Current Events > Eating a $23/pound USDA Prime Rib roast makes me happy to be alive at this time.

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Sunday I was at the butcher shop, they had a good selection of real USDA Prime standing rib roasts, aka prime rib, so I chose which of the many USDA prime ribs I wanted in the size I wanted and chose a 4 pound $92 pound roast. Expensive yes, but even at minimum wage you could earn enough for it in a long days work in Seattle. 1000 years ago this would have only been available to kings. And even then I'm guessing very few would have had access to beef of this quality. USDA prime does not just grow on trees. It grows on cows. But only if raised carefully. And then it was dry aged for 28 days in a climate controlled environment. So needless to say, access to this quality of meat 1000 years ago would have been difficult.

Anyway, so I cooked it today and biting into it was like how Cyrus does it in The Matrix. As I put that meat in my mouth, all those juices gushing forward to my tongue and that proteiny, salty taste satisfies everything. How lucky are we that we are alive now? 1000 years ago I would have been a reindeer herder or turnip farmer.

tl;dr
USDA prime standing rib roasts should be the traditional thanksgiving meat and I spent $92 on a piece of meat.
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Bleh enjoy your carcass
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Is this a copypasta?

And if not, how did you cook it?
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400 dollar a pound wagyu laughs at you
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CADE FOSTER posted...

400 dollar a pound wagyu laughs at you

Yes, but the point is we live in a time that I could get that if I want and no one 500 years ago could have had beef near that good. Progress is amazing.
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my mother has started to make prime rib for our xmas visits and it is glorious
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pics?
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@chill02
https://imgur.com/a/6P8A0

i suck at taking pictures of my food, that was just before I was putting away left offers so the red of the meat has oxidized a bit, don't worry, it was a proper medium rare.
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I did a 10 pound prime rib last year. only cost me $88 from my butcher. I feel you over paid for just 4 pounds.
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Id rather have turkey with stuffing and mashed potatoes.

Oh and gravy.

I have stuffing mix in my cupboard that I sometimes make by itself with a pot of gravy because its delish.
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KILBOTz posted...

Cyrus

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Mikablu posted...

KILBOTz posted...

Cyrus

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oh shit. Joe Pantoliano would be pissed at me. I had to look it up how I was wrong. And I've seen the matrix probably 100 times.
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weekoldhotdog posted...

I did a 10 pound prime rib last year. only cost me $88 from my butcher. I feel you over paid for just 4 pounds.

is that dry aged USDA prime or was that choice from a super market? Or even wet aged?

2-3 years back this roast would have been $16-18 a pound but beef prices in seattle have risen quickly. Getting USDA prime rib for less than $12 I can't imagine around here period. And that's when its on a great sale.
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KILBOTz posted...

@chill02
https://imgur.com/a/6P8A0

i suck at taking pictures of my food, that was just before I was putting away left offers so the red of the meat has oxidized a bit, don't worry, it was a proper medium rare.

glorious
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KILBOTz posted...

weekoldhotdog posted...

I did a 10 pound prime rib last year. only cost me $88 from my butcher. I feel you over paid for just 4 pounds.

is that dry aged USDA prime or was that choice from a super market? Or even wet aged?

2-3 years back this roast would have been $16-18 a pound but beef prices in seattle have risen quickly. Getting USDA prime rib for less than $12 I can't imagine around here period. And that's when its on a great sale.

straight from the butcher, I live in Oregon.
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Chicken posted...

Id rather have turkey with stuffing and mashed potatoes.

Oh and gravy.

I have stuffing mix in my cupboard that I sometimes make by itself with a pot of gravy because its delish.

i have to buy something for christmas dinner. i wish the mexican lasanga was on sale :(.
it's so good when its 6$.
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