Neither of us had much to shop for on Errand Day, but The Pony found a bargain!
"I can't decide what to have for supper. I usually just grab an apple with peanut butter for breakfast, and then eat one meal. I don't know if to have a frozen dinner from the freezer, or make something. I think I'll go back and look at the steaks."
That was a good decision. The Pony found a Kansas City Strip Steak on special, because it was the day after the Sell By date.
"Look Mom. I'm pretty sure it's okay. It's only one day, and it looks fine. It doesn't smell."
That's an 8 oz steak for $4.32. Which is half price from the original amount. It normally sells for $17.99 a pound!
The steak still smelled fine when The Pony unwrapped it at home. Just a bit of discoloration from where the tag was. But the whole thing would turn that color anyway past the date. Sometimes before, from my experience. I'm pretty sure the stores put some kind of coloring in the meat! Aha! I just looked it up, and they use carbon monoxide. Which is apparently banned in Europe.
Anyhoo... The Pony said that steak looked like a FOOT! Heh, heh! I can see it.
The Pony's one meal was substantial:
That's homemade garlic toast, and some tortellini, not homemade. Along with some wine, and that Kansas City Strip. With the ambience of laptop keyboard lights!
Looks good enough to eat! And it certainly was a bargain.
2 comments:
That steak looks fine to me too, but beware the steak where the fat layer has a grayish colour, it's on the way to bad. Yellow fat indicates an older animal is the source of the steak so it is likely to be a bit tough.
River,
That's interesting. I usually go on the smell, not the color. Then again, you can't smell it while it's wrapped in the store.
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