On Oct 6, 9:03*pm, 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!

Good to know; thanks.

Jerry
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