Where’s the Beef??
You young bucks wont remember that sweet little old lady shouting ” Where’s the Beef”……..Well if she was at my back door she would be standing right next to me saying the same thing….WHERE’S THE BEEF?
I will leave names out of this blog….but when i was fabricating the steaks the other day in the back kitchen, I was shocked to see what I cut into …….I first thought my Chefs ordered the wrong speck of Rib-eye. I looked closer to the side of the box at the sticker and there it was….USDA Choice…( upper 2/3rds Choice is my speck) that means all my steaks are right on the border of being USDA PRIME. They should almost have the great marbling as Prime but half the cost. This is a great way to serve really good steaks to my guest and not have to charge an arm & leg for it..
Ya know, I never get a straight answer when I have a problems….Yes I fully understand that cattle don’t come from a punch press and they are growing ALIVE animals. I also fully understand that this picture of steaks…is no where close the USDA Choice or even near my Blue Canyon meat speck. This my friend is what SELECT looks like….
The problem is the restaurant biz has been slow for the whole nation…Cows don’t just stop growing…but we all did just stop ordering steaks and that hurt someones pocket big time.. And things can get passed for things they are not. I also was noticing that the Ribeys where coming in a lot larger then my speck and what I wanted….
Oh ya I also noticed that someone was putting larger Ribeyes in the box so they could tag on a couple extra pounds to my invoice… its simple math 1+1=2 and if you keep doing that, it will end up in the millions and now the the slow down period wont hurt as bad $$$$…..get it??? See what I am seeing……Now I dont want to think that people would really try to steal from others and maybe this was a simple mistake. 
I guess I cant blame them for trying…but they learned fast that we have high standards at the Blue Canyon and we do watch the back door very close. ( just ask anyone that sales to the Blue Canyon kitchen. I am sure they will tell you I am a ball of fun to deal with…lol
( I do want to say, that this wasn’t done by my company that delivers this product.)
I am heading up to Canada in a couple of days to learn about Canadian Grass-feed cattle…Stay tune..am sure I will have more info on this…( the competition is so quick to throw each other under the bus, sad but so true)
So to all my great Blue Canyon Steak lovers, no need to worry !! We take a lot of pride on serving great products and I wont allow this B.S to happen……. Boy, all this steak talk sure makes me want to go and order some of that Great first of the season Wild King Salmon we have tonight….yummmmmmmmmm
Chef Brandt… ( If you have kids dont forget to tell them that they are very important people)
Forgiveness does not change the past but it does enlarge the future.