A bud recently cleaned out his freezer and donated the meats to me. Some of the stuff was too freezer burnt to use, but some was OK with some minor trimming. I was figuring to use the stuff in sausage.
Amongst the meats was a freakin whole beef tenderloin! $48.25 on the package! It was vac packed, but 2 years old.. Well, I just had to try and save this, so I opened it up, and found about 1/4 inch of the meat to be "spongy". Not really burnt, but no good. Well, I trimmed it up, losing about 3/4 Lbs... but so what? The meat left was supple and well colored. Fried up a couple slices real quick to be sure...Yum!
Sooo what the heck! And so as notto waste smoke, I tossed in a rack of spares :{)
I rubbed it down and "stabbed" boning knife sized slits into the loin and inserted fat strips from the rib trimmings.
The ribs before
Finished loin
Finished ribs
A "family" pic
Amongst the meats was a freakin whole beef tenderloin! $48.25 on the package! It was vac packed, but 2 years old.. Well, I just had to try and save this, so I opened it up, and found about 1/4 inch of the meat to be "spongy". Not really burnt, but no good. Well, I trimmed it up, losing about 3/4 Lbs... but so what? The meat left was supple and well colored. Fried up a couple slices real quick to be sure...Yum!
Sooo what the heck! And so as notto waste smoke, I tossed in a rack of spares :{)
I rubbed it down and "stabbed" boning knife sized slits into the loin and inserted fat strips from the rib trimmings.
The ribs before
Finished loin
Finished ribs
A "family" pic