "let's go ask the lady from
>> Philadelphia", and off they'd go. The lady would invariably suggest a
>> very commonsense solution to the problem, and everyone would be
>> satisfied.
>>
>> I haven't read these in a very long time, but the one that came to
>> mind while reading this was about how one of the Peterkins put salt
>> into a cup of coffee accidentally instead of sugar. To try to fix the
>> coffee they enlist a chemist, who suggests adding all sorts of stuff
>> to the coffee, which, of course, just makes it worse. The Peterkins in
>> despair consult the lady from Philadelphia; her advice is to just make
>> another cup of coffee. Problem solved.
>
> I do remember that story. And that reminds me of someone I know who was
> driving his car. The windshield got more and more fogged up. I kept
> telling him to put the defogger on. He was using his hand to do things
> to the various controls, none of which was the defogger. He then
> snapped at me, "I'm doing a variety of things!" To which I replied, "I
> can see that. But why not just put on the defogger, since we know that
> will work!"

Yep. And people do get distracted, and end up doing a variety of things
that just don't address the problem. I guess it's human nature.

I'm glad I'm able to help in understanding this problem.

Are you sure that clear stuff was edible?? It sounds like some type of plastic that separated the slices.

N.

On 2014-06-16 1:00 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:48:12 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 20:37:03 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have cooked countless roast beeves before and the only one that didn't
>>>> go
>>>> over well was the Company's Coming Beef and Peaches. We just don't like
>>>> peaches with beef. We actually don't like peaches at all so I have no
>>>> clue
>>>> why I thought making that would be a good idea. Anyway... I have never
>>>> had
>>>> beef come out like that at all. Weird.
>>>
>>> That's a good lesson about why not to buy those things. You knew you
>>> don't like peaches with beef, so what on earth possessed you to buy
>>> it? <shrug> There is no cure for stupidity.
>>
>> I didn't buy it and you didn't read what I wrote. I made that dish many
>> years ago. I made it because I knew that my husband loved beef. We were
>> not married then. I didn't know that he didn't like peaches. I know that I
>> don't like them but I was a vegetarian then. I wasn't going to eat it.
>>
>> I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just beef, salt
>> and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle have been?
>
> Your point was totally obscured by your long winded story. Don't buy
> that pre-cut, pre-seasoned pre-cooked crap and you won't be
> disappointed.
>



Oh yes she will. She will still find something wrong. It is the Bove MO.

On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 05:20:29 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

>Are you sure that clear stuff was edible?? It sounds like some type of plastic that separated the slices.
>
>N.
Guffaw!!!!! Probably )))
Janet US

On 6/16/2014 8:20 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
> Are you sure that clear stuff was edible?? It sounds like some type of plastic that separated the slices.
>
> N.
>
That was my thought, too! Sort of like the plastic some places use to
keep pre-sliced cheese separated.

Jill

On Monday, June 16, 2014 2:25:12 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:17:25 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> >
>
> >> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>
> >> ...
>
> >>> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:54:50 -0700, Cheri wrote:
>
> >>>
>
> >>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>
> >>>> ...
>
> >>>>
>
> >>>>> I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just
>
> >>>>> beef,
>
> >>>>> salt and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle
>
> >>>>> have
>
> >>>>> been?
>
> >>>>
>
> >>>> It could be gristle.
>
> >>>
>
> >>> OTOH, it may have been gristle.
>
> >>>
>
> >>> I suppose it never occurred to her (or her family) that she could cut
>
> >>> it off, eat it, enjoy it, and move on with her life - rather than
>
> >>> throwing it away or returning it. But I'm sure there were a zillion
>
> >>> and one reasons WHY she couldn't have done that. So never mind that
>
> >>> somebody would state the obvious solution to a simple problem.
>
> >>>
>
> >> Believe me....
>
> >
>
> > I don't. I never did and never will.
>
>
>
> I would mail you the rest of it on dry ice so that you could judge for
>
> yourself. But it already went in the green bin.

Julie...why do you buy strange stuff? Just stick to the stuff you know you like and live a nice dull life with few problems. A Home Economics course might be beneficial as you never had a role model to educate you as you grew up.

"Roy" > wrote in message news:00bcf7a6-8a61-44ba-a4bc-
> Julie...why do you buy strange stuff? Just stick to the stuff you know you
> like and live a nice dull life with few problems. >A Home Economics course
> might be beneficial as you never had a role model to educate you as you
> grew up.

Roast beef is not "strange stuff" and even the occasional package of roast
beef will have a thin line of gristle or whatever it is running through it.
She also took Home Ec in high school.

