head explodes - costco sells wagyu bulk beef online

[Eug]

Well done wagyu steak? What the hell is wrong with these people?!?

BTW, my brother-in-law tried to buy an expensive cut of beef to make into ground beef. The butcher said forget that and refused to sell it to him. Lost a sale but it was the principle of the thing... and I kinda agree.

 

[Craig234]

Isnt that the stuff you CANT get in America no matter how much somebody claims they can?

Almost.

It is sold in the US, but very limited, as I understand - and then there's 'American Wagyu'.

 

[Craig234]

Well done wagyu steak? What the hell is wrong with these people?!?

BTW, my brother-in-law tried to buy an expensive cut of beef to make into ground beef. The butcher said forget that and refused to sell it to him. Lost a sale but it was the principle of the thing... and I kinda agree.

Funny thing is, I don't think it even makes good burgers. For example, highly lean ground beef seems to make flavorless patties.

 

[Eug]

American and Canadian wagyu as I understand it is beef produced from cattle in North America that are either full wagyu or else mixed with other cattle species. However, either way, the farming methods usually aren't quite the same as the boutique Japanese ones. Hence, the American and Canadian wagyu or wagyu mixes (esp. the latter) are significantly cheaper.

The few times I've had it it was nowhere near as marbled as the pictures of Japanese wagyu beef. (I've never had Japanese wagyu.) However, I don't think I've ever had the best North American wagyu. I've also had wagyu burgers but my guess for that is they just take the left over crap after butchering and grind it up for burgers. It was fine, and just tasted like a juicy burger, but you can get the same taste just by using fatty ground beef. I really dislike lean ground beef for burgers by the way.

Funny thing is, I don't think it even makes good burgers. For example, highly lean ground beef seems to make flavorless patties.

I think it was for some casserole or something. But yeah, I agree about the lean ground beef and burgers. See above.

 

[zerocool84]

Funny thing is, I don't think it even makes good burgers. For example, highly lean ground beef seems to make flavorless patties.

Of course highly lean ground beef is going to be flavorless. The taste is in the fat.

 

[Craig234]

Not recommended:

One of the more blatant misuses of the word Kobe.

 

[brianmanahan]

no way i'd ever eat that stuff. fat and meat that's still red both make me gag if i eat them.

 

[Craig234]

brian, the photos are of raw steak - you don't eat it 'red' normally. Order medium rare.