You see that (or pig head) also in Mexican supermarkets here in the Bay area (and of course offal but you can get that even sometimes at Safeway)
My wife is from South Africa. On one of our trips there, we stopped by a Boxer to bring her parents some meat for a family braai.
I have had the same experience with Costco steaks and my trusty vacuum sealer. I was very happy with my stocked freezer.
Yay for the wild rock cod, super fresh, not previously frozen and if I recall it was only like $7/lb. Delicious.
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I visited the Harlem store yesterday, they must have sold a billion eggs. I sampled their tempura shrimp with Japanese Bachan sauce. It was perfectly crispy and delicious, though Iâm not entirely sure if eating two or three whole pieces might turn into a greasy gut bomb.
I also tried their spinach ravioli paired with pesto sauce. Previously, I had sampled their plain ravioli and nearly spit it out, but this spinach version was surprisingly tasty. While I understand why people enjoy their pesto sauce, itâs so easy to whip up something much better at home.
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Their pesto is a freezer staple. I usually dilute it quite a bit too.
San Francisco Costco was sold out of eggs yesterday.
When you get serious about competing in BBQ contests, the source and quality of meat become crucial. On a BBQ forum I used to frequent, there was a butcher who worked at Costco, and from him, I learned that beef grading is determined by examining the ribeye between the 12th and 13th ribs. The system works well, though occasionally some cuts graded as Choice are actually Prime, and vice versa.
Whenever I go to Costco, I always check carefully for undergraded meat, though honestly, Iâve rarely found any. Yesterday, however, I hit the jackpot. A couple of ribeye roasts labeled as Choice clearly looked like Prime cuts. I bought one roast, about 8 pounds, cut it into steaks, and froze all but one. We prepared the steak today, and it was fantastic., better than Costcoâs typical Prime cuts. Or maybe I was just tasting the satisfaction of finding Prime steak at Choice prices 
Anyhow, Iâm seriously considering going back tomorrow to grab the other one if itâs still there.
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This might be an urban legend, but I heard many years ago (15? 20?) that Costco specified âchoice or betterâ to their meat suppliers, and if the supplier didnât have enough choice on hand to fulfill an order, they would have to make up the difference with prime, so you could sometimes find prime meat being sold at choice prices. This was before Costco started labeling and selling prime. The secret was to look at the grading stamp ON THE MEAT, not whatever the label said. This only worked, of course, on cryovacâd primals and not steaks.
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Yeah, Iâm that guy who digs through Costcoâs Choice bin looking for the best marbled cuts. Sometimes I take a find back to the Prime section to compare. Iâve had decent luck.
One advantage of cutting your own steaks from a roast is avoiding the needling. Another is getting to decide your own thickness(es).
We got these at one of our local Costcos. About $20 for the box. Very excited to try. We havenât broken open the box because once we do weâre destined to eat the entire box, so weâll save it for when we have some friends over!
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I will buy some steaks off you anytime you think you have overpurchased 
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Iâve never seen any beef labeled âPrimeâ at my local Costco. The only âPrimeâ we see is at Safeway.
We like the tempura shrimp, but I loathe the packaging. Just takes up sooo much space in the freezer.
They do run a bit greasy, I try to blot but 2 or 3 are usually enough for everyone. I tend to serve them (when I have them in the freezer) on random assorted Asiany apps night for when Iâm craving salty snacky and itâs too cold to go get takeout
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I love the Panko Shrimp. I take the package out of the box and put it in Freezer Ziplock
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In that case, dig through the cryovacâd primals and keep an eye peeled for the purple USDA stamps!
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I repackage a lot of Costco frozen stuff into smaller packages (portions) before it goes in the freezer.
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There cant be a prohibition applicable to all of NY since my Costco in Brooklyn has an adjacent liquor store. We have also bought alcohol in I think the store adjoining the Yonkers Costco. NJ, they definitely did not have it in the E Livingston store I used to shop in. Re convenience, I have a friend - 80 yrs old - who trecks out from Flatiron in Manhattan on the train to shop here. She has also joined the Park Slope Food Coop (which has always been too much trouble for us to consider!) so to each his/her own!
The liquor store adjacent to the Costco in Yonkers is not affiliated with Costco and doesnât sell Kirkland brand liquor due to the restrictions Saregama mentioned. I think the only Costco in NY State that sells Kirkland brand liquor (as well as major retail brands) inside the warehouse is in Oceanside Long Island.
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Per NY state law, any one owner can only own or have interest in a single liquor store in the state, so while there may be multiple NY Costcos with adjacent liquor stores, as biondanonima points out in her example, theyâre not Costco-owned, but have independent owners.
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