Hey folks, yesterday did what I had purchased as a tri tip from Creekstone, and I posted my quite delicious result over in SUWYC. Sharp eyed readers jfmorris and Red Man pointed out that (as I had fleetingly suspected before dismissing it as my ignorance) the cut sure looks more like flank steak than tri tip. I'd never laid eyes on a tri tip before, and it's been a lot of years since I last did a flank steak, so I figured Creekstone knew what they were doing...
Got them from this link at Creekstone when they were on special last month: https://shop.creekstonefarms.com/pro...-prime-tri-tip
My process yesterday was sous vide for ten hours and then a ripping hot sear. It was fantastic and didn't taste much like any flank I've had - but to be fair, we have made it as a teriyaki-marinaded thing forever and hence the meat flavor would have been masked for sure.
I wrote to Creekstone's customer service this morning, so we'll see what they say. I sent them these pics in the email in describing the situation. Note that none of the three packages has any kind of label or sticker on it. The plastic packaging does have USDA Prime and the Creekstone logo on it as usual.
And to be clear, we're not the least bit unhappy in how our meal came out yesterday, it was fabulous. But if this stuff really is just flank then I have some recompense coming my way, I should think...
The three cuts when they arrived several weeks ago (yesterday's was the smaller one, upper right):
Brined, seared, sliced.
Got them from this link at Creekstone when they were on special last month: https://shop.creekstonefarms.com/pro...-prime-tri-tip
My process yesterday was sous vide for ten hours and then a ripping hot sear. It was fantastic and didn't taste much like any flank I've had - but to be fair, we have made it as a teriyaki-marinaded thing forever and hence the meat flavor would have been masked for sure.
I wrote to Creekstone's customer service this morning, so we'll see what they say. I sent them these pics in the email in describing the situation. Note that none of the three packages has any kind of label or sticker on it. The plastic packaging does have USDA Prime and the Creekstone logo on it as usual.
And to be clear, we're not the least bit unhappy in how our meal came out yesterday, it was fabulous. But if this stuff really is just flank then I have some recompense coming my way, I should think...
The three cuts when they arrived several weeks ago (yesterday's was the smaller one, upper right):
Brined, seared, sliced.
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