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Snake River choice or grocery store prime - question

Thoughts on a snake river tenderloins choice rating vs grocery store prime rating. Both about the same price where I live.  Thank you. 

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  • ColtsFan
    ColtsFan Posts: 6,571
    Grocery store prime for me. 
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,071
    I'm fortunate to have HEB as my grocery store.  Their "Prime 1" is better than any prime I've ever had.  However, if I didn't have really good knowledge/experience with the prime source, I'd be tempted to go with SRF choice.

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,008
    Give the grocery store prime a look.  The marbling will tell the story.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,050
    And while you are inspecting the marbling like @lousubcap suggested read the fine print to see if those steaks are blade tenderized. Depending on where the steaks were tenderized and packaged there is ALWAYS the chance any surface bacteria got pushed into the meat. Some people don't care, but if you like rare steaks there is always a chance it could make a difference to "immunity challenged" folks.