Cheri

On 6/15/2014 10:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> I usually like Costco's products. But epic fail on this one. It was a
> thick plastic bag that said "Sliced Roast Beef". The only ingredients
> were the beef, salt and pepper. How can you go wrong with that? Well,
> I'll tell you how!
>
> For starters there was less meat inside than there appeared from the
> outside. Yes, it listed the weight but what they did was to put two
> smaller bags inside of the larger one with a lot of air space.
>
> Various heating instructions were given, or you could serve cold on a
> sandwich although I fail to see how that would work. The slices were
> fairly thick but there was sort of a juice in the package. Seemed a bit
> too thick to be the natural juice although it had to be. Perhaps
> reduced a lot? For sure too thin to be gravy.
>
> Each was shaped like an oval but as I tried to remove the slices, they
> curled up. The meat was cooked very rare. One package much more rare
> than the other. Even the end pieces were not entirely cooked through.
>
> But the icky thing? There was sort of a tough, clear thing across the
> top of each beef. I had no clue what it was but assumed it would sort
> of like melt off or something as I heated it. It did not. My first
> bite was not so good. Meat was pretty chewy, but I managed to swallow
> it. But the second and third bite? I got a mouthful of what seemed
> like that gristle that you sometimes get when you are eating a chicken
> drumstick. It was sort of like crackly chewy as in...I could hear weird
> noises as I tried to chew it. I had to spit out both bites and the
> second one literally gagged me. I guess the flavor was okay. But the
> rest? Left very much to be desired. This stuff was so bad that I had
> to toss the rest out. Nobody could bring themselves to eat it.
>
> Perhaps it was made by the same company that made the precooked steak
> strips that I bought. They were very rare and very tough and nobody
> would eat those either.
>
> But my question is... What was that icky clear stuff? If didn't look
> like fat and the meat didn't seem fatty. It was just plain bad!
>
> I have cooked countless roast beeves before and the only one that didn't
> go over well was the Company's Coming Beef and Peaches. We just don't
> like peaches with beef. We actually don't like peaches at all so I have
> no clue why I thought making that would be a good idea. Anyway... I
> have never had beef come out like that at all. Weird.

What a waste of money. My DH, may he rest in peace, liked roast beef
sandwiches. I would not feed him anything from a deli or Costco. I
bought an eye round of beef at Sam's Club and seasoned and roasted it
myself. He would slice off some of the cold meat for his lunch. I
would make half of the eye round at a time and freeze the other half for
later roasting.

Since I'd always roast it to rare, we could heat it up if we wanted a
roast beef dinner. Most times we'd have a roast beef dinner the day I
roasted the meat.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
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On Sunday, June 15, 2014 11:54:50 PM UTC-5, Cheri wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just beef,
>
> > salt and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle have
>
> > been?
>
>
>
> It could be gristle.
>
LOL. I really like braised "connective tissue" of the sort you get in beef shanks or cheeks. I'm sure some folks are thiking, "Eww. Disgusting," but I like the gooey, sticky texture and the subtle flavor.
>
> Cheri

--Bryan

On Monday, June 16, 2014 1:17:25 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>
> Believe me, there was no way to enjoy this stuff. Even without the gristle
>
> it was a tough as I imagine shoe leather would be. I grew up eating tough,
>
> dry beef and my MIL made the same but that was nothing compared to this. If
>
> this were the only meat available, everyone would be a vegetarian.

Not me. I don't mind gristle.

OTOH, if every woman on Earth was like you, a lot of us guys would choose celibacy.

