Where's the beef?
I canNOT wait to see what the lovely and gracious Karen and the lovely and gracious Mary Jo blog about today's events. Make sure you ask Karen about the "St. Ignatius Battery Charger." I'll leave it at that until they blog first. That all said, I had to swing back after dropping them off at the airport because I had to feed assorted people. Which, pending their review of today, is the subject of this post. Your task for this week is simple, but hardly easy. Find yourself a GOOD butcher. This means an independent operator (either an independent shop, or a good butcher dept. in an independent market), because moving plastic-wrapped sirloins and boneless/skinless chicken breasts from the back to the refrigerated case is not the same thing. You need someone who can score you the good stuff, and the hard-to-find stuff. You may want breast of veal, or a saddle of lamb or free-range capon or Kobe (or Hereford, or whatever) beef, or some unusual cuts like flatirons or hange...