"Dave S" > wrote in message
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> If your local butcher has "USDA Prime" standing rib roast, buy that.
> The butcher's is a bargain. If the supermarket or butchers beef
> is less than USDA Prime (Choice, Select, ...) buy the best marbled.
>
> I doubt "Prime Rib" has much to do with USDA Prime.
> Prime rib was eaten in England before the USDA, or the USA. IMO.
> But now, USDA Prime is as rare as a local butcher.
>
> Dave S


> If you have confidence in your local butcher, support them!
>


My local butcher went out of business. A month later, I found him working in
the meat department of our biggest grocery chain, Wegman's. Fortunately, he
hasn't forgotten anything. I can still get great advice from him when I have
some strange recipe in mind.