--Bryan

On Monday, June 16, 2014 3:27:48 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Travis McGee" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > On 6/16/2014 2:53 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> >> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:17:25 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>
> >>> ...
>
> >>>> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:54:50 -0700, Cheri wrote:
>
> >>>>
>
> >>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>
> >>>>> ...
>
> >>>>>
>
> >>>>>> I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just
>
> >>>>>> beef,
>
> >>>>>> salt and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle
>
> >>>>>> have
>
> >>>>>> been?
>
> >>>>>
>
> >>>>> It could be gristle.
>
> >>>>
>
> >>>> OTOH, it may have been gristle.
>
> >>>>
>
> >>>> I suppose it never occurred to her (or her family) that she could cut
>
> >>>> it off, eat it, enjoy it, and move on with her life - rather than
>
> >>>> throwing it away or returning it. But I'm sure there were a zillion
>
> >>>> and one reasons WHY she couldn't have done that. So never mind that
>
> >>>> somebody would state the obvious solution to a simple problem.
>
> >>>>
>
> >>> Believe me....
>
> >>
>
> >> I don't. I never did and never will.
>
> >>
>
> >> -sw
>
> >>
>
> >
>
> > This exchange reminds me a lot of "The Peterkin Papers". This was a
>
> > collection of children's stories, written in the 19th century. The story
>
> > was always about some trivial problem that the Peterkin children got
>
> > themselves into. They would try increasingly elaborate solutions, all to
>
> > no avail. Finally someone would say "let's go ask the lady from
>
> > Philadelphia", and off they'd go. The lady would invariably suggest a very
>
> > commonsense solution to the problem, and everyone would be satisfied.
>
> >
>
> > I haven't read these in a very long time, but the one that came to mind
>
> > while reading this was about how one of the Peterkins put salt into a cup
>
> > of coffee accidentally instead of sugar. To try to fix the coffee they
>
> > enlist a chemist, who suggests adding all sorts of stuff to the coffee,
>
> > which, of course, just makes it worse. The Peterkins in despair consult
>
> > the lady from Philadelphia; her advice is to just make another cup of
>
> > coffee. Problem solved.
>
>
>
> I do remember that story. And that reminds me of someone I know who was
>
> driving his car. The windshield got more and more fogged up. I kept
>
> telling him to put the defogger on. He was using his hand to do things to
>
> the various controls, none of which was the defogger. He then snapped at
>
> me, "I'm doing a variety of things!" To which I replied, "I can see that.
>
> But why not just put on the defogger, since we know that will work!"

You get into cars with folks who are even dumber than yourself.

--Bryan

On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 20:37:03 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I usually like Costco's products. But epic fail on this one. It was a
>thick plastic bag that said "Sliced Roast Beef". The only ingredients were
>the beef, salt and pepper. How can you go wrong with that? Well, I'll tell
>you how!

What were you expecting from meat processed and packed that way?

<snip>

>We just don't like
>peaches with beef. We actually don't like peaches at all so I have no clue
>why I thought making that would be a good idea.

At least this time you're thinking the same thing we are.

On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:04:14 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just beef,
>>> salt and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle have
>>> been?
>>
>> It could be gristle.
>
>Ew. Really? I didn't know that beef had that. Double ew.

Say what?

On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 12:20:25 -0500, Janet Wilder >
wrote:

>On 6/15/2014 10:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I usually like Costco's products. But epic fail on this one. It was a
>> thick plastic bag that said "Sliced Roast Beef". The only ingredients
>> were the beef, salt and pepper. How can you go wrong with that? Well,
>> I'll tell you how!
>>
>> For starters there was less meat inside than there appeared from the
>> outside. Yes, it listed the weight but what they did was to put two
>> smaller bags inside of the larger one with a lot of air space.
>>
>> Various heating instructions were given, or you could serve cold on a
>> sandwich although I fail to see how that would work. The slices were
>> fairly thick but there was sort of a juice in the package. Seemed a bit
>> too thick to be the natural juice although it had to be. Perhaps
>> reduced a lot? For sure too thin to be gravy.
>>
>> Each was shaped like an oval but as I tried to remove the slices, they
>> curled up. The meat was cooked very rare. One package much more rare
>> than the other. Even the end pieces were not entirely cooked through.
>>
>> But the icky thing? There was sort of a tough, clear thing across the
>> top of each beef. I had no clue what it was but assumed it would sort
>> of like melt off or something as I heated it. It did not. My first
>> bite was not so good. Meat was pretty chewy, but I managed to swallow
>> it. But the second and third bite? I got a mouthful of what seemed
>> like that gristle that you sometimes get when you are eating a chicken
>> drumstick. It was sort of like crackly chewy as in...I could hear weird
>> noises as I tried to chew it. I had to spit out both bites and the
>> second one literally gagged me. I guess the flavor was okay. But the
>> rest? Left very much to be desired. This stuff was so bad that I had
>> to toss the rest out. Nobody could bring themselves to eat it.
>>
>> Perhaps it was made by the same company that made the precooked steak
>> strips that I bought. They were very rare and very tough and nobody
>> would eat those either.
>>
>> But my question is... What was that icky clear stuff? If didn't look
>> like fat and the meat didn't seem fatty. It was just plain bad!
>>
>> I have cooked countless roast beeves before and the only one that didn't
>> go over well was the Company's Coming Beef and Peaches. We just don't
>> like peaches with beef. We actually don't like peaches at all so I have
>> no clue why I thought making that would be a good idea. Anyway... I
>> have never had beef come out like that at all. Weird.
>
>What a waste of money. My DH, may he rest in peace, liked roast beef
>sandwiches. I would not feed him anything from a deli or Costco. I
>bought an eye round of beef at Sam's Club and seasoned and roasted it
>myself. He would slice off some of the cold meat for his lunch. I
>would make half of the eye round at a time and freeze the other half for
>later roasting.
>
>Since I'd always roast it to rare, we could heat it up if we wanted a
>roast beef dinner. Most times we'd have a roast beef dinner the day I
>roasted the meat.

