Best steak to eat while listening to your rig?

I have to say the steak available at any supermarket 40 years ago was delicious. They really USED to be good tasting.
I do not know exactly what they are doing differently now, buy red meat now tastes like garbage compared to back then.
Part of it is the lack of blood left in the meat, and part is the extended cold storage. And probably the local butchering is no longer done.
I just have to say, they have turned a delicious food into tasteless sawdust as if by magic.
I just no longer bother to eat red meat. Pity.
And I like meat, juicey bloody, near raw..(nearly raw, but nice and hot) Yum!!!

Porterhouse - period. You get the best of all worlds - filet mignon - strip steak and good music.

Elizabeth

I agree with your statements and would add:

Prime cuts were more readily available in supermarkets then.

Today, while still available in regular groceries, the cost of feed, transport etc. take prime out of reach for many consumers. Because of the higher cost of the prime cuts they are almost exclusively offered in finer restaurants, few remaining butcher shops and boutique/upscale grocers.

Feed has changed over the years, which will effect the flavor of the beef. We've all heard the corn vs. grain fed beef debate.

Much cattle doesn't get the exercise it used to. Exercise increases blood flow in the muscle. The more work a muscle gets the more flavorful it becomes. In addition the greater amount of exercise increases the amount of fat in the lean, and as we all know the flavor is in the fat.

Many consumers are concerned with their intake of fat nowadays opting for leaner cuts of beef. These leaner cuts, by virtue of the grading system, are of a lesser quality costing less too. Responding to the demands of the market grocers are carrying leaner cuts. Prime being the best (most marbling), followed by choice, good and standard.

Sorry to ramble, just thought I'd share.

Best,

Dave

P.S. My favorite is a N.Y. strip medium rare :o)!