Hello All,
I just recently found out that a butcher shop nearby is not out of business, they just take a 2 month vacation every year. This is your typical butcher shop with a meat case and sundries in refrigerator cabinets as well as a deli case.
Hooray!!
So I went there on Friday seeking tenderloin filet. I have been buying said filet from Whole Foods lately and have been pleased with the filet, but not necessarily the price.
With that said, the filets I get from WF are about 1 1/2"-2" inches in height, and usually less than 8 oz, which is preferable. But when I asked for 2 filets from the butcher shop, they cut them to order, but they were about 1" in height. I tried to give them a little height by trussing them up to sear them, but not with any results, really.
So my question is to you most knowledgeable folk, when/if I go back to the butcher shop, is there an "end" of the tenderloin I should ask for to cut to get that height of better than an inch?
TIA,
Barbara
I just recently found out that a butcher shop nearby is not out of business, they just take a 2 month vacation every year. This is your typical butcher shop with a meat case and sundries in refrigerator cabinets as well as a deli case.
Hooray!!
So I went there on Friday seeking tenderloin filet. I have been buying said filet from Whole Foods lately and have been pleased with the filet, but not necessarily the price.
With that said, the filets I get from WF are about 1 1/2"-2" inches in height, and usually less than 8 oz, which is preferable. But when I asked for 2 filets from the butcher shop, they cut them to order, but they were about 1" in height. I tried to give them a little height by trussing them up to sear them, but not with any results, really.
So my question is to you most knowledgeable folk, when/if I go back to the butcher shop, is there an "end" of the tenderloin I should ask for to cut to get that height of better than an inch?
TIA,
Barbara
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