Eye round is an excellent flavorful cut so long as it's roasted to no
more than medium rare... but then no roast beef cut is any good well
done. When I make eye round I slice off what's needed, then the next
day when it's cold from the fridge it's easy to slice so I slice it
all... can eat it over the
next couple three days. With ferocious meat eating pets no roast beef
ever gets wasted. I like eye round also because of its low fat
content and it contains very little waste... the only part that
doesn't get eaten is the butcher twine I use to tie it... I like to
tie roasts as it makes them easier to turn/lift without stabbing with
a fork, I especially like to truss a chicken to make handling easier.
If you have a frozen eye round don't fully defrost it before roasting
and it will be juicier and less shrinkage, pork loin the same... and
start in a 375º oven and after 15 minutes drop it to 325º and it will
also dry less... I suggest seasoning prior to freezing, just go easy
on the salt, or salt at serving. I like cold roast beef sandwiches,
especially rare eye round... horseradish was invented for roast
beef... if I want heat I much prefer horseradish to hot pepper... hot
Chinese mustard is much superior to hot peppers with beef.

On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 12:29:14 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

>On Monday, June 16, 2014 1:17:25 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>
>> Believe me, there was no way to enjoy this stuff. Even without the gristle
>>
>> it was a tough as I imagine shoe leather would be. I grew up eating tough,
>>
>> dry beef and my MIL made the same but that was nothing compared to this. If
>>
>> this were the only meat available, everyone would be a vegetarian.
>
>Not me. I don't mind gristle.

I do believe you love gristley penises.

"Nancy2" > wrote in message
...
> Are you sure that clear stuff was edible?? It sounds like some type of
> plastic that separated the slices.

I really don't know. This wasn't between the slices. It was on top of the
meat. I prepared it exactly like it said to do. I could see the clear
stuff. Was about 1/4" thick and hard to the touch.

The meat came sealed in two plastic bags, and both were put in another
plastic bag. Dunno. But I won't ever buy it again!

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 05:20:29 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> > wrote:
>
>>Are you sure that clear stuff was edible?? It sounds like some type of
>>plastic that separated the slices.
>>
>>N.
> Guffaw!!!!! Probably )))
> Janet US

No. It didn't go between the slices. It was clearly on top of the meat,
adhered to the meat.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/16/2014 8:20 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>> Are you sure that clear stuff was edible?? It sounds like some type of
>> plastic that separated the slices.
>>
>> N.
>>
> That was my thought, too! Sort of like the plastic some places use to
> keep pre-sliced cheese separated.

Nope.

"Roy" > wrote in message
...
> On Monday, June 16, 2014 2:25:12 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>> > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:17:25 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> >> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>
>> >> ...
>>
>> >>> On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:54:50 -0700, Cheri wrote:
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>
>> >>>> ...
>>
>> >>>>
>>
>> >>>>> I was asking about the beef that I bought at Costco. It was just
>>
>> >>>>> beef,
>>
>> >>>>> salt and pepper. Precooked and presliced. What could that gristle
>>
>> >>>>> have
>>
>> >>>>> been?
>>
>> >>>>
>>
>> >>>> It could be gristle.
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> OTOH, it may have been gristle.
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>> I suppose it never occurred to her (or her family) that she could cut
>>
>> >>> it off, eat it, enjoy it, and move on with her life - rather than
>>
>> >>> throwing it away or returning it. But I'm sure there were a zillion
>>
>> >>> and one reasons WHY she couldn't have done that. So never mind that
>>
>> >>> somebody would state the obvious solution to a simple problem.
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >> Believe me....
>>
>> >
>>
>> > I don't. I never did and never will.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would mail you the rest of it on dry ice so that you could judge for
>>
>> yourself. But it already went in the green bin.
>
> Julie...why do you buy strange stuff? Just stick to the stuff you know you
> like and live a nice dull life with few problems. A Home Economics course
> might be beneficial as you never had a role model to educate you as you
> grew up.

I wasn't aware that roast beef was strange. I not only took Home Ec for two
years but I was the teacher's aide.

