On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:03:14 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>We did our monthly meat run to Sam's Club today. I usually buy a large
>eye round roast, cut it in half and freeze half. My DH likes roast beef
>sandwiches for lunch and I don't like him to eat all that sodium and
>chemical filled crap from the deli so I smear a half of an eye round
>roast with EVOO, hit it with granulated garlic, black pepper, onion
>powder and paprika and make him roast beef. He loves it.
>
>Today they didn't have any of these roasts in the case. I asked the
>butcher for one and he said that he had the whole eye in cryovac for
>$1.60 per pound less. He said to cut off both ends and I'd have my
>roast. I did just that and it was a lovely piece of meat at a decent
>savings. Not too much extra fat to trim.
>
>The end pieces were trimmed, cut into cubes and frozen for stew this
>winter (if it ever gets cold)
>
>I'm going to by the whole cryovac one from now on!
Yes, the cryovac pieces are the way to go if you have the room and
the money. Chuck might also be a good buy.
Janet US