Recent content by MrSym

For the most part, customers want the beef they buy to look totally lean, having the least amount visible fat or marbling possible, but they want it to eat like prime. Customers will often ask for me to order prime or natural beef. Then, when they see the price, they look at me as if I were a...

Following is information posted on http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/certprog/beef/creekstone.htm regarding the prime angus beef I was referring to:

This may seem like a dumb question for someone who has been in the retail industry for years. I know what a well marbled piece of beef looks like and how it feels in cutting it, yet I have never took the time to become more educated from the scientific viewpoint. I had a customer ask me about...