I picked up the package. It said it contained beef, salt and pepper. I
bought it at Costco and I know from a show that I saw on TV that Costco
doesn't buy things until they have been well tested. They dropped the ball
on this one.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Roy" > wrote in message news:00bcf7a6-8a61-44ba-a4bc-
>> Julie...why do you buy strange stuff? Just stick to the stuff you know
>> you like and live a nice dull life with few problems. >A Home Economics
>> course might be beneficial as you never had a role model to educate you
>> as you grew up.
>
> Roast beef is not "strange stuff" and even the occasional package of roast
> beef will have a thin line of gristle or whatever it is running through
> it. She also took Home Ec in high school.

I must have just gotten lucky. Nearly 55 years old and never encountered
gristle on beef before. Fat? Yes. But not gristle. I did look it up
online but the description of what gristle looks like doesn't sound to me
like what this looked like. It said that gristle was thin and silvery but
this was thick and clear.

On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:02:07 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>"Roy" > wrote in message
...
>> On Monday, June 16, 2014 2:25:12 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:.
>>
>> Julie...why do you buy strange stuff? Just stick to the stuff you know you
>> like and live a nice dull life with few problems. A Home Economics course
>> might be beneficial as you never had a role model to educate you as you
>> grew up.
>
>I wasn't aware that roast beef was strange.

Well, normally roast beef means a hunk of raw beef that you've
roasted. From what I can deduce, you've bought some sort of pre-cooked
and sliced mystery meat... well, surely it is beef but who knows what
cuts. Not the good ones, natch. And you call that roast beef?

>I not only took Home Ec for two years but I was the teacher's aide.

And yet you equate that crap with real roast beef.

>I picked up the package. It said it contained beef, salt and pepper. I
>bought it at Costco and I know from a show that I saw on TV that Costco
>doesn't buy things until they have been well tested. They dropped the ball
>on this one.

No, they didn't. You did.

On 6/16/2014 5:58 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 05:20:29 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Are you sure that clear stuff was edible?? It sounds like some type
>>> of plastic that separated the slices.
>>>
>>> N.
>> Guffaw!!!!! Probably )))
>> Janet US
>
> No. It didn't go between the slices. It was clearly on top of the
> meat, adhered to the meat.

Now you know better than to buy it again.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/16/2014 5:58 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 05:20:29 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Are you sure that clear stuff was edible?? It sounds like some type
>>>> of plastic that separated the slices.
>>>>
>>>> N.
>>> Guffaw!!!!! Probably )))
>>> Janet US
>>
>> No. It didn't go between the slices. It was clearly on top of the
>> meat, adhered to the meat.
>
> Now you know better than to buy it again.

For sure I will not buy it again. The picture looked so good and we all
like roast beef so I thought it would make for a quick meal. Boy was I
wrong on that!

On 6/15/2014 10:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> But my question is... What was that icky clear stuff? If didn't look
> like fat and the meat didn't seem fatty. It was just plain bad!

My guess would be that it's some sort of connective tissue that is
usually trimmed from the beef before it's sold.

--
DreadfulBitch

I'm a nobody, nobody is perfect, therefore I'm perfect.

"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
...
> On 6/15/2014 10:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> But my question is... What was that icky clear stuff? If didn't look
>> like fat and the meat didn't seem fatty. It was just plain bad!
>
> My guess would be that it's some sort of connective tissue that is usually
> trimmed from the beef before it's sold.
>
Blech. Thanks!

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:09:14 -0500, DreadfulBitch wrote:
>
>> On 6/15/2014 10:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> But my question is... What was that icky clear stuff? If didn't look
>>> like fat and the meat didn't seem fatty. It was just plain bad!
>>
>> My guess would be that it's some sort of connective tissue that is
>> usually trimmed from the beef before it's sold.
>
> Yes. It's like the thin piece of clear gristle that runs through a
> beef blade steak or roast:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_s...lade_steak.jpg
>
> But is present in many other cuts as well - often on top of the
> muscle.
>
> Now that's settled lets move on to another non-Julie thread.

Blech, blech, blech.

Oh. Like your *** Penzy's thread?

On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:53:51 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>"DreadfulBitch" > wrote in message
...
>> On 6/15/2014 10:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> But my question is... What was that icky clear stuff? If didn't look
>>> like fat and the meat didn't seem fatty. It was just plain bad!
>>
>> My guess would be that it's some sort of connective tissue that is usually
>> trimmed from the beef before it's sold.
>>
>Blech. Thanks!

Trauma counselling may be required.

And then counselling for the trauma counsellor, of course.