Originally Posted by
blackal
I always get a large rib of beef for Christmas each year.
But - I need the vac-packed ones because I have to buy a few weeks before the 25th.
I was up at Costco (35m away) and noticed they were all cut into smaller sizes and on trays. Asked one of the butchers, who was extremely helpful - explaining that they got a new delivery of the full ribs first thing Monday morning. He then went on to give me the direct phone number for the department and that they were there from 8am. "I'll make a note to put a full 8kg rib aside, but you can phone up to check before leaving?"
Phoned up, they had remembered and I nipped up to collect it.
8.44kg, Aberdeen Angus, Dry aged, Extra mature Rib of Beef.
You don't expect that kind of service from a place like